
This healthcare project management course for beginners teaches key terminology, the five project lifecycle phases, and how to select documents and tools, with a focus on improving meeting management.
Explore why healthcare project management matters, linking success to clear milestones, defined objectives, strong leadership, and effective communication.
Learn core project management terms and the project lifecycle in healthcare project management through PMBOK concepts, including stakeholders, scope, deliverables, milestones, and change control.
Explore how to tie together the project lifecycle through the initiation phase, focusing on the business case, project requirements, and the project charter while planning a falls prevention program.
Apply affinity diagram to organize evidence-based falls programs, compare vendors, and identify training gaps, then group ideas into milestones like program selection and update procedures.
The stakeholder register captures identified stakeholders and their information needs, while a formal communication plan, with regional representation and regular updates, ensures consistent project health across regions.
Identify barriers to change and craft mitigation plans, secure internal influencers as champions, and ensure consistent leadership communication while developing a WBS with owners, due dates, and dependencies.
Execute the project by piloting the program at the North site, collecting feedback, updating as needed, and rolling out to additional sites with prepared training and policies.
Drive adoption by focusing on user experience in documentation and policy and procedure documents, align end-user needs with business goals, and involve clinicians in focus groups while avoiding jargon.
Monitor and control track performance by comparing actual results to the plan, identify risks, and apply mitigation or contingency plans, using user feedback to keep training and sign-ups on schedule.
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Healthcare project leaders - Have you ever wondered why the programs at your organization aren't fully adopted? Why it feels like each department works in a silo instead of resembling actual teammates? Why the ball gets dropped so often? Why there's so much miscommunication?
The answer may be that your organization isn't following some fundamental project management (PM) best practices.
This course is designed for the healthcare project management (PM) novice. As a physical therapist, I was tasked with managing all kinds of projects without the slightest idea of project management best practices (and without the slightest idea that project management was even a thing!). My goal is to provide some foundational PM skills to those clinicians out there that have been tasked with implementing new programs or creating new processes in their organizations. My aim is to provide you with lessons learned, 'what I wish I had knowns', and basic skills to set you up for success in bringing your projects to completion!
Let the journey begin!
CONTINUING EDUCATION NOTES:
PMP(R) Certificate Holders: This course content is appropriate to be self-logged for 1 PDU in Ways of Working under the Education category. Nothing will be automatically added to your Dashboard after taking this course. You will have to manually log into your PMI(R) account and self-enter the PDUs in your Dashboard. Please message me with any questions on how to log your PDUs.
Physical Therapists/PTAs: For the year 2026 - This course is approved for 1 continuing education credit by the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy (WVBOPT) for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants in the United States. Please message me for details on obtaining the appropriate course certificate if this applies to you. (Note: Credit can only be awarded to each participant one time, as it is the same course being presented in multiple packages. Message me with any questions. Participants licensed in other states are responsible for checking if their state of licensure will accept the WVBOPT approval) Thank you!