The assignment should detail a quality improvement strategy and include: • A brief summary of the patient safety problem and rationale for choosing the specific quality improvement strategy. • A...

The assignment should detail a quality improvement strategy and include:
• A brief summary of the patient safety problem and rationale for choosing the specific quality improvement strategy.
• A description of the approach or model of improvement that will guide the improvement strategy.
• The specific aim of the proposed quality improvement strategy.
• Description and definition of measures that will be selected to show changes in processes of care and/or patient outcomes.
• Description of the setting and the target group where the quality improvement project will be undertaken.
• Identification of the major stakeholders, opinion leaders and clinical champions and how they would be expected to facilitate or impede the adoption of the plan.
• Outline and justification of the changes that will be made that are expected to result in an improvement of practice.
• Description of the data collection processes.
• Consideration of ethical aspects of implementing and studying the improvement strategy (e.g. privacy concerns, conflicts of interest) and how they will be addressed.
• Description of a process for analyzing and presenting the results.
• Discussion how feedback about performance and outcomes will be provided to the clinicians.