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DATE CHANGE TO DECEMBER 4-5, 2024. PROGRAM OVERVIEWThis two-day workshop is designed to help staff planning to take the Certified Professional in Health Care Quality examination. This field of study applies to all levels and health care settings. Certification aims to promote excellence and professionalism by documenting individual performance as measured against a predetermined level of knowledge about quality.A certified quality professional’s comprehensive knowledge includes management, leadership, strategic and operational planning, quality management and measurement, information management, patient safety and performance improvement. SPEAKERSarah Pavelka, Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience leading and coaching organizational performance and continuous improvement in business, industry, education and health care. Dr. Pavelka is the academic program director for the Master of Health Care Administration program at Walden University. She has been a subject matter expert for the National Association for Healthcare Quality, a 13-year faculty member for the master’s in health care administration program at Des Moines University, a quality improvement faculty member for the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and director of the Occupational Therapy Department for Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. Dr. Pavelka was among the first leaders to bring the Lean/Toyota manufacturing techniques into North American health care organizations. She is a five-time National Baldrige examiner, a seven-year state examiner for the Iowa Baldrige program and a director-at-large for the National Association for Healthcare Quality Board. Dr. Pavelka holds degrees in biology and psychology from Luther College, an occupational therapy degree from Concordia University-Wisconsin, a master’s in health care administration from Des Moines University and a doctoral degree from Walden University.View full conference details. Questions about this program can be sent to Tori Hanson.
DATE CHANGE TO DECEMBER 4-5, 2024.
PROGRAM OVERVIEWThis two-day workshop is designed to help staff planning to take the Certified Professional in Health Care Quality examination. This field of study applies to all levels and health care settings. Certification aims to promote excellence and professionalism by documenting individual performance as measured against a predetermined level of knowledge about quality.
A certified quality professional’s comprehensive knowledge includes management, leadership, strategic and operational planning, quality management and measurement, information management, patient safety and performance improvement.
SPEAKERSarah Pavelka, Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience leading and coaching organizational performance and continuous improvement in business, industry, education and health care. Dr. Pavelka is the academic program director for the Master of Health Care Administration program at Walden University. She has been a subject matter expert for the National Association for Healthcare Quality, a 13-year faculty member for the master’s in health care administration program at Des Moines University, a quality improvement faculty member for the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and director of the Occupational Therapy Department for Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. Dr. Pavelka was among the first leaders to bring the Lean/Toyota manufacturing techniques into North American health care organizations. She is a five-time National Baldrige examiner, a seven-year state examiner for the Iowa Baldrige program and a director-at-large for the National Association for Healthcare Quality Board. Dr. Pavelka holds degrees in biology and psychology from Luther College, an occupational therapy degree from Concordia University-Wisconsin, a master’s in health care administration from Des Moines University and a doctoral degree from Walden University.
View full conference details.
Questions about this program can be sent to Tori Hanson.