| Items | Mean (SD)* |
| Please rate your level of comfort with your current skills in the following aspects of practice-based learning and improvement†: | |
| Defining a clear problem statement (goal, aim) | 4.2 (0.6) |
| Applying best medical evidence | 3.9 (0.8) |
| Developing appropriate measures | 3.9 (0.7) |
| Studying the process of care | 4.0 (0.6) |
| Developing a data collection plan consistent with time and resource limitations | 3.9 (0.7) |
| Using CQI data display tools—for example, run chart | 3.8 (0.8) |
| Describing the roles of different professionals in healthcare improvement | 4.0 (0.8) |
| Implementing a structured pilot study to test a change | 3.7 (0.8) |
| Please rate how well these sessions improved your ability to do the following‡: | |
| Understand the connection between medical knowledge & improvement knowledge that is required for practice-based improvement. Use flow charts to understand the process under study | 4.0 (0.6) |
| Develop and focus an aim for an improvement project | 4.1 (0.5) |
| Understand the model for improvement and the Plan–Do–Study–Act cycle | 3.8 (0.7) |
| Describe why and how different disciplines must collaborate to achieve practice-based improvement | 4.0 (0.6) |
| Demonstrate how data can be collected under time and resource limitations | 4.0 (0.6) |
| Display and analyse data using CQI data display tools—for example, run chart | 3.9 (0.8) |
| Use flow charts to understand the process under study (n = 41) | 4.2 (7) |
| Identify areas to change within a process and recognise whether changes are successful | 4.0 (0.7) |
*Mode and median were both 4 (“comfortable” or “well”).
†Response format: 1 = “very uncomfortable”; 2 = “uncomfortable”; 3 = “neutral”; 4 = “comfortable”; 5 = “very comfortable.”
‡Response format: 1 = “very poorly”; 2 = “poorly”; 3 = “neutral”; 4 = “well”; 5 = “very well.”
CQI, continuous quality improvement.