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10 January 2018

Learning to Make a Difference showcase

The Royal College of Physicians' (RCP’s) Learning to Make a Difference (LTMD) team held a quality improvement (QI) showcase event on Monday 10 July to highlight the work of the programme.

Core medical trainees and registrars presented quality improvement projects based on national clinical audit data. This page contains slides from entrants' oral presentations, poster presentations and podcasts with participants, as a resource for other clinicians interested in quality improvement work.

Oral presentations

Improving the patient’s journey through a dermatology assessment/outpatient experience 2.21 MB

1st place: David Middleton (Northern Ireland)

Blood glucose monitoring in medical inpatients prescribed steroids 908.33 KB

2nd place: Kirsty Wood (Scotland)

Single unit blood transfusion 395.74 KB

3rd place: Aqeem Azam and Sarah Clegg (Mersey)

Introduction of a NIV troubleshooting guide 722.56 KB

Alexandra Dipper (South West)

An electronic-MASCC score to aid neutropenic sepsis discharge decisions 894.84 KB

Ali Abdulnabi Mohamed (East Midlands)

Routine discussion of corneal donation 802.17 KB

Emma Tregenna (East of England)

Awareness of skin disorders by junior doctors 557.11 KB

Priya Patel (Kent Surrey and Sussex)

Delayed gastroenterology patient discharge 690.5 KB

Victoria Knott (Yorkshire and Humber)

Diagnostic lumbar puncture documentation 1.4 MB

Charlotte Wigston and Florence Hunter-Rowe (Thames Valley)

Posters

Improving the quality of measuring patients' daily weights 331.35 KB

1st place: Sam Wong (Mersey)

Improving recording of target oxygen saturations and prescribing on drug charts 684.45 KB

2nd place: Gregor Young and Radhea Rahman (London)

Optimisation of time to antibiotics in neutropenic sepsis patients in the haematology department 327.59 KB

3rd place: Alice Thorpe and Jack Goddard (Yorkshire and Humber)

Improving the patient experience on the King’s stroke unit 210.41 KB

Balrik Kailey (London)

Near peer teaching and inpatient diabetes care 124.21 KB

H Casey and F Naeem (Scotland)

Producing a handbook of clinical medicine for SHOs 745.46 KB

Clare Carasco (London)

How often do doctors look at blood sugars? 1.08 MB

Fiona Kwok (East Midlands)

Rivaroxaban counselling in ambulatory assessment area 763.91 KB

Jasmine Hart (Scotland)

Investigation of unprovoked VTE in the ambulatory care unit 308.98 KB

Charlotte Lees and Simon Wyatt (Thames Valley)

Improving the availability of procedural equipment on acute medical wards 833.47 KB

Max Sayers (London)

Improving telemetry service in a district general hospital 1.23 MB

Mohamed Faki Omer (North East)

Improving the quality of documentation in discharge summaries of patients attending RespOPAT clinics 316.98 KB

Megan Offer and Sonia Sharma (East of England)

Tuberculosis drug therapy: investigations and monitoring 643.15 KB

Peter Nelson (Northern Ireland)

Podcasts

Short podcasts discussing some of the projects presented at the showcase event: