
The AACVPR Research and Quality of Care Committees are pleased to announce the return of the Quality Improvement Cohort, a learning opportunity designed to provide professionals the tools needed to identify, plan for and implement a quality improvement (QI) project in their program. This program will also help participants understand how to write up the results of that project and present them to administration and/or submit them as an abstract for the AACVPR Annual Meeting.
For the first cohort, we plan to set the capacity of the program at 40-50 participants. As a result, this may be a competitive selection process, and not all who apply are guaranteed to be selected to participate.
All applications are due October 1, 2025, and should be submitted to research@aacvpr.org.
Candidates can expect to hear about the status of their applications by October 8, 2025.
Eligibility Requirements
- Completion of full application, including supervisor participation acknowledgement form
- $50 non-refundable participation fee if selected for the cohort
Application Requirements
- Completion of contact and demographic information
- Completion of applicant attestation
- Completion of application attestation by direct supervisor
- Submission of Quality Improvement Proposal (See proposal template and sample proposal included in this application packet for details – we suggest focusing on Enrollment and Adherence) to include:
- Clinical question or problem to target and the proposed intervention to address the question or problem
- Unsure what question or problem you would like to target for this program? We recommend focusing on improving your program’s enrollment and adherence results. See below for suggestions:
Meeting Schedule
The cohort will meet on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT/12:00 pm MT/11:00 am PT on the currently planned dates to cover the following topics. Please note: dates may shift slightly based on faculty availability.
Date
|
Topic
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October 14, 2025 |
Introduction & Purpose, PICO Method, Baseline Data Collection |
October 21, 2025 |
Engagement & Managing Teams |
November 4, 2025 |
Identify Root Problems Through the Use of Quality Improvement Tools |
November 11, 2025 |
Strategic Thinking for Planning Interventions |
December 2, 2025 |
Presentation and Refinement of QI Projects by Participants |
December 9, 2025 |
Presentation and Refinement of QI Projects by Participants |
January 13, 2026 |
Stakeholder Engagement Check-in and Troubleshooting Discussion |
January 20, 2026 |
Using Data to Guide Your Project |
February 3, 2026 |
Data Collection Check-in: Q&A and Troubleshooting |
March 3, 2026 |
Participant Data Presentation Updates & Feedback |
March 10, 2026 |
Participant Data Presentation Updates & Feedback |
April 7, 2026 |
Writing Up & Presenting Data |
April 21, 2026 |
Sustainability and Continuous Quality Improvement, Creating a Poster |
May 4, 2026 |
Wrap-up Call |
* In addition to the calls, participants need to implement their selected quality improvement project within their program.
Any questions regarding this new offering should be directed to research@aacvpr.org.