Session Objectives:

1. Describe what resource stewardship is and emphasize its importance
2. Provide an overview of the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign
3. Summarize evidence-based quality improvement initiatives that can reduce provision of low-value care
4. Coach teams on local quality improvement projects seeking to reduce low-value care

Date and time:

• Monday, October 19th 12-3:00pm. ET

Cost:

• $400 – non-members
• $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)

Equity has been long described as one of the 6 important domains within quality improvement but it is often not routinely included in projects.  How do you go about including equity within your quality improvement project?  This session will provide you with some important tools and strategies about how to incorporate and evaluate equity within your local QI environment and project.  The session will also provide a variety of scenarios of the applications of equity and routine clinical practice and quality improvement projects.

Objectives :

• Review reasons for limited application of equity and QI
• Discuss the opportunities for incorporating equity into quality improvement practice
• Review examples of applications of equity principles in QI.
• Describe approaches to address equity explicitly within QI project

Date and time:

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 12-3:30pm. ET

Cost:

• $400 – non-members
• $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)

Designing Safer Systems: Leveraging High-Impact Interventions and Human Factors

This course explores how to apply the hierarchy of effectiveness to design safer healthcare systems. Through case studies and interactive activities, participants will learn to create high-leverage interventions that prioritize safety and usability using Human Factors principles and methods.

Learning Objectives:

·         Understand the principles of the hierarchy of effectiveness and how to apply them when designing interventions.

·         Adopt a systems approach and recognize the role of human factors in system design and safety

·         Analyze case studies to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, with a focus on simplifying processes and avoiding education-only interventions

·         Use Quality Improvement (QI) and human factors methods, such as Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles and usability testing, to test and refine interventions

Date and time:

• Thursday, April 9th 2026 12-3:30pm. ET

Cost:

• $400 – non-members
• $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)

• Introduce the Triple Bottom Line as a strategy to capture patient, financial, and environmental benefits of QI programs
• Demonstrate and discuss application of the Triple Bottom Line with de-implementation and Choosing Wisely case examples
• Learn to integrate the Triple Bottom Line into various stages of a QI framework

Date and time:

• Wednesday, February 11th, 12-3:30pm. ET

Cost:

• $400 – non-members
• $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)

Equity has been long described as one of the 6 important domains within quality improvement but it is often not routinely included in projects.  How do you go about including equity within your quality improvement project?  This session will provide you with some important tools and strategies about how to incorporate and evaluate equity within your local QI environment and project.  The session will also provide a variety of scenarios of the applications of equity and routine clinical practice and quality improvement projects.

Objectives :

• Review reasons for limited application of equity and QI
• Discuss the opportunities for incorporating equity into quality improvement practice
• Review examples of applications of equity principles in QI.
• Describe approaches to address equity explicitly within QI project

Date and time:

• Tuesday, November 18th 2025 12-4pm. ET

Cost:

• $400 – non-members
• $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)

*** We are currently undergoing a payment system update. Our payment site will be down until April 1st, 2025. If you wish to register for this Masterclass, please contact us at: cquips@utoronto.ca

Speakers:

Bourne Auguste is a nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine with the job description of Clinician in Quality and Innovation. Dr. Auguste obtained a BSc. (Hon) from Carleton University, an MD from McMaster University and completed his internal medicine and nephrology residencies at the University of Toronto. He also completed advanced training with a clinical fellowship in home dialysis at the University Health Network and a Master of Science in System Leadership and Innovation from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. He also obtained a Certificate in Quality Improvement Patient Safety (CQuIPS) from the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (C-QuIPS). He currently has interests in developing innovative tools for home dialysis training and improving patient selection pathways for all forms of independent dialysis eligibility.

Tara Burra, MD, is the Physician Lead in Quality Improvement in the Department of Psychiatry at Sinai Health. She completed her Master’s degree in health geography and then attended medical school and residency training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Following her specialty training, she completed several certificate courses in QI and patient safety. For six years, Dr. Burra was the service head for adult ambulatory services and co-chaired the QI committee in the Department of Psychiatry at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto. She has been co-facilitating the development, delivery and evaluation of the QI curriculum for Psychiatry residents at the University of Toronto since 2015. She is one of the inaugural co-leads of the Quality, Innovation, and Safety hub in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Tara’s clinical work is in general adult psychiatry and perinatal psychiatry