The IDEAS Foundation of Quality Improvement Program is an interprofessional, online interactive program (three hours asynchronous module followed by two half-day synchronous learning) that aims to support healthcare professionals who are novice to QI or wish a refresher, to become an effective team member of a QI project directed to improve patient care processes and outcomes.
The IDEAS Foundations of Quality Improvement program provides participants with the knowledge and tools to effectively participate in and contribute to quality improvement projects within or across health care organizations. IDEAS is a comprehensive, evidence based quality improvement training program for Ontario’s health professionals.
The IDEAS Foundations of Quality Improvement program and resources were funded by the provincial government through a collaboration between Health Quality Ontario (HQO), the University of Toronto Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation (IHPME), the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences(ICES).