'Supporting teams to improve care for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)' is a 9-month quality improvement course based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 'breakthrough collaborative' model, aimed at clinical teams working on IBD in their trusts.
Designed by the RCP Quality Improvement (RCPQI) programme, the course consists of three 1-day learning sessions plus supporting action periods (periods in between learning sessions for teams to progress their project in their trust) and coaching calls.
Course dates and locations
- 16 November 2018: deadline for teams to send expressions of interest
- w/c 19 November 2018: introductory calls with teams
- 30 November 2018: learning session 1 (central London – venue to be confirmed)
- 18 March 2019: learning session 2 (RCP North, Liverpool)
- 18 June 2019: learning session 3 (venue to be confirmed)
What you will learn
Physicians and their teams will be supported to implement improvements in IBD in hospitals, using an evidence-based approach. You will join with other teams at the learning sessions to share practice and will be updated in methods of implementing and sustaining change for measurable improvements in care. Teams will receive coaching support in action periods between the sessions.
This quality improvement collaborative course will allow you to:
- gain a better understanding of how to interpret the findings from your data
- learn how to facilitate changes and improvements in patient care
- become an IBD champion.
Who should attend?
This collaborative course is designed for people who want to improve care for patients and are motivated to achieve this using improvement techniques and incremental change.
Teams should comprise three or four members, ideally including one physician, one manager and one other healthcare professional. If possible, please consider including a patient as a member of your team.
Teams may include more than four people working on the project in the trust, but four places per team is the maximum available for the learning sessions. If a team member is unable to make a given learning session then another member of the team may take their place.
What do I need to do?
Teams should have identified one area of care within their service where national benchmarked data shows the need for improvement.
You need to plan to come as a team for the entire course. Teams must be committed to meet fortnightly, at a minimum, to progress their project during the improvement collaborative.
Course fee
The cost of the course is £2,000 per team for three taught learning sessions and all additional support.
Teams will need to cover their own travel and, where necessary, accommodation costs.
How to book
Please email rcpqi@rcplondon.ac.uk with your team's registration form by Friday 16 November 2018.