Dates: Feb 13, 2024 to Mar 12, 2024

This series is approved by the CPSO QI Partnership Program.

This MacQIPS Virtual “QI Series” is Open to All Clinicians

This VIRTUAL series course will include 10 hours of QI teaching in 2-hour sessions from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET on the following dates: February 13, February 20, February 27, March 5, and March 12, 2024.

Target Audience

All healthcare professionals that are interested in Quality Improvement including, but not limited to physicians, nurses, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and pharmacy. Trainees from all healthcare fields are encouraged to apply (e.g. residents, nursing students, pharmacy students etc.)

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the fundamental principles of quality improvement.
• Incorporate quality improvement methods and tools in practice improvement at an individual and institutional level.
• Identify methods to assess the impact of a quality improvement initiative.

Course Chair

Ekta Khemani, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Course Director

Khalid Azzam, MBBS, FACP, FRCPC, CPE, MS-HQSMi
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Registration Fee
$750.00 + HST

Accreditation Statement

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 8.75 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.