About the Event
Launch your Quality Improvement (QI) skills with the Department of Pediatrics’ inaugural year-long QI Collaborative—modeled after the IHI Breakthrough Series. The Collaborative will kick off with a dynamic two-day QI Workshop on October 16 and October 23, and will provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit.
Through the Collaborative participants will:
• Build practical QI skills
• Design and implement a data-driven project (eligible projects may qualify for ABMS MOC Part IV credit)
• Produce a scholarly deliverable (abstract, poster, or manuscript)
At the QI Workshop participants will learn to:
• Distinguish quality improvement, quality assurance, and research
• Build a project charter around the IHI Model for Improvement’s three core questions
• Choose quality measures, data collection methods, and displays to track improvement over time
• Run Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles and decide whether to adopt, adapt, or abandon a tested change
• Engage stakeholders and structure teams to keep projects aligned and moving
Presenters:
- Kate Remick, M.D.
- Krystle Bartley, M.A.
- Margaret Whitney, M.D.
- Veena Patel, M.D.
- Sanyukta Desai, M.D.
- Maarten Rotman, Ph.D.
- Nicole Clark, MBA
Target audience: Fellow and faculty-level physicians from all departments
A maximum of 15 participants will be chosen to participate in the year-long QI Collaborative, taking place October 2026—September 2027, as well as the two-day QI workshop.
Apply by August 31: https://redcap.link/QIWorkshop…
Are you curious about the Collaborative? Register for a brief session to learn more and ask questions at https://dellmed-utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/3-AEzA73SqeaaLdTtRibrg
Two-day workshop dates:
October 16, 2026, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
October 23, 2026, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Learning objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
• Differentiate between quality improvement, quality assurance, and research, including the application of relevant IRB considerations to QI project design.
• Construct a QI project charter that addresses the three fundamental questions of the IHI Model for Improvement: What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What changes can we make that will result in improvement?
• Select appropriate quality measures, data collection methods, and data display techniques to monitor and track improvement over time.
• Design a PDSA cycle that includes a priori predictions, a structured data collection plan, and explicit criteria for determining whether to adopt, adapt, or abandon a tested change.
• Identify key stakeholders and apply evidence-based strategies for leadership engagement, team structure, and ongoing communication to sustain aim alignment, share progress data, and integrate team feedback.
• Integrate scholarly planning into QI project development from the outset, including the identification of dissemination pathways such as peer-reviewed manuscripts (SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines), poster presentations, and oral presentations.
Physician competencies
This activity has been designed to promote the following desired physician attributes and competencies:
• ACGME: Patient Care, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Systems-based Practice
• IOM: Use Evidence-based Practice, Apply QI, Use Informatics
• IECC: Interprofessional Teamwork & Team-based Practice, Roles & Responsibilities
Accreditation Statement
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Financial disclosures
Speakers for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. Planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. The CME Advisory Committee, reviewers of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.