Session Summary
Session Hosts: Dr. Janet Craig, Dr. Jerrett Stephenson, Dr. Lindsay Nanninga & Dr. Andie Bains
Guest Presenters: Roland Simon (Health Quality Council of Alberta), Amanda Bouma (Practice Facilitator, Westview PCN), Dr. Danielle Michaels (CPSA)
Session Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Explain the requirements of the CPSA’s Physician Practice Improvement Program (PPIP).
- List at least two tools and resources available to support PPIP requirements.
- Describe a variety of examples from peer physicians in Alberta.
Recommended Resources:
- Recording
- CPSA website: resources
- MyL3Plan - free PPIP reporting tool from the Physician Learning Program/Lifelong Learning Office at the UofA
- MyPI – subscription support program from UofC (PLP)
- Facing the Drain of Medical Practice – 90-minute webinar for PPIP-3 addressing burnout prevention (contact AMA ACTT program at networks@albertadoctors.org)
- One:carepath research opportunity information
- Link to website
- HQCA Healthcare Panel Report
- HQCA Patient Safety Culture survey – email info@hqca.ca (Jonas Shultz)
- HQCA Patient Experience survey - email info@hqca.ca (Roland Simon)
- MyL3 Plan: My Lifelong Learning Plan: a free, accredited online tool that supports practice improvement - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA
- MyPI: A new practice improvement tool for Alberta physicians - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA
- How big does a PPIP activity have to be? - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA
Session Highlights & Themes
- Starting in January 2021, Alberta physicians must meet CPSA’s Physician Practice Improvement Program (PPIP) requirements at least once within a five-year cycle.
- PPIP activities include: PPIP-1: practice-driven quality improvement (QI), PPIP-2: CPSA standards of practice quality improvement and PPIP-3: personal development.
- Physicians must report their participation in these activities in the PPIP section of CPSA’s Renewal Information Form (RIF) and may be asked to verify their involvement
- It’s important to retain action plans and any documentation about the 3 activities for a period of six years.
- Practice-driven QI activities must use objective data.
- Examples include HQCA Healthcare Panel Report, HQCA Patient Safety Culture Survey, HQCA Safety Culture Survey.
- CPSA’s Standards of Practice can be used as a benchmark to identify opportunities for growth and practice enhancement. Examples include MDSnapshot
- Examples of the personal development activity includes reflecting on multi-source feedback and addressing personal stressors such as burnout or fatigue.
- PPIP-1 and PPIP-2 require an action plan.
- PPIP-3 requires feedback data, facilitation and an action plan.
Examples of:
- PPIP-1: practice-driven quality improvement (QI)
- Reduce physician inbox management by having nurse-led culture result management
- PPIP-2: CPSA standards of practice quality improvement
- Virtual care: confirm patient and physician identity at every virtual care visit and document
- Prescribing SOPs: meet and document all Prescribing SOPs for patients on MDSnapshot who are higher risk
- PPIP-3: personal development
- Complete ‘Insights’ profile to assess personal contribution to team dynamics
- Complete Maslach Burnout Inventory and address or prevent burnout