Final Project Problem Proposal/Root Cause Analysis – Fishbone Diagram/Group Participation Score – First Half

Overview

Determine the drivers of the 3 health care issues listed below by using the Fishbone Diagram process as outlined in the video below. This will help give you a roadmap to follow when determining what should be the targets of any therapeutic target, intervention, or solution to a problem. How can you solve a problem if you don’t know EXACTLY what is driving the problem? Additionally, this will help you develop a refined problem statement.

Keep in mind that this is a generative process and your group may require multiple diagrams to hone in on a specific problem. Since it may take several iterations to whittle the topic down further as demonstrated in the video, please be sure to submit all pages here so we can understand your progression and thought process.

For example, using the example diagram below about bad burgers, your group may decide to specifically focus on “unhygienic storage”. You would then reframe the head of your fish to “Unhygienic storage results in bad tasting burgers”. The new diagram would investigate the components of that problem. This process would continue until you have a well-defined problem.

2) Individual assignment : Root Cause Analysis – Fishbone Diagram

Directions

• Create a fishbone diagram for each of the 3 health care issues listed below:
  • Sarcopenia among older adults
  • Body dysmorphia in young adults
  • Physician Burnout
• What have you determined to be the top 3 drivers for each health care issue – write these answers in a text box next to each of the diagrams.
• Include citations
• Use the fishbone diagram template below

What to Include

• Fishbone diagram depicting the three health care issues referenced above

Resources

• TEMPLATE: Fishbone DiagramDownload TEMPLATE: Fishbone Diagram

Articles

• Quality Improvement Approach to Eliminate Disparities in Perinatal Morbidity and MortalityDownload Quality Improvement Approach to Eliminate Disparities in Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality
• Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisDownload Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• Beyond Burnout: A Physician Wellness Hierarchy Designed to Prioritize Interventions at the Systems LevelDownload Beyond Burnout: A Physician Wellness Hierarchy Designed to Prioritize Interventions at the Systems Level
• Targeting Causes of Burnout in Residency: An Innovative Approach Used at Hennepin HealthcareDownload Targeting Causes of Burnout in Residency: An Innovative Approach Used at Hennepin Healthcare

Academic Integrity

• AI Tools (ex: ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, Bing, etc.) are not permitted.
• Getting help on the assignment is permitted.
• Collaborating, or completing the assignment with others, is permitted.
• Copying or reusing previous work is not permitted.
• Open-book research for the assignment is permitted and encouraged.
• APA Citations and/or formatting for this assignment are required.