IHI Open School: Student Improvement Practicum Test

--They'll participate in the second wave of the practicum, as they won't start testing the practicum until Fall 2011

--Public Health and Nursing students will participate in the practicum
--They're starting with one grou of 3-4 students
--They've having their first meeting on Jan 24th

--12 residents are starting the practicum in December
--They've identified two partner hospitals
--A group of medical students and DNP students may also test the practicum

-- They'll launch their student improvement projects by having their first meeting for interested
   students in the beginning of January 2011.  They're going to start with one project team. 
-- Like the website - they're planning to created a memorandum based on the U of T memorandum
   of understanding for the student participants and will share it on this site.
-- The Chapter Leader & Faculty Advisor are both employees of the health system, so they're
   connected to the local health system.     
--The students will join existing improvement team in the system, so they will not own the 
  project.

Hi test sites!

We're eager to help you get started with your student improvement practicums and to see your results.  Over the next two weeks, we're hosting one-on-one launch calls with each site.  We'll share the notes from those calls and from your progress over the next few months here. 

University of Toronto Launch Call Notes
Partner Organizations:
--They're working with 3 organizations (outreach was done by students and faculty)

Number of Projects:
--They'll start 4 new projects by the end of the year (December)

Timeline:
--They estimate it will take approximately one month per PDSA cycle
--They'll plan to share their first PDSA results at the end of Feb/early March
--They'll be done with the pracitum 2-3 months after the start (March)

Project focus/scope:
--They'd identified projects that are already in progress and are evidence-based
--The projects are not necessarly owned/started by the students
--Students meet w/project lead on site who cangive them context for the project (projects are 
  often in progress)

Challenges:
--Because of schedule conflicts, it is unlikely the students will actually be able to carry out two    
  consecutive PDSA cycles in person; they expect the students will speak with the organization
  to learn about the results for the second PSDA and fill out the form.  Then, they'll plan and carry
  out a third PDSA cycle.
--The students won't have enough time to complete all of the IHI Open School courses before
  starting the projects, but they will complete the courses by the end of the academic year.  The 
  students are required to complete the courses to receive  the Advanced Certificate of
  Completion.

Additional resources:
--Paula uses a modified driver diagram she thinsk the students may find useful; if they like the 
  format, she'll share it with this group

Request from the IHI Open School Team for All Practicum Sites:
1.  As you're doing the practicum, please let us know what resources we could add that
     would make your preparation and praticum more successful (tools, forms, course
     material, etc.)
2.  Please feel free to reach out to the other sites participating in this test when you'd like
     to celebrate a success, share a tip, or would like a new perspective on a challenge
     you face.