CPPS study plan

Map the full landscape of patient safety risk categories (clinical, environmental, human factors, technology, communication) into a personal taxonomy with at least 12 named risk types

Explain the Swiss cheese model, high-reliability organizing principles, and just-culture concepts in your own written words without notes

Identify the top five harm events most relevant to your practice setting and cite the contributing-system factors for each

Define the distinction between active failures and latent conditions and classify ten real or hypothetical events accordingly

Compare at least six concrete safety solutions (checklists, standardization, forcing functions, redundancy, simplification, team training) and state the failure mode each is designed to counter

Analyze why a single intervention rarely eliminates a risk and design a layered bundle for one high-frequency harm event

Distinguish blame-based from system-based responses to error and justify the system approach using at least three evidence-based arguments

Draft talking points for disclosing a safety event to a patient or family using an open-disclosure framework

Differentiate structure, process, and outcome measures and classify ten example metrics into the correct category

Select leading and lagging indicators for a chosen safety or quality problem and justify each choice

Explain the purpose and mechanics of run charts and control charts, including how to identify special-cause variation from a plotted series

Describe at least four common data-collection methods and state one validity threat for each

Interpret a set of sample measurement results and state what the data do and do not support

Apply the Model for Improvement by writing a testable aim statement, a measurement set, and at least three change ideas

Design a Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle with explicit predictions, a defined test scale, and decision rules for adopt, adapt, or abandon

Construct and interpret a run chart from a provided data series and annotate shift, trend, and astronomically improbable runs

Conduct a basic root cause analysis on a case scenario, separating proximate causes from system causes

Explain the purpose and construction of process maps, flowcharts, and fishbone diagrams and produce one of each for a chosen problem

Prioritize improvement opportunities using an impact-effort matrix or Pareto analysis and defend the top choice

Describe at least four change concepts (reduce variation, mistake-proofing, segmenting, managing constraints) and match each to a real problem

Identify implementation barriers including workflow fit, staff burden, and sustainability and propose mitigation for each

Articulate how organizational culture, psychological safety, and speaking-up behavior influence safety outcomes and connect each to observable workplace behaviors

Describe at least three culture assessment approaches and state the strengths and limits of each

Identify cultural barriers to reporting errors and design two interventions that increase reporting without increasing blame

Explain how team communication structures such as structured handoffs and briefings reduce cultural and informational gaps

Distinguish leadership behaviors that build safety culture from those that undermine it, using at least five specific observable examples

Explain governance and accountability structures for quality and safety and describe the leader's role in resource allocation and prioritization

Outline the professional and ethical obligations related to safety, including reporting duties and scope-of-practice boundaries

Describe how to engage frontline staff, patients, and families as partners in improvement and identify two engagement methods

Integrate all six domains into a single end-to-end case analysis moving from risk identification through measurement, improvement, culture, and leadership

Complete timed practice sets across every domain and log error patterns by domain and by reasoning type

Re-teach the weakest three concepts aloud or in writing without reference materials

Consolidate a one-page formula and framework sheet covering measurement, improvement, and safety models