Enhance your confidence in leading Quality Improvement
Understanding and leading quality improvement (QI) is an important part of your role as a consultant. This one-day workshop from the Royal College of Physicians is designed to support you in applying QI methodology in practice and guiding trainees through their own quality improvement projects.
Whether you're new to QI or looking to build confidence in leading improvement work, this CPD-accredited session offers a practical and structured approach to quality improvement for consultants across all specialties.
The course will include QI techniques and/methodology, and enable consultants to involve and support resident doctors in QI projects.
"I feel much more equipped to lead and encourage Involvement in QI of resident doctors now." - Helen Killen, Consultant Clinical Oncologist
What will I learn?
During this one-day quality improvement workshop, you will explore how to apply QI methodology in your consultant role and support residents undertaking quality improvement projects. You’ll consider the consultant’s role in leading and guiding QI work, reflect on how QI fits within the wider healthcare system, and discuss practical ways to embed improvement into everyday clinical practice. This workshop is designed to help you build confidence in quality improvement for consultants and contribute effectively to a culture of continuous improvement.
The workshop will enable learners to:
- describe the nature and purpose of quality improvement
- describe the essential knowledge and skills for quality improvement, and how to apply theory to practice
- identify key models and tools for improvement in the NHS
- consider how to undertake small tests of change and how to measure change as part of a QI project
- lead and support resident doctors and teams to develop basic knowledge and skills to improve the quality of patient care.
This workshop is approved for 6 external CPD credits.
- consultants of all specialties
- senior leaders.
This event is delivered on regular dates throughout the year. You can join us in-person at the RCP venue in London (RCP Regent’s Park), or Liverpool (RCP at the Spine), or join a virtual classroom session and attend online from the comfort of your own home or office.
We are increasingly delivering our most popular workshops in regional centres as well. So keep an eye on all available dates and locations via the booking links at the bottom of the page.
We offer significant discounts to RCP Members on all our education activities. Non-members are always welcome, but we encourage you to join the RCP, whatever your grade or specialty, to benefit from great-value professional development opportunities. Find out more about membership.
Click on your chosen event below to see the full rate options. Resident members will pay slightly less than consultant members, and our virtual classroom events are priced lower than in-person sessions to ensure professional development is accessible and affordable to everyone. You must be logged in as an RCP Member to be eligible for the membership rates.
Flexible payment plans for higher value in-depth programmes can be arranged, and we can directly invoice employers with the appropriate authorisation. Please contact education.courses@rcp.ac.uk if you have any queries about fees or payments.
Our experienced medical educationalists work collaboratively to co-design programmes with senior clinicians who are active in hospitals throughout the UK. This ensures our courses remain relevant and respond to the changing needs of the clinical workforce, enabling high quality patient-centred care.
This unique partnership approach is key to the value and success of our programmes both in the UK and internationally. Each course combines on-the-ground experience and professional knowledge of medical practice in the NHS, alongside educational theory, teaching and practical skills, designed for every stage of your career.
This workshop is also available on a commissioned basis. Please contact us to discuss the RCP delivering this event exclusively for your doctors and healthcare teams, delivered in-person at your workplace, at the RCP sites in London or Liverpool, or in a virtual classroom.
To discuss your specific requirements and how the RCP can work with you, please give us a call on (0)20 3075 1555 or email consultancy@rcp.ac.uk
Further information about commissioned programmes from the RCP.
