PPEP assessments
Quality improvement approach
All registrants strive to provide the highest quality care to their patients; nevertheless, it's always possible to improve quality.
A quality improvement approach does not remove the need for quality assurance. Quality assurance establishes that a registrant’s performance meets a standard that ensures patient safety. Quality improvement is a framework to systematically enhance registrant performance in providing quality care. Together, quality improvement and quality assurance lead to safe, effective health care.
Self-directed assessment
Registrants may be selected to participate in a self-directed assessment.
The goal of a self-directed assessment is to encourage self-reflection and continued improvement and learning throughout a career in medicine.
Continuing professional development credits
The self-directed assessment uses the peer-supported pathway to guide quality improvement activities.
It is a one-credit-per-hour assessment activity certified by the CFPC for 20 Mainpro+® certified credits.
Assessment components
A self-directed assessment allows a participant to guide their own professional development goals within a quality improvement framework.
In a self-directed assessment, participants use the CFPC PLP peer-supported pathway to identify quality improvement activities.
Three core components are identified within a multi-year program cycle. Each year, participants engage in an activity that supports a core component. These components echo the three bases of the Cambridge model and include:
Focus on a participant’s patient demographics to identify areas for improvement that may support effective clinical care (e.g. using EMR data to determine the number of patients in your panel with type 2 diabetes).
Identify areas for improvement in a practice environment, chart documentation, or clinic operations (e.g. improve office flow for patient visits, improve patient documentation by using voice recognition software).
Reflect on a participant’s professional life, work-life balance, communications and approach to team-based care (e.g. seek formal feedback from patients, colleagues, and co-workers).
Facilitated feedback discussion
Participants have five years to complete three activities plus a facilitated feedback session with a program advisor.
This conversation, led by a program advisor, helps identify areas for improvement and promote a culture of continuous enhancement.
PPEP evaluation and development
Program evaluation provides information on the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of a program, enabling informed decision-making and continuous improvement.