Pharmacist Learning Objectives:
By the completion of the activity, pharmacists should be better able to,
-Recognize the need and key attributes of a successful lean six sigma program in an organization.
-Describe the roles and responsibilities of a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in a healthcare organization.
-List the fundamentals of the DMAIC problem solving methodology
-Use basic lean six sigma tools for project definition and process baseline, and improvement analysis, implementation, and sustainability.
-Define the need for advanced problem solving and improvement methodologies used by project teams
-Integrate lean six sigma knowledge and tools to successfully implement, deploy, and sustain process improvements.
Doctoral Level Psychologist Objectives:
By the completion of the activity doctoral level psychologists should be better able to,
-Apply continuous process improvement to professional practice
-Compare the differences between DMAIC and DMADV and when to use each methodology
-State an example of a push system
-Utilize root cause analysis to determine the causes of defects within a process
-Identify risk factors and areas of waste through process mapping
-Discuss 4 steps to improve patient and process flows
-Demonstrate the key concepts of Lean
-Label the elements of SIPOC
-Describe the concept of Poka‐yoke
-Apply Six Sigma tools to reduce and remove variation in the professional practice
-Explain the lean six sigma process
-List the steps in the PDSA process
-Calculate the Takt time for a given scenario
-Apply hypothesis testing by examining two opposing conjectures
-Identify ways in which a process might fail using the failure mode and effects analysis
-Apply statistical process control to correct assignable causes of variation
-Outline the benefits of the simulation process and performance improvement
-Discuss process capability and how it can be used to measure current performance and control future process performance
-Discuss the key attributes of a successful lean six sigma program in an organization
-Describe the roles and responsibilities of a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in a healthcare organization
-List the fundamentals of the DMAIC problem solving methodology
-Apply basic lean six sigma tools for project definition and process baseline, and improvement analysis, implementation, and sustainability
-Define the need for advanced problem solving and improvement methodologies used by project teams
-Apply lean six sigma tools to successfully implement, deploy, and sustain process improvements
-Distance Learning participants should be prepared to proactively schedule their time in order to complete this offering in a timely manner.
