COURSES
PQMS For Champions:
Leading through A3 Thinking
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
PQMS for Champions: Leading through A3 Thinking is Stanford Children’s Health’s approach to problem solving that reinforces how the process and thinking in creating the A3 are most important.
Course participants will learn to:
See problems as opportunities
Apply critical thinking vs. reactivity or assumption
Approach improvement with humility and respect
Create engagement and alignment
Use Process & systems thinking
Clarify process scope and focus
Learn through data, facts, and observation
Collect and understand current state data and facts
Conduct current state analysis
Set improvement goals
Identify future state and implement countermeasures
Measure, evaluate and share outcomes
Execute through iterative improvement (PDCA)
Sustain outcomes and plan for continuous improvement
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Intermediate to Advanced
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Required: PQMS Foundations
Recommended: PQMS for Champions: Leading with Daily Management Systems (DMS)
Additionally, you must have a leadership sponsor for the A3 project -
In person at the Stanford Barn
700 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94305 -
This course lasts 12 weeks.
There will be 6 half-day sessions (10:00am – 2:30pm; 35 classroom hours). You should expect to spend an additional 2 – 4 hours per week to meet with an A3 coach and to work on the A3 (24 – 48 additional hours outside of the classroom) -
No cost for Stanford Medicine participants*
*Registered Nurse Continuing Education Units available. 21.5 hours. CE Fee: $332.35
Reach out in the form here to learn more about the course.
