June 2024 MITE Hot Topic: Introduction to Application of Predictive Modeling in Healthcare Author: Motahareh (Moti) Tavakoli, MSc Quality Management Engineer Background Predictive modeling is an analytical technique that uses statistical and machine learning algorithms to forecast future events by analyzing historical and real-time data. Its application in healthcare marks…
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Project Team Meetings as an Essential Improvement Tool
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April 2024 MITE Hot Topic: Project Team Meetings as an Essential Improvement Tool Author: Ruby Spicer, RN, MPH, LSSBB Improvement Specialist II At all levels within health systems, leaders and staff, both administrative and clinical, have attended meetings that they found unproductive. Improvement experts have written extensively on the necessary…
March 2024 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip March 2024 Tim Kenny, MLS Avoiding Predatory Journals Whether working in an academic or clinical setting, there is ample opportunity and incentive to seek out publication in one’s area of interest and expertise. Once the research is complete and the post-intervention data collected, it comes time to…
February 2024 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip February 2024 Sarah Hipkens, MD Audience Response Systems Another PowerPoint?!? Whether it is a lecture on hyponatremia or handwashing we have come to rely heavily on the use of PowerPoint in medical education. With lecture after lecture delivered in a very similar format we run the risk…
January 2024 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip January 2024 Sarah Dodwell, MD Letting the Learner Lead: Utilizing the SNAPPS method for outpatient teaching Much of patient care takes place in the outpatient setting, making it an important venue for medical education. However this setting also presents unique challenges. The pace of teaching in the…
Managing Project Scope Through Chartering
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January 2024 MITE Hot Topic: Managing Project Scope Through Chartering Author: Jon Myles, MPH, LSSBB Improvement Specialist I Imagine that you are managing a project to build a house for a family. You are given a timeline of two years and a list of professionals who will help you complete…
December 2023 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip December 2023 Mark Goode, PA-C Coaching in Medical Education We have all had a coach at some point in our lives. If you were lucky, you had one that had a positive impact on your performance and growth either on the ball field, in the work setting,…
November 2023 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip November 2023 Laura Madigan-McCown, DBE, HEC-C How Can We Help Mitigate Implicit Bias in Healthcare? What is implicit bias? Implicit bias is a form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally, that nevertheless affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors. Research has shown implicit bias can pose a barrier…
October 2023 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip October 2023 Emily Erickson, MD Addressing microaggressions in medical education Microaggression (noun): a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority)1 Clinical encounters are complex interpersonal interactions, full of…
RACI Matrix
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October 2023 MITE Hot Topic: RACI Matrix Author: Hilary Perrey, MHA, LSSBB, CPHQ MHPI, Improvement Specialist III Learning Objectives: Describe what the RACI Matrix is. Explain how a RACI Matrix is used in clinical performance improvement (PI). Illustrate an example. What is a RACI Matrix and how can this be…