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Building team capability in quality improvement
— Case study

Building team capability in quality improvement

The South West AHSN provides training at varying levels, including the Silver Quality Improvement (QI) & Culture Programme. This training is based on the Model for Improvement, originally created by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

The Silver QI & Culture Programme provides teams with the capability to make measurable improvements in systems they work in.

In October 2022, we delivered a second cohort of virtual Silver QI & Culture training and support to 25 participants at NHS Devon. This comprised a half-day onboarding session plus 3 days of training (3 modules).

Participants were those working in internal teams who currently had a QI project or were planning to start one. Topics included improving the bed discharge process, provision of services for people with learning difficulties, effectiveness of patient complaint handling, and elderly care.
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  • 100% reported being engaged to learn about quality improvement and were either very satisfied or satisfied with the course content 
  • 100% felt more knowledgeable about team culture and how to improve it 
  • 92% felt confident to apply their learning to real world improvement projects 
  • 100% intended to implement something they learned through the course into their own practice 

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“It was all so useful to our real-life project, the importance of planning things through properly, the value of driver diagrams - not easy but worth getting to grips with certainly.”

- Course participant

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