Standards of Practice Quality Improvement (QI) involves aligning your clinical practice with the regulatory standards set by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA). This ensures that your practice meets established guidelines, enhances compliance, and addresses any gaps to uphold the highest levels of patient care and safety.
Choose Your Data Source for Standards of Practice QI
Make a decision based on time and availability. This course has a built-in tool that will help use the CPSA’s Standard of Practice questionnaires to generate your data.
SUPPORT for PPIP: Self-Reflection Tool for Data-informed QI
How can the SUPPORT for PPIP Tool for Data-informed QI generate data for the CPSA's Standards of Practice QI activity?
The data generation tool in the SUPPORT for PPIP requires you to review a minimum of 10 patient charts and answer questions based on the CPSA’s Standards of Practice. You will not be asked to input any identifiable patient information. As you go through your records, ensure that you are consistently reflecting on the information and using it to drive meaningful changes in your practice.
Other sources of data for Standards of Practice QI
There are alternative ways to gather data for your Standards of Practice QI activity. To explore these ways, please refer to the CPSA’s Standards of Practice resources section.
Begin Exploring Opportunities for Data-informed QI
To complete your Standards of Practice QI activity, you will be using your patient charts to fill out Standard of Practice questionnaires. This will let you visualize your results so that you can identify gaps, and help you to pick a goal for your action plan. Navigate to the Explore Opportunities for Data-informed QI activities page to continue.