Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Poster Challenge/Expo The Baxter Quality Improvement Award Awarded during Patient Safety Week at Osler November 11-15, 2013
Jun 20, 2015
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Poster
Challenge/Expo
The Bax te r Qua l i t y Improvement AwardAwarded du r ing
Pa t ien t Sa fe ty Week a t Os le r November 11 -15 , 2013
The Baxter Quality Improvement Award
• This year’s poster challenge will be sponsored by Baxter. The Baxter Quality Improvement Award will be awarded to outstanding work in the following three categories (approved/requested by Baxter):
• Best Overall Quality Improvement Initiative
• Best Quality Improvement Initiative for building a Culture of Safety
• Best Quality Improvement Initiative towards Safe Medication Practices
A total of $3,000 awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Providing recognition to nurses, professional practice staff and physicians whose quality improvement work is linked to the following strategic directions:– Promote excellence in quality care by
embracing the principles of unwavering commitment to patient inspired care at Osler.
– Have made an impactful significant change within the hospital or program by delivering exemplary care through patient safety focused quality improvement initiatives
Where to Start?
• Collaborate with your healthcare team and leadership to identify suitable projects for submission
• Identify key lead(s) to organize the poster contents
• Collect your data and information
• Design your poster—be creative!
• Submit your poster name to Patricia (Trish) Geerlinks
Keep in mind…
• You need to present a project that demonstrates improvement
• You need to have measured your quality initiative in order to know it demonstrates an improvement
• Back up your topic with literature/research
• Keep your presentation interesting for the reader—you only have 3-5 minutes to get your point across!
Keep in mind…
• You will be judged on content for sure but also format and presentation so versus saying what was done…show it
• Use pictures and graphics more than wordy sentences on slides
• Format is top to bottom, left to right (see sample slide)
• The template is a guide and you are not restricted to it
• Most of all….have fun!!
Key components of your poster
• Background• Purpose• Literature Review• Determine a Specific Topic and
Goal(s)• Description of Implementation• Knowledge Translation strategies• Evaluation: Quality Improvement• Evaluation: Key Success Factors• Significance of Project• Impact on Practice or the Practice
Environment• Introducing the Team• References
Determine a Specific Topic and Goal(s)
Description of Implementation (can identify Model for Improvement if one was used
Introducing the Team
References
• If you don’t have room on your poster for this slide you can have it printed out and available at the poster table for staff to take away.
Tips and Suggestions
Suggestions for Formatting: guide for use of space
Suggestions for Formatting: guide for content
Suggestions for Formatting: guide for flow of information
Suggestions for Formatting: guide for font use and size
Font UseTitleAuthorsAffiliationsSection HeaderTextAcknowledgments
Font Size96 pt72 pt
36-48 pt32 pt24 pt18 pt
Font type and size should be readable from 3 feet away
Suggestions for Formatting: guide for font colours
Formatting Tips Backgrounds should be complementary
Avoid red/green-colour blindness is common
Red Green
Unify poster- selecting one background colour
Purple suggest rank- do not use with black or grey
Yellow and red is a stimulating combination
Use complementary colour as an accent
Orange with blue or Blue with yellow are complementary
Blue and green are calming and a popular choice
Lighter shades create emphasis on dark backgrounds- Bleu/white or grey /black
White is stark but a high contrast to dark colours and black
Black is dramatic and a good background to bright colours
Suggestions for presenting your poster
• Don’t stand in front of your poster
• Be prepared to give a 1-2 minute overview
• Be prepared to answer questions
• The poster should speak for itself so you are only filling in verbal details
• Smile! Be proud of your success!