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Table 1 US CF Foundation, The Dartmouth Institute, and French CF Leadership Partnership Timeline

From: Trans-Atlantic collaboration: applying lessons learned from the US CF Foundation quality improvement initiative

Date

Event

Purpose

October 2006

NACFC

French CF leaders attend QI sessions.

June 2007

European CF Society Conference

US CFF and French CF leaders meet to organize a sabbatical for the Nantes-Roscoff CF CERD leader.

February–June 2008

Nantes-Roscoff CF CERD Leader U.S. Sabbatical

Participate in strategic meetings at the US CFF; site visit 5 US CF centers; attend QI training at Dartmouth and US CFF QI learning collaborative.

March 2008

National French CF Meeting

US CFF leader invited to present Accelerating the Rate of Improvement in CF Care Initiative.

September 2010

National French CF Meeting

Dartmouth leader presents US CFF Initiative progress; agrees to collaborate to launch PHARE-M.

October 2010

NACFC

Dartmouth and French leaders agree to support a French QI team in formal QI training at Dartmouth, adaptation of material, and participation in a US CFF QI learning collaborative.

March 2011

National French CF Meeting

Dartmouth leader presents Initiative progress; site visits 2 French CF centers; reviews PHARE-M progress.

April–September 2011

French QI team U.S. Sabbatical

Site visit 4 US CF Centers; attend QI training at Dartmouth and US CFF QI learning collaborative; complete adaptation of US QI material.

September 2011–June 2012

PHARE-M Pilot

7 French CF Centers participate; Dartmouth leader attends the collaborative kick-off.

September 2012–June 2013

PHARE-M 2

8 French CF centers participate.

May 2013

National Canadian CF Meeting

Dartmouth and French QI leaders meet to share progress; French team site visits 3 Canadian CF Centers.

September 2013–December 2014

PHARE-M Standardization

French QI curriculum receives national recognition as a professional development program.

January–December 2015

PHARE-M 3

4 French CF centers participate.

July 2014– June 2015

PHARE-M Research Project

14 French CF centers participate in an evaluation and audit.