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Perinatal Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement (PIOHQI) Webinar Series Part 1:Quality Improvement in Dental Settings

October 13^th, 10 am-12 pm PT 

Part 1 Materials:

• QI  in Dental Settings Lesson 1 Slides​ 
• QI  in Dental Settings Training Guide 2020
• QI Webinar Evaluation 

Part 1

Moderator:  Kim Caldewey, PA, MPH, Healthy Communities Section Manager

Speakers:

• Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS, MPH, California State Dental Director @California Department of Public Health
• CB Wohl, MPH, Program Planning and Evaluation Analyst @ Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Dental Health Program

Course Objectives:

• Explain why quality improvement in dental and medical clinics is essential, with a special focus on improving access and services for pregnant women, infants and young children
• Distinguish the difference between quality improvement, quality assurance and evaluation
• Identify the key elements of an effective quality improvement team
• Recognize the stages of change and how to manage change so that your quality improvement projects are successful
• Explain the three foundational questions to the Model for Improvement so that you can plan your Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles at the core of QI

• Describe the principles of Lean methodologies
• Create a community-of-practice with local safety-net dental providers to learn from one another, share best practices and provide support

We especially encourage all providers serving Medi-Cal eligible women of child-bearing age, infants and / or children to attend

*2.0 CDEs are available for successful completion of each lesson (for a total of 4.0 CDEs for the entire 2-part webinar series) and details will follow upon registration.