Quality Improvement Cohort

 

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.

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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

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.

 

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