Lights! Camera! Graphs! Photos! QA/QI Poster Template Authors Institutions Introduction/Significance List the reasons for the quality initiative/assessment. Describe the current state, as well as the reason for the intervention. Provide references from the literature or previous work in the area of interest if applicable. Description of Initiative Describe the quality initiative and how it will be assessed. Example: Setting for the study: General Hospital Study Timeline: Staff education/training on the system (11/1/12 – 12/31/12): this involved a series of computer training sessions introducing the new system for all staff. System Live: 1/1/2013 Error rate/staff feedback assessment: 3 months, 6 months, one year post implementation Initiative follow-up procedures: The medication error rates at the various time points were compared to the previous year’s rates. A random sample of 5% of all medications prescribed during each time period was obtained. Using this list, the QI team determined whether the medication in question was appropriately prescribed to the patient. For quality control purposes, all medication errors were reviewed by at least two of the team members. In addition, 10% of the medications assessed to be dispensed correctly were reviewed by one of the other team members to confirm this finding. Staff surveys were collected using the SurveyMonkey Platform. Data collected from the surveys was anonymous. Key metrics: Describe any outcome variables for the study that will be responsive to the initiative. Example: rate of medication errors at 3 months, 6 months and one year, staff feedback Data Review/Analyses Describe how you will analyze your data Example: Descriptive data have been summarized for the study. Comparisons between the medication error rates were performed. Staff survey data were compiled and reviewed for suggestions/satisfaction rates. Next Steps/Discussion Based upon your findings, describe how you will proceed. Summarize the main findings from your study and to interpret your results relative to next steps (if any) in the study. If additional interventions are planned, the proposed next steps should be described here. Objective(s) Specify the objective(s) of your study. Example: To determine the impact of the new medication ordering system on medication error rates at General Hospital at 3 months, 6 months and one year after implementation. The goal is to reduce the rate from 20% to 5%. To assess ease of use and satisfaction with the new system from staff. Results Here’s where you provide some detail to all of the cool tables and figures that you have provided. Make sure the reader is very aware of what you consider to be the major findings from your study. This is also a place to remark upon some of the minor findings that did not make their way into any of your tables and figures. Hint: Don’t just regurgitate the same information already present in your tables and figures. Pick out specific pieces of information on which you would like your reader to focus. Conclusion The big finish, where you get to blow your audience away with your final, pithy comments. This should be brief, three sentences tops. Quality Improvement Model Identify the QI model to be used in your study. Example: We will follow the PDSA model (Plan, Do, Study, Act) for this study. As the implementation has already been planned and executed (Plan and Do phases), we plan to focus on the Study and Act phases of the model. We will determine the effect of our intervention on our key metrics. Based upon the results, we will determine if further modifications in our medication ordering protocol are necessary. Charts/Graphs/Pictures Lights! Camera! Graphs! Photos! Lurid Data! Yow! You get the idea. Here is where you put your eyeball grabbing data, amazing graphs and stupendous radiology and photos. Just don’t get all carried away with the three-D stuff and the retina searing color combinations. Provide your information in a clear, informative, and yes, entertaining fashion. Remember to number all Tables and Figures, so that you can easily refer to them in the Results section. References While it is a nice thing to include references, if you’re crunched for space, these are the first things to go. If the choice is between including a really good looking graph or the references, ditch the references and show the graph. Don’t Be Constrained By These Headings Every study is different, so don’t feel like you have to mash your round pegs to fit into the template’s square holes. Add sections and headings as are dictated by your study.