Table 3.
Residents' Survey Responses Before and After Participating in QIPS CURE
| Survey Question | Strongly Agree/ Agree, n (%) | Somewhat Agree/ Undecided/ Somewhat Disagree, n (%) | Disagree/Strongly Disagree, n (%) | Mean (SD) | P Value | ||||
| After QIPS CURE | Before QIPS CURE | After QIPS CURE | Before QIPS CURE | After QIPS CURE | Before QIPS CURE | After QIPS CURE | Before QIPS CURE | ||
| I understand the basic approach to quality improvement/patient safety as it applies to problems in health care. | 32 (100) | 8 (57) | 0 (0) | 6 (43) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.38 (0.49) | 5.71 (1.07) | .013 |
| I am able to identify key stakeholders in a process that requires improvement. | 30 (94) | 3 (21) | 2 (6) | 11 (79) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.32 (0.54) | 4.79 (1.12) | < .001 |
| I am able to create a fishbone diagram to understand the root causes of a quality or safety problems. | 28 (88) | 1 (7) | 4 (12) | 11 (79) | 0 (0) | 2 (14) | 6.15 (0.67) | 3.64 (1.22) | < .001 |
| I am able to create a SMART aim (goal) statement. | 28 (88) | 3 (21) | 3 (9) | 7 (50) | 0 (0) | 4 (29) | 6.03 (0.75) | 3.79 (1.63) | < .001 |
| I am able to design a plan-do-study-act cycle. | 30 (94) | 2 (14) | 2 (6) | 10 (71) | 0 (0) | 2 (14) | 6.25 (0.57) | 4.07 (1.44) | < .001 |
| I am able to identify if a change led to improvement. | 29 (91) | 5 (36) | 2 (6) | 9 (64) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.34 (0.48) | 5.21 (1.05) | < .001 |
| I am able to identify meaningful quality metrics for QI work. | 24 (75) | 1 (7) | 8 (25) | 13 (93) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.11 (0.63) | 4.36 (0.74) | < .001 |
| I feel comfortable leading a QI project. | 29 (91) | 1 (7) | 3 (9) | 8 (57) | 0 (0) | 5 (36) | 6.08 (0.77) | 3.31 (1.18) | < .001 |
| I am able to identify quality gaps within my own practice. | 28 (88) | 5 (36) | 4 (12) | 9 (64) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.33 (0.61) | 5.07 (0.83) | < .001 |
| I am able to log a patient safety event in the hospital's incident reporting system. | 30 (94) | 3 (21) | 2 (6) | 8 (57) | 0 (0) | 3 (21) | 6.47 (0.72) | 4.07 (1.44) | < .001 |
| I believe that the QIPS curriculum was a valuable learning experience. | 26 (81) | a | 6 (19) | a | 0 (0) | a | 6.16 (1.05) | a | a |
Abbreviation: QIPS CURE, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum and Resident Experience.
Note: Each question's responses on a 7-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, somewhat agree, undecided, somewhat disagree, disagree, strongly disagree).
a
Question only asked after participation in QIPS CURE.