My Practice Improvement

My Practice, My Improvement, My Excellence

An easy-to-navigate and powerful tool to support data-informed practice improvement. 

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What is MyPI and how does it work?

As a physician in Alberta, you have access to various data sources that can inform your practice. Using this data to generate meaningful information and identify areas for practice improvement can be challenging, and the MyPI tool can help.

MyPI provides coaching on how to best reflect on your practice and create actionable change plans that you can implement. Most importantly, the tool helps keep you accountable along the way.

MyPI is available to all physicians across the province. You can complete independent activities, group activities, or select from a list of activity templates.

Curious about what MyPI looks like and how it integrates with the 5-step FMRAC framework, click here.

Step 1 -Identify a practice improvement opportunity

  1. Identify an opportunity for practice improvement
  2. Gain a deeper understanding of this opportunity by reviewing data and evidence
  3. Consider the scope of this opportunity so that you can take a practical first step

Step 2 – Create a change plan

  1. Develop a change plan within a specified area
  2. Identify necessary implementation resources
  3. Prepare to overcome your identified barriers to change

Step 3 – Review your progress

  1. Evaluate whether your practice changes had an impact
  2. Plan your next steps

This three-credit-per-hour Assessment program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 45 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development. Participants may claim a maximum of 15.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated). (MAINPORT ID 00013793)

You may claim up to 45 Mainpro+ Assessment credits or 15.0 hours MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment Program hours upon completion of the My Practice Improvement steps each time. This tool allows you to restart and document another practice improvement activity immediately.

Materials presented are in compliance with the University of Calgary Copyright Policy, Acceptable Use of Material Protected by Copyright.

Program materials are for individual use only and not to be distributed.

  • This program has received no commercial sponsorship support
  • This program is co-developed by the University of Calgary CME&PD and the Calgary Office of Alberta Physician Learning Program (PLP), and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance
  • Planning committee disclosure:
FacultyCredentialsDisclosureAffiliation
Katrina (Tina) NicholsonMD MB ChB CCFPSpeakers Bureau – Takeda and Elvium Pharmaceuticals

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Alberta Health Services

Reach Institute

Johanna BlaakMScNothing to discloseCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Kelly BurakMD FRCPC MSc (Epid)Nothing to disclose

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Alberta Health Services

Joe MacGillivrayMHSA CHENothing to discloseCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
David ToppsMB ChB CCFPNothing to discloseCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Thomas RaedlerMDNothing to discloseCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Douglas WoodhouseMD BScEng CCFPNothing to disclose

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Alberta Health Services

Utkarsh SubnisPhD MA MBBSNothing to discloseCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Complete your activity in three steps 

Looking to complete your practice reflection cycles? MyPI (My Practice Improvement) guides you step-by-step through a Physician Practice Improvement (PPI) cycle, whilst coaching you through the optimal steps for quality improvement. For a 12-month subscription of $199 (+GST), receive these amazing benefits

  • Unlimited MyPI cycles
  • Access to templated and group activities
  • Growing library of resources and online coaching
  • Claim up to 45 CME credits for CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC MOC for each cycle

MyPI fulfills your CPSA Physician Practice Improvement (PPI) requirements for which you will receive additional certification.

If you would like to look at a few project examples, head to Resources and Help before you get started.

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Personal Development

Examples of personal development include:

  • “Set personal goals with my leader when completing my annual review and teaching evaluations to improve my communication and teamwork”

  • “Set personal goals when debriefed following a 360 evaluation to improve my leadership ability”

  • “Reflect on and make changes to improve my work life balance after completion of a burn out assessment”

  • “Reflect and set SMART goals based on feedback from patient surveys to enhance my communication skills”

Quality improvement activity

Quality improvement activity examples:

  • CPSA Group Practice Review (GPR)

  • CPSA Patient Record Content Review – Physician Self-Review or Peer Review

  • CPSA Standard of Practice Review – Referral Consultation

Quality improvement methods

Quality improvement methods are processes used to assess data, identify gaps, develop an action plan for change and measure whether those changes produce the desired improvements. For example:

  • PDSA (Plan Do Study Act)
  • Lean
  • Six Sigma
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Model for Improvement
  • Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ)
  • Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC) Physician Practice Improvement cycle
  • Alberta Health Services (AHS) Improvement Way

Data

  • Performance data

  • Screening data

  • Adherence to reporting standards

  • Feedback data from teaching

  • Patient outcomes data

  • Audit of processes of clinical care

  • Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) data

  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data

  • MD Snapshot