8.7 Knowledge Check

1. Can you name at least two proactive safety tools used in pediatric mental health care QI?
2. What is a focus study, and when would you use one?

1. How would you incorporate a proactive safety huddle into your current workflow?
2. Describe a focus study your team could launch next week. What would you hope to learn?

1. What role can a mentor play in sustaining QI culture on your team?
2. How can you transition into becoming a QI resource within your organization?

1. What is one small step you or your team can take tomorrow using a tool from this module?
2. How will you know it is working?

1. What support or resource do you need to move from learning to action in QI?
2. Who on your team can help sustain improvement after this training ends?

Knowledge and Awareness

1. Sample answers (any two): proactive safety huddles, SFMEA (failure modes and effects analysis), pre-mortems, standardized checklists/protocols, and structured escalation pathways.
2. A focus study is a short, targeted look at a specific part of a process (rather than the whole system) to understand what's really happening on the ground. It's used when a team needs quick, close-up insight into a particular problem area before deciding what change to test.

Application

1. Sample answer: Add a brief proactive safety check-in to the existing morning huddle, where staff flag any upcoming high-risk cases or process concerns for that day. A strong answer fits the tool into an existing routine rather than adding a new meeting.
2. This is an application question with no single correct answer. A strong response names a narrow, specific process to study (e.g., how long it actually takes to reach the telepsychiatry consult line during a shift change) and states a clear learning goal tied to that process.

Mentorship and Resource Use

1. A mentor helps sustain QI culture by coaching new team members through tools and setbacks, modeling how to use data and tests productively rather than punitively, and providing encouragement and accountability so improvement work continues after formal training ends.
2. Sample answer: Start by applying QI tools to a small, visible problem on your own team, sharing results openly, and offering to help colleagues with their own PDSA cycles or measurement questions — building credibility and relationships before taking on a formal QI resource role.

Commitment to Action

1. This is a commitment-to-action question with no single correct answer. A strong response names one specific, small, feasible action using a tool from this module (e.g., a proactive safety huddle or a focus study) that could realistically start tomorrow.
2. A strong answer names a specific measure or signal tied to that action — for example, tracking whether the huddle happens consistently, or whether a specific near-miss or delay decreases — rather than a vague sense of things “going well.”

Reflection

1. This is a reflection question with no single correct answer. A strong response names a specific type of support (e.g., protected time, leadership buy-in, a mentor, data/reporting help) needed to move from learning to consistent action.
2. A strong answer identifies a specific person or role (a peer champion, supervisor, or QI mentor) and what they could realistically contribute — encouragement, protected time, or technical help — to keep the improvement work going.