Quality Improvement Training Institute

Teams will be paired with an experienced QI coach who provides individualized mentorship throughout the program. Together, teams and coaches work through a structured QI project designed to address a clinical gap at the team's home institution. The QITI curriculum covers a range of core topics, including:

• Strategies for forming and sustaining effective multidisciplinary QI teams
• Tools for identifying and assessing clinical quality gaps
• Methods for designing, conducting and analyzing QI interventions
• Skills for communicating QI work to diverse audiences
• Best practices for preparing QI project results for publication

This immersive program equips participants with the tools and confidence to lead sustainable QI initiatives and contribute meaningfully to a culture of continuous improvement in hematology.

Training Schedule

The mandatory training sessions listed below ensure that participants receive the full range of benefits offered through the QITI program.

Objectives of the Workshop Curriculum

During the mandatory in-person and virtual training workshops, participants are paired with experienced faculty members and coaches for training, mentorship, and networking opportunities.

Throughout these workshops, participants will develop their own clinical quality improvement projects. Teams will refine and revise their plans through interactive sessions with faculty, coaches, and peers, applying the QI concepts they have learned.

The program objectives for each participating project team are:

• To create and manage a project team that effectively designs, implements and evaluates a quality improvement activity in a hematology practice setting;
• To apply concepts of process analysis;
• To integrate rapid cycle improvement methodology and determine appropriate quantitative tools and methods; and
• To maximize sustainability and dissemination of work

Program Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered for participation in the QITI, applications should meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be located in US or Canada
• Teams must include a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 team members who can commit to the program participation requirements, which include:
  • Attending all in-person and virtual workshops. Teams selected to participate will be invited to join the program at no cost for up to 5 individuals; ASH will sponsor travel and participation costs for those team members.
  • Attending monthly (or more frequent) virtual coaching calls with their QITI coach.
  • Meeting with their team in between coaching and workshops to advance project progress.
  • Implementing their proposed QI project at their home institution and adhering to QITI deadlines to the extent possible.
• At least one member of each participating team must be a current ASH member in good standing and must commit to attending all workshops.
• Applications are encouraged from teams including clinicians and/or other care team members at all levels, in both academic and community settings. Applicants are not required to be physicians or hematologists.
• Applicants must have full institutional support for participation in the program if selected, including institutional commitment to dedicate the time and resources necessary to both participate in the program and implement the proposed project, for all project team members.
• ASH is committed to building and nurturing a hematology community and workforce inclusive of many perspectives, talents, and experiences by inspiring, recruiting, and supporting researchers and clinicians from a wide variety of backgrounds to improve the quality of hematology care. ASH welcomes and encourages engagement and participation of individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, demographics, practice settings (academic, community), practice focus (adult, pediatric), and practice experience (early career, mid- to late career).

Apply to QITI

By accepting enrollment into the Quality Improvement Training Institute, you agree to:

Questions?

If you have questions or require additional information regarding the ASH Quality Improvement Training Institute, please contact quality@hematology.org.

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