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Institute for Health Care Delivery Research

11-Day Course for Practicing Clinicians
miniAdvanced Training Program (miniATP)

A practical, in-depth course for health care professionals who need to teach, implement and investigate quality improvement, outcome measurement and management of both clinical and non-clinical processes.

Objectives
Accreditation
Course Schedule
Course Fees & Registration
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Objectives for the miniAdvanced Training Program (miniATP) in Health Care Delivery Improvement

The miniAdvanced Training Program is designed to train senior leaders, middle management, and front-line health professionals in the theory and application of cost and quality control as well as the health services academic infrastructure.

The course designed to facilitate the development of skills and competencies needed by community physician leaders, clinical team members, and administrators to actively lead, participate in, and direct Intermountain's clinical management efforts.

The Intermountain Healthcare miniAdvanced Training Program's (miniATP) purpose is to give participants the understanding and tools necessary to conduct state-of-the-art clinical practice improvement projects and use quality improvement methods to manage and integrate clinical processes.

As part of the course, each miniATP participant must select, complete, and report an improvement project. The Institute staff provides consultation for your project.

The miniATP course has a total of 11 days, divided into four sessions. It builds on the experience of Intermountain Healthcare and brings clinical team members together to learn the theory and techniques of:

Designing data systems
Outcome measurement and tracking
Methods for fast improvement
Data management
Clinical cost accounting
Information synthesis and meta-analysis
Severity of illness measurement and application
Total Quality Management / Continuous Quality Improvement
Leadership Skills

The course will include discussions of:

Core principles of clinical quality improvement based on clinical studies within Intermountain Healthcare
Tools necessary to improve patient outcomes, quality of care, and cost effectiveness
Clinical guidelines and protocols
Necessary leadership skills in building a foundation for integrated clinical research

Accreditation

Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education is accredited by Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 68.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Intermountain Healthcare CME adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and, disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity.
Disclosure has been made by the faculty and is available behind each presenter's reference material. We are recommending the use of patient treatment plans, not individual products that may be used in patient treatment.
Intermountain Healthcare CME fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant of this program is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to call and/or write to the CME office in order to receive service. A request for accommodation can be made by calling (801) 442-3592. Reasonable prior notice is required.
Sponsored by Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education.

AAFP

AAFP recognizes educational content based on information from evidence-based sources as value-added CME. Increased credit is pending for the evidence-based CME presentations in this activity and will be confirmed to learners at the event.

UNA

UNA Continuing Education credit has been requested for this activity. Please watch for an update of this status at www.intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/institute.
"The Intermountain Healthcare Nursing Central Office is an approved Provider of Continuing Education in Nursing by the Utah Nurses Association, an accredited Approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation."

Course Schedule
Each day sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast, followed by presentations at 8:00 a.m. Sessions conclude each day at 5:00 p.m. – with the excption the last day of each session, which ends at approximately 12:00 noon.

The presentations provide pertinent information that will assist participants in completing a quality improvement project. Please schedule travel plans so that every presentation is attended.

Location
Training sessions will be held at Intermountain's Corporate Offices, 36 South State Street (Key Bank Tower, formerly Beneficial Life Tower), 16th Floor, in downtown Salt Lake City.

SESSION SCHEDULE

Spring 2008
CURRENTLY IN SESSION
- April 7 - 9, 2008
- May 12 - 14, 2008
- June 16 - 18, 2008
- July 21 - 22, 2008

Fall 2008
NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS
- August 11 - 13, 2008
- September 10 - 12, 2008
- October 13 - 15, 2008
- November 10 - 11, 2008

Winter 2009
NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS
- January 5 - 7, 2009
- February 2 - 4, 2009
- March 2 - 4, 2009
- April 7 - 8, 2009 Note Date Change!

Spring 2009
NOW ENROLLING
- April 20 - 22, 2009
- May 18 - 20, 2009
- June 15 - 17, 2009
- July 27 - 28, 2009

Fall 2009
NOW ENROLLING
- August 10 - 12, 2009
- September 9 - 11, 2009
- October 5 - 7, 2009
- November 9 - 10, 2009

Course Fees & Registration
Tuition for the four-session (11-day) training program is:

$4,500 for the first person from each clinical team or organization
$4,000 for the second person attending the same session
$3,500 for the third person attending the same session

Registration Form

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made 30 days prior to the first day of class for a full refund. Cancellations within 30 days prior to the first day of class will forfeit $1,000 of the refundable tuition, if the vacancy cannot be filled.