The Education of Psychiatry – Caring for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Malia E. Haddock, MS, PMHNP-BC Although trainees incidentally care for patients experiencing homelessness throughout residency and beyond, intentional didactic and clinical experiences with homelessness create unique opportunities to increase interest, confidence and ability among resident psychiatrists in the care of…
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PDSA Cycles for Continuous Improvement
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April MITE Hot Topic – PDSA Cycles for Continuous Improvement Author: Hilary Perrey, MHA, LSSBB Improvement Specialist II Maine Medical Center Performance Improvement Learning Objectives: Describe what PDSA cycles are and how we use them in continuous improvement. Explain how to conduct PDSA cycles. Illustrate a helpful PDSA cycle template.…
March Faculty Development Tip-The Prebrief: More than just an Orientation
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February Monthly Faculty Development Tip Shelly Chipman, RN The Prebrief: More than just an Orientation Our passion and responsibility as educators is to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and/or skills upon our students. Traditionally, this has been a rather passive process, where faculty provide information and learners absorb by listening…
Avoiding the “Whack-a Mole” Approach to Patient Safety Events: the Safety Assessment Code matrix
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March 2021 MITE Quality Improvement Patient Safety Hot Topic Avoiding the “Whack-a Mole” Approach to Patient Safety Events: the Safety Assessment Code matrix Erin Graydon Baker, MS, RRT, CPPS, CPHRM Clinical Risk Manager, MaineHealth Learning Objectives: Describe how and when to prioritize immediate safety threats Explain the Safety Assessment Code…
Introduction to Simulation Modelling
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Introduction to Simulation Modelling Mohit Shukla, MS, LSSBB Quality Management Engineer MaineHealth Performance Improvement Team Learning objectives: Describe Discrete Event Simulation with an example State when simulation might be more appropriate than other Lean improvement tools Simulation modelling is the application of computation models built to replicate real life phenomena…
January Faculty Development Tip-Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety as Medical Educators
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Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety as Medical Educators Jillian Gregory, DO As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in medical infrastructure in the US, many new medical teams, often with medical student and resident learners, have formed in varying capacities to help mitigate the influx of patients. Many…
Design Thinking
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January MITE Article – Design Thinking Stephen Tyzik Director of Performance Improvement MMC & MMP Learning Objectives 1) Define design thinking and its 5 phases 2) Articulate the need for design thinking in Healthcare 3) Outline a design thinking implementation plan Over a decade ago Donald Berwick, MD (President…
Prioritization Methods: Which QI Project Solution Ideas Should We Tackle First?
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December 2020 PSQI Hot Topic Prioritization Methods: Which QI Project Solution Ideas Should We Tackle First? Lauren Atkinson, MPH, CST Improvement Specialist Supervisor Maine Medical Partners Learning Objectives: Describe when to use a project prioritization tool. Understand how to set up and facilitate use of an impact/effort matrix with…
November Faculty Development Tip: Tips on Clinical Teaching and Precepting Using Telehealth
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MITE Tip November, 2020 Tips on clinical teaching and precepting using telehealth Ruth Frydman, M.D. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., there has been an abrupt and substantial shift to providing health care through telehealth. Staff, learners, and patients have been learning to adjust to using…
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Understanding Variation
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Understanding Variation Mark Parker, MD Vice President, Quality and Safety Maine Medical Center November, 2020 Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize the features of a stable system 2. Differentiate common cause from special cause variation David Robert Jones, a.k.a. David Bowie (c.1947-2016), and William Edwards Deming (c.1900-1993) had overlapping lifespans although…