March 2023 MITE Hot Topic: Eight Wastes in Health Care Author: Katie Mahannah, Program Manager for MH Performance Improvement. Learning Objectives: Identify the eight wastes in health care. Recognize value-adding vs non value-adding steps in any process. Determine opportunities to remove waste and streamline processes. The Waste Wheel Within…
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March 2023 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip March 2023 Abtin K. Farahmand, MD Maximizing the Academic Conference Experience: Tips for Your Career Toolkit It is hard for many who attend large academic conferences on how to maximize one’s time. Often there are several lectures, and events occurring at once and participants may feel overwhelmed…
December 2022 Faculty Development Tip
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December 2022 Faculty Development Tip December 2022 Maria Egger, PA-C Fostering Team Problem Solving and Learning as an Antidote to Burnout Several weeks ago, I was listening to members of our healthcare team trying to determine the cause of a deficiency in routine patient care. A patient has been found…
P-Charts for Statistical Process Control
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December 2022 MITE Hot Topic: P-Charts for Statistical Process Control Author: Hilary Perrey, MHA, LSSBB, CPHQ MHPI, Improvement Specialist II Learning Objectives: Describe what p-charts are and how we use them in performance improvement. Explain how to create p-charts. Illustrate a helpful p-chart example. What is statistical process control…
Informing healthcare quality through patient focus groups
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QI/PS Hot Topic – November 2022 Informing healthcare quality through patient focus groups Angie Marshall, MS, LSSBB – Improvement Specialist II, MMC Performance Improvement Learning Objectives: Discuss the utility of patient focus groups in quality improvement Describe how to plan and conduct a patient focus group Identify ways to analyze…
Value Stream Mapping
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QI/PS Hot Topic- August 2022 Value Stream Mapping Sarah Chang-Improvement Specialist II, MaineHealth Performance Improvement Learning Objectives Recognize when to use a value stream map. Identify the key information to include in a value stream map. Apply the value stream map to identify bottlenecks for further evaluation. Value stream mapping…
May 2022 Faculty Development Tip
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MITE Monthly Tip May 2022 Maria Egger, PA-C Cultivating a Learning Organization Timely and pertinent continuing education is essential for keeping a health organization motivated, nimble and innovative. Learning at the organizational level is required to meet the challenges of working in a complex, changing, oftentimes unpredictable system tackling highstakes…
April 2022 Faculty Development Tip
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What are the best approaches for Professional Development for Healthcare workers? Nora Fagan, RN, MSN, BScN, CMSRN Introduction Professional development for those working in healthcare is of utmost importance in order to ensure all interdisciplinary teams up to date on the most current evidence based practice. Within the rapid paced…
Identity in Health Professions Education
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Identity in Health Professions Education Vicki Hayes, MD MMC Dept. of Medical Education Master Educator, The Academy at MITE Learning objectives: Define identity Explore your own identity and how it might vary in different contexts Reflect on how identity might be utilized in an educational setting Defining identity: In the…
Positionality, Intersectionality, and Privilege in Health Professions Education & Research
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Learning Objectives: Define the terms privilege, positionality, and intersectionality. Identify your positionality as you engage in teaching and research activities. When we begin conversations about equity, we need to start by considering who we are in the larger context of society. Positionality is the place where you stand in relation…