Past Practicums
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We seek to provide both short-term and long-term practical opportunities for UBC students to learn from and contribute to the work of quality improvement health care professionals in the Metro Vancouver area. Our students come from a wide range of areas, including both undergraduate and graduate students with clinical, research, and/or business backgrounds. Ideally, students would be involved in an activity from start to finish, whether it be an evaluation or conducting a PDSA cycle.
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Flow improvement initiativeAssist in determining the effectiveness/challenges of adapting to the new design/process of the ED for,,mmm More specifically, exploring why the supertrack (CTAS 4/5) is not effectively decreasing wait times (hypothesis: X-ray times)
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Meeting provincial sepsis targetsUnderstand/determine the factors that are contributing to suboptimal metrics and propose and conduct tests of changes and solutions for improvement
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Hand hygiene compliance in the EDUnderstand/determine contributing factors to poor hand hygiene compliance to decrease MRSA, VRE, and C. diff rates and sustain the compliance rate
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Lions Gate HospitalStudents addressed the issue of OR case cart discrepancies by creating a highlighting system for Medical Device Reprocessing staff to communicate with OR staff.
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Richmond HospitalIn tackling the issue of turnover time, students identified one root cause as the communication between healthcare professionals, cleaners, and other OR staff through observations and interviews with staff. Students have created a communication protocol for OR staff to improve communication between personnel and are currently in the middle of implementing a PDSA cycle.
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