Clinical Quality Improvement Design Workshop | UC Davis Health

Healthcare Impact Lab: Training Program in Clinical Practice Improvement

Build real solutions for real healthcare challenges in 30 days

October 14, 21, 28 and November 4, 2026
(Four consecutive Wednesdays, 9 AM–12 PM PDT)
Location: Online

This 30-day program is geared toward healthcare professionals and staff who want to learn about how to design and implement a clinical quality improvement (QI) project or initiative.
Prior to the program, you should identify a health care quality or patient safety issue that you want to improve. This project-based learning program utilizes active learning to help you solve real-world problems and build skills in quality improvement methods, collaboration, and critical thinking. During the program, you will actively apply the methods and tools taught and design an actionable and feasible quality improvement project under the guidance of course faculty. Following your submission of a project plan for review and feedback by course faculty by November 12, 2026, you will receive a certificate of workshop completion.

Registration Instructions:
Please register early. Registration is limited to 50 participants.
Link to registration form: https://forms.gle/bFvm8S5htNN1YceZ7
Tuition (due with registration)
$350 for UC Davis Health employees
$700 for all other participants

Course Director:
Ulfat Shaikh, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Pediatrics and Lead Faculty, Healthcare Impact Lab, UC Davis School of Medicine

The University of California, Davis, Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of California, Davis, Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.