Mayo Clinic Application of Quality Improvement: Tools and Methods Silver Level Knowledge Assessment Online CME Course

*Open to Non-Mayo Clinic employees only*

Course Director: Nneka Comfere, MD

Available until December 31, 2023 - Online CME Course

The Mayo Clinic Applied Quality Essentials is a learning and self-assessment activity and aims to evaluate the physician’s knowledge in quality improvement concepts and methods. There are no prerequisites for this course. The module is offered as an online 30-question pre-test (Test A) and 30-question post-test (Test B). Test A and Test B versions each contain 30 distinct questions but will test to the same curriculum and can be taken as open book tests. Education credit will be awarded if the participant achieves a score ≥80% correct answers on the pre-test or post-test (two chances allowed). The learner’s choices along with the correct responses for each question will be provided at the conclusion of the test as well as an overall performance score and the rationale for the correct answer and/or relevant references to educational content.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physician, scientists, allied health staff and any others who have an interest in applying quality principles in the healthcare setting.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, the learner is to be able to do the following:

  • Articulate the case for patient-centered quality and affordability
  • Apply systems and process thinking to their work
  • Employ DMAIC framework as a structured approach for improvement
  • Select and use appropriate quality improvement tools within a DMAIC framework
  • Identify and measure gaps in quality
  • Apply process improvement principles


Utilization of this Mayo Clinic online (enduring materials) course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be in this course.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 10.00 ABA
  • 10.00 ABIM
  • 10.00 ABOHNS
  • 10.00 ABPath
  • 10.00 ABPeds
  • 10.00 ABPM
  • 10.00 ABPMR
  • 10.00 ABPN
  • 10.00 ABS
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 10.00 ANCC
  • 10.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/01/2020
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Cost:
$250.00

All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.

DISCLOSURE SUMMARY:
As a Jointly Accredited Provider by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.
 
Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed:
 
No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Sandra Booth
Sean Clark
Nneka Comfere, MD
Kimberly Hunsinger
Shreya Vijay Kadam
Carmen Kane
Barbara Mesenberg
Erin Pagel
Nichole Solana
Barbara Terrill
Amy M. White, D.N.P, MS, R.N., CNOR

Relevant financial relationships: None.
 
References to off-label usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in this module:  None
 

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here

 

 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science 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 Statement(s):

AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM - American Board of Internal Medicine
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

ABOHNS – American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to meet the expectations of the American Board of Otolaryngology’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.

ABPATH – American Board of Pathology
This activity provides 10 Category 1 CME and Lifelong Learning CME credits toward Part II of the ABPath MOC Program.

ABP – American Board of Pediatrics
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 10 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

ABA – American Board of Anesthesiology
This activity contributes to the requirement for Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self Assessment of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®), known as MOCA 2.0®.  This activity is designated for a maximum of 10 MOCA credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOCA 2.0®is a trademark of The American Board of Anesthesiology®.

ABPN
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed the Applied Quality Essentials course and has approved this program as part of a comprehensive Self-Assessment Part II program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of Maintenance of Certification. This activity awards up to 10 Category 1 CME as Self-Assessment credits. The approval period is for September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2023. This activity approval was extended until 12/31/2023.

ABS
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

ABS
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Other Boards:
Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Maintenance of Certification (“MOC”) Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, Applied Quality Essentials - EM has met the requirements as a MOC Part II CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) and/or a MOC Part II Self- Assessment Activity for the following ABMS Member Boards:

MOC Part II Self-Assessment

Ophthalmology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

MOC Part II CME Activity

Allergy and Immunology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Family Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology

Other Healthcare Professionals
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.

Available Credit

  • 10.00 ABA
  • 10.00 ABIM
  • 10.00 ABOHNS
  • 10.00 ABPath
  • 10.00 ABPeds
  • 10.00 ABPM
  • 10.00 ABPMR
  • 10.00 ABPN
  • 10.00 ABS
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 10.00 ANCC
  • 10.00 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$250.00
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Access to online streaming course is available from the date of purchase until the course expires on December 31, 2023. Credit must be claimed within that time period.

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