1. Instructions Each Learning Session is designed to create an environment conducive to sharing and learning. At this first Learning Session, use the Storyboard to tell other teams about your team and your patients Display Tips Storyboards must fit into a space approximately 30 x 40 inches. It may be created from one large poster or a collection of letter-sized sheets. Ten to twelve sheets can fit in the available space – depending on arrangement. Using individual sheets (done in Word, PowerPoint or by hand). Boards for posting and pushpins will be provided at the Learning Session. Keep it simple (the Storyboard is not meant to be an extremely time-consuming project) Feel free to change font size, color, add slides, or use your own pages Fewer Words: More Pictures and Graphics Real People Pictures… At least of Your Teams Font Size as Big as Possible Fancy Not Necessary Color to highlight Key Messages (If you don’t have a color printer, use bright highlighters Clear Titles and Labels if You Use Graphs (X and Y axes, Dates, Brief Explanation of What It Shows)

2. Start Here Delete this and previous instructional slide and slide 7 Example AIM Edit remaining slides, print and bring copy to the Learning Session to post on your Storyboard

3. Hospital Name Here Describe your Hospital and your improvement team. List Team Leader / Key Contact Info: Name, Phone, email

4. Our Improvement Team (If your team has a name put it here) Team members and their roles

5. Hospital Description Tell us about your hospital – include location, level of care, number of deliveries, and any other important information

6. Population Brief description of your demographics Other additional information about cultural groups or important demographics others should know about you

7. Example Team AIM Statement By September 2016, we AIM to reduce infant sleep-related deaths for all infants discharged from our hospital. We will do this by improving safe sleep practices for infants while in our hospital and by educating caregivers about safe sleep prior to discharge. To accomplish this, we will form a multidisciplinary team (with members from our OB and neonatal care units) and work to implement evidence based strategies to reduce infant mortality and achieve our goals, including: (1) > 10% Increase in infants placed to sleep in a safe sleep environment during hospitalization (based on crib audit) (2) Documented education for > 95% of caregivers prior to discharge (3) > 95% of caregivers reporting prior to discharge they understand safe sleep educational messages (infant to sleep alone, on back in crib)

8. Team AIM Statement Insert your individualized team aim statement here

9. Accelerating Improvement through Sharing What strength or expertise does your team have that you would be willing to share with other teams?

10. What upcoming challenges do you anticipate, that you think other teams might be able to help you with? Accelerating Improvement Through Team Sharing