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The Role of Virtual Clinics in Reducing Demand for Outpatient Clinics – A Pilot Study for Antenatally Detected Hydronephrosis Pathway at a District General Hospital
We evaluate the use of ‘virtual clinics’ in place of traditional face-to-face clinic for antenatally detected hydronephrosis to effectively manage the increasing demand for outpatient clinics in a District General Hospital.
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Initiative to Improve Clinical Coding for Patient Admission Episode by Recording Patient’s Co-morbidities
This poster highlights using QI methodology to improve the depth of clinical coding by identifying the need, regular discussions, reviewing data, designing comorbidity sheet and regular training/teaching around it.
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Improving the Investigation of UTI in a Paediatric Emergency Department
This poster presents a clinical development and cost reduction project for improving the investigation of UTI in a paediatric emergency department. The audit was conducted between October 2019 and March 2020.
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Embedding Cultural Change: A Junior-led Approach to Quality & Safety at a District General Hospital
This poster outlines an initiative to embed quality and safety in a DGH neonatal unit by getting junior doctors to lead patient safety efforts. The project has run for multiple rotations and is now sustainably embedded into core departmental business.
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Innovating and Leading Change: A Practical Guide To Implementing a Regional ST1 Teaching Course
Over the last 6-years, by analysing trainee feedback and working together with the head of school, we have been able to develop a unique course, which provide a high-quality teaching to prepare trainees for their FOP/TAS examinations.
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Snap and Share – A Novel Approach to Medical Education
We aimed to maximise junior doctors’ learning from each teaching opportunity and share it with as many colleagues as possible.
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CRIT: Children Receiving Immunosuppressive Therapy – A Cross-specialty Review of Practice at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital
Immunosuppression is integral to the management of a wide range of childhood illness. Multiple paediatric sub-specialities initiate and monitor different immunosuppressive therapies. We undertook a review to understand existing variations in care.
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Reducing Paracetamol Errors in Children
A paediatric multidisciplinary team work together to reduce the number of paracetamol errors reported in clinical areas by staging a number of interventions based on the reported incident trends
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Keep Calm and Intubate: Neonatal Intubation Safety Checklists Reduce Anxiety and Increase Safety
Our project launched intubation safety checklists in our level 2 Neonatal Unit in a District General Hospital, to improve safety and documentation and reduce stress of neonatal intubations.
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Improving Efficacy of Hydroxycarbamide Prescriptions in Paediatric Sickle Cell Disease
A QI project in a district general hospital, introducing a reliable, sustainable method of monitoring blood results to facilitate effective dose-adjustments of Hydroxycarbamide in children with sickle-cell disease.
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Efforts to Increase Early Detection of Obese and Overweight Children in General Paediatric Clinics
QI poster from the General Paediatrics at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar, aimed at increasing recognition of children with High BMI (above 85th percentile for age and gender), aged 2 -14 years, visiting the clinic for reasons other than obesity.
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Are We Facing the Future? A Retrospective Audit of Acute General Paediatric Admissions at a Regional Paediatric Hospital
We present results of our retrospective audit, assessing whether RCPCH ‘Facing the Future’: Standards 2, 3 & 5 are being achieved at our tertiary paediatric hospital, and if ongoing service changes have improved performance against these Standards.
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