Course Description

The Mass General Brigham Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP) is an inter-professional, team-based educational program for physicians, nurses, other clinicians and administrators. The aim of CPIP is to facilitate the development of skills and competencies needed to deliver high quality care with efficient use of clinical resources. The CPIP quality improvement curriculum is enhanced with simulated scenarios to reinforce key concepts and ensure the mastery of certain competencies. CPIP teams are charged with addressing a clinical problem in their environment; allowing participants to translate theory into action.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, other clinicians and administrators from Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Learning Objectives 

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

1. Identify gaps in quality and efficiency of care by examining current clinical processes.
2. Apply process improvement skills as a means to reduce unwarranted variation in clinical processes.
3. Apply skills of primary data collection, analysis, and interpretation to understand and improve clinical processes.
4. Develop leadership and communications skills required to assemble, manage and function within interdisciplinary teams in order to solve clinical process challenges.

Course Director

Ilona Goldfarb, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School;
Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 6 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mass General Brigham is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Mass General Brigham maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credit.

Pharmacy 
​​​​This activity provides 6 contact hours (6 CEUs) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA0007437-0000-22-013-L04-P