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Improvement Science

Achieving Competency Today

All the information you need about the ACT course.

Achieving Competency Today (ACT): Issues in Quality, Cost, Systems, and Safety

The ACT course is a graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum for systems based practice and practice based learning and improvement. Interprofessional teams work collaboratively to design and test solutions to identified challenges in healthcare delivery through an improvement project.
Subject AreaLevel
Improvement ScienceIntermediate
AudienceDelivery
Resident and attending physicians, fellows, advanced practice clinicians, quality professionals, medical students, pharmacists, nurses, allied health professionals, and other interested learners.Didactic, facilitated class discussion, multimedia, e-learning, small group activities, and application of key concepts and tools.
RequirementsPre-Requisites
Completion of assigned IHI Open School lessons in QI, PS and Leadership. Completion of a rapid cycle test of an improvement project plan with assigned ACT team.Bachelor’s degree.
Credits/CertificationLength
For information about education credits contact the Safety and Quality Education Specialist.38.5 hours over 12 weekly sessions.
Date(s)Registration
Fall Course: September 6– November 29, 2023

Winter Course:  January 17 – April 10, 2024
Apply on the ACT Course Application form below. Offered twice per year; Fall, Winter.
Fee(s)Contact Information
No charge for ChristianaCare employees, Medical-Dental staff and credentialed providers.Claire Rudolph, Safety and Quality Education Specialist, 302-733-1237.

Loretta Consiglio-Ward, Program Manager, 302-733-5943.

Registration

The ‘Achieving Competency Today (ACT): Issues in Health Care Quality, Costs, Systems and Safety’ course is a graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum for systems based practice and practice based learning and improvement. Interprofessional teams work collaboratively to design and test solutions to identified challenges in healthcare delivery through an improvement project.

Registration:

  • Opens June 1, 2023
  • Fall 2023 session application deadline: August 18, 2023
  • Winter 2024 session application deadline October 27, 2023

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John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
2nd Floor, Suite 2E65A
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19718 - directions

Phone: 302-733-5943

Email: lconsiglio-ward@christianacare.org

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