Description

Overview

This interactive course is designed for clinicians, quality improvement and patient safety professionals, healthcare leaders, and population health teams seeking to integrate health equity into quality and safety efforts. Participants will build practical skills in collecting and analyzing sociodemographic data, identifying disparities, and applying equity-focused approaches to proven QI tools such as SMARTIE aims, fishbone diagrams, PDSA cycles, and funnel plots.

Through expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops, and real-world case studies, learners will gain experience evaluating interventions and designing initiatives that drive equitable outcomes across patient populations. Participants will collaborate with peers and industry experts while exploring best practices in data collection, equity analysis, and improvement strategy development.

Course Format & Dates

This course will be delivered virtually over two live sessions to maximize flexibility and engagement. Participants should register for either Session 1 or Session 2, based on their scheduling preference. Each session consists of two live virtual classes.

Session 1
Part 1: October 27, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM (EST)
Part 2: November 3, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM (EST)

OR

Session 2
Part 1: October 28, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM (EST)
Part 2: November 4, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM (EST)

Participants are expected to attend both parts of their selected session.

Each session will feature a mix of instruction, interactive exercises, and collaborative discussions, allowing participants to apply concepts in real time while connecting with peers and facilitators.

Target Audience

This workshop is intended for healthcare professionals involved in quality improvement who want to integrate health equity into initiatives and organizational strategies.

Ideal participants include clinicians, quality and patient safety professionals, healthcare administrators, operational leaders, and population health or health equity teams.

Participants should have a basic understanding of quality improvement methods, experience working on QI projects, and familiarity with Excel or similar tools for data analysis.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the Health Equity in Practice: Adapting QI Tools to Identify, Measure, and Reduce Disparities course, participants will be able to:

Part I

• Explain foundational concepts related to health equity, patient safety, and healthcare quality, including the social determinants of health, health related social needs, and structural drivers of inequities in care and outcomes.
• Recognize the importance of and best practices for collecting patient sociodemographic data and explain how this information can be utilized to assess and address health disparities.
• Assess the appropriateness and limitations of quality measures used in health equity analyses.
• Conduct and interpret health equity analyses using funnel plots and stratified baseline data to identify potential disparities in patient care and outcomes across sociodemographic groups.

Part II

• Explain how selected traditional quality improvement (QI) tools, processes, and methodologies can be adapted to advance health equity.
• Through case study, apply equity-focused QI tools to design quality improvement initiatives aimed at reducing disparities in care and outcomes.
• Conduct and interpret run chart and statistical process control analyses to evaluate the efficacy of quality improvement initiatives on disparities in care and outcomes.

Registration

To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.

Registration Type	Rate
Physician	$320.00
Healthcare clinicians	$280.00
Administrative Professionals	$280.00

Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent a few days prior to the course launch. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu.

Online Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy
Due to the proprietary materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer.

Other Terms and Conditions:
Online training courses may NOT be transferred to another Participant. Participants have 2 weeks to access any virtual online course content. Participants have until the expiration date to access and complete any enduring material courses. Boston Children’s Hospital CE is not responsible for user technical difficulties including loss of internet, power outages, etc.

Cancellation of Services
Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.

Refund Policy
Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.