Institute for Healthcare Improvement: The Science of Improvement: Accelerating Your Capacity to Change

Continuing Education

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Identify the basic components of the improvement philosophy of Dr. Edwards Deming
Use the Model for Improvement (MFI) as a framework for quality improvement projects in your organization
Differentiate between testing, implementing, and spreading changes
Recognize the use of data for improvement from its use for research and public accountability
Understand variation conceptually and statistically
Develop and interpret run charts and control charts
Identify fundamental methods to manage teams effectively

In order to be eligible for a continuing education certificate, participants must complete the online evaluation within 30 days of the continuing education activity. After this period, you will be unable to receive a certificate. For details, please review your event confirmation email.

This Institute for Healthcare Improvement activity carries the following types of continuing education credits:

Physician Credits Available

Nursing Credits Available

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

IHI designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 12.5 Credit Hours in Category 1 of the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing education activity carries a maximum of 11 Contact Hours.

*All RN licensing boards nationwide acknowledge and accept contact hours from accredited providers. The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits, and California nurses can use participation at these events, which are approved for CME Category 1 Credits, towards their license renewal, regardless of whether or not they were held on California soil. In the section where California nurses are asked to provide a BRN number, please indicate that the IHI event attended was approved for Category 1 CME Credits. For further inquiries, the California Board of Registered Nursing is in Sacramento, and their number is 916-322-3350.