Regional Learning Collaboratives – Kick-Off Workshop PowerPoint Presentations
A series of five daylong kick-off workshops were conducted throughout California in April-May 2009 to introduce regional learning collaborative participants to the process improvement strategies and tools available through the ACTION Campaign and Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx). The workshop provided participants with the opportunity to learn how to identify key problems with regards to access to and engagement and retention in treatment, and how to plan for and implement a rapid cycle change project within their respective agencies.
Key topics included:
- What is an ACTION Campaign Learning Collaborative?
- NIATx Aims and Principles, Key Change Team Roles, and the “3 ACTIONS”
- The Agency Walk-Through: Identifying Key Problems within Your Agency
- Using the Quick Start Road Map to Plan for Change (part 1)
- PDSA Change Cycles: How to Implement Rapid Cycle Improvement Projects
- Measuring the Impact of Change – ACTION Kits and Other Available Data Collection Tools
- Choosing Key Problems, Motivating a Change Team, and Brainstorming Possible Solutions: Using the Quick Start Road Map (part 2) and Nominal Group Technique
- Next Steps and Networking
PowerPoint Presentations:
- Southern California (kick-off workshop held on April 2, 2009 in Rialto, CA)
- Capitol Region (kick-off workshop held on April 21, 2009 in Sacramento, CA)
- Bay Area (kick-off workshop held on April 22, 2009 in San Rafael, CA)
- Northern California (kick-off workshop held on May 14, 2009 in Red Bluff, CA)
- Central Valley (kick-off workshop held on May 19, 2009 in Fresno, CA)
