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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 Area | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement Science | Intermediate | |
| Audience | Delivery | |
| 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. | |
| Requirements | Pre-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/Certification | Length | |
| For information about education credits contact the Safety and Quality Education Specialist. | 38.5 hours over 12 weekly sessions. | |
| Date(s) | Registration | |
| Fall 2024 Course: September 11– December 4, 2024 Winter 2025 Course: January 15 – April 9, 2025 | 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. | |
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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.
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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
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Graduates will earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice, prepared to excel in today's health care landscape