11th Annual Quality Improvement Symposium

Aurora, CO US
October 23, 2025

Welcome Children's Hospital Colorado Learners!

Hosted by: Children’s Hospital Colorado, Center for Clinical and Operational Excellence (CCOE) for Children's Hospital Faculty and Staff Only.

This Hybrid activity will provide the opportunity to join live workshops in-person or virtually with provided options.

All team members and faculty are welcome to join this year's Quality Improvement (QI) Symposium which will feature a poster session showcasing improvement projects implemented across the system of care over the past two years. Following the poster session, teams selected as Top Posters will deliver podium presentations. These will be followed by breakout sessions designed to help participants develop skills applicable to future quality improvement initiatives.

Additional Details:

  • Poster Session

    Mt. Yale and Mt. Princeton (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

    The poster session will showcase nearly 80 posters highlighting improvement projects implemented in the hospital over the past two years.

  • Podium Presentations

    Mt. Oxford and Virtually via Zoom (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

    This year’s Top Poster recipients will share insights into their quality improvement projects, including how they successfully implemented them and achieved meaningful impact.

  • Breakout Sessions

    In-person at the Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom (1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.)

The breakout sessions will offer a range of quality improvement topics tailored to both introductory and intermediate/advanced levels. These sessions will be facilitated by our process improvement specialists and subject matter experts.

1:05 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.:

  • Overcoming Common Roadblocks in QI Projects
  • Integrating High Reliability Principles in QI Projects
  • Engaging Patient and Family Experience in QI Initiatives

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.:

  • Doing QI With an Equity Lens
  • Best Practices for QI Project Sponsorship
  • Data Science, Predictive Analytics, and AI Opportunities in QI

Target Audience

Physicians, Nurses and Allied Healthcare professionals interested in the quality improvement of health care.

Learning Objectives

1. Apply foundational and advanced quality improvement methodologies and tools to design and implement improvement initiatives.

2. Analyze successful QI projects to identify key factors that contribute to their success and sustainability and apply the learnings to their own projects and initiatives.

Additional Information

Course Contact: 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Attendance
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Course opens: 
09/02/2025
Course expires: 
11/06/2025
Event starts: 
10/23/2025 - 12:00pm MDT
Event ends: 
10/23/2025 - 2:30pm MDT
Cost:
$0.00
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Children's Hospital Colorado
13123 E 16th Ave
2nd Floor Conference Center
Aurora, CO 80045
United States
+1 (720) 777-5004

This lecture will take place in Mt. Oxford, in the Children's Hospital Colorado Conference Center.

Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH/MSPH Chief Quality Officer Children’s Hospital Colorado

Sarah Nickels, PhD, MSW Director, Clinical Effectiveness Children’s Hospital Colorado

Dustin Aldridge Director, Enterprise PMO and Performance Improvement Children’s Hospital Colorado

Gina Whitney, MD, MBA Pediatric Anesthesiology Medical Director of Harm Prevention Children’s Hospital Colorado

Beth Wathen, CCRN-K, MSN, RN Clinical Practice Specialist, PICU Codes Program Coordinator Children’s Hospital Colorado

Adriana Jaime Castillo Operations Coordinator, Clinical Effectiveness Children’s Hospital Colorado

Medical: Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Children's Hospital Colorado designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.    Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Others: A general certificate of attendance will be provided to all others upon completion of the online evaluation.  Claim credit commensurate with your participation.

Available Credit

  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Attendance
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Price

Cost:
$0.00
Please login or register to take this course.

Registration, Evaluation and Credit are hosted online.

Please be sure to verify attendance on the day of for professional credit.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE 

In-person Learners

The poster and keynote sessions will be held at the Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC) on the 2nd floor Medical and Education Conference Center:  

  • Poster Session: Mt. Yale and Mt. Princeton 
  • Keynote Session: Mt. Oxford 

Required Hardware/software

Virtual access provided to registered participants 1-3 days prior to the course.