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Quality Improvement Project: Improving Youth Suicide Prevention in Primary Care

Overview

MC3 is pleased to offer Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV Credit and Performance Improvement CME (PI CME) through the Michigan Medicine Quality Department and supported by Health Resources and Services Administration funding. MOC IV and PI CME focus on improving health and health care through the participation of board-certified physicians (M.D.s and D.O.s) and Physician Assistants (P.A.s) in assessing and improving health care in their practice.

This quality improvement project is focused on Youth Suicide Prevention in Primary Care through screening, risk assessment, and safety planning. There is no cost to providers or clinics.

Who can participate

Board-certified, licensed M.D.s and D.O.s and licensed P.A.s in the state of Michigan who are primary care providers for adolescents (ages 12-17) and seeking MOC IV (M.D./D.O.) for Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, or Performance Improvement CME (P.A.). Note that other providers are welcome to participate but would not receive MOC IV or Performance Improvement CME.

What other providers have said

“This QI project was a great learning experience, incorporating important screening in our well child and other mental health visits. The project was run very smoothly and data entry was not hard.”
“I enjoyed this program. It motivated our practice to work together on improving screening and was a clear difference in screening practices. The work required was just right.”
“This was very helpful to be aware of the resources available to me and having the next steps on what to do if I have patients with positive screens. I feel confident in assessing patients with suicidality, assessing acuity of their suicidality, and safety planning with them.”

Requirements

  1. Providers complete a brief baseline survey regarding current suicide prevention practices and a follow-up survey at 6 months.
  2. Providers watch a 90-minute recorded training presented by Lia Gaggino, M.D., on screening, risk assessment, and safety planning and complete a brief survey.
  3. Office staff or providers complete a brief chart review and enter data at baseline and 6 months later.

What you will receive

  • A pre-training survey summary of responses.
  • Monthly emails with tips and resources.
  • A final report with pre and post-survey and chart review data.
  • MOC IV certification upon completion of all activities.
  • ABPS (Psychiatry) – 1 Practice Assessment/QI Activity 
  • ABP – 25 Improvement in Medical Practice Points 
  • ABFM – 1 Improvement in Medical Practice Module

Timeline

November 21: Extended deadline to sign up.

November: Complete pre-training survey and chart review. View recorded training and complete attestation and post-training survey.

November–April: Implement what was learned from training.

May: Complete post-QI survey and chart review.

Join us

Get started now by completing the pre-training data collection:

Get started

More information

Please email any questions to Elizabeth Tengelitsch, MOC project manager.