Resources
Discover resources from the paediatrics and improvement community across categories including QI education, patient safety, patient centred care, systems of care, sustainable healthcare and medicines safety.
Modules
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Module 1 – Starting Your Quality Improvement Journey
In collaboration with QIClearn, the first of our micro-QI online modules introduces healthcare professionals to quality improvement methodology and shares how paediatric trainees have explored QI across different levels of the RCPCH Progress Curriculum.
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Module 2 – An Introduction to Improvement Science
Led by Nikki Davey, a Quality Improvement Practitioner and Coach, this second module in the QI series explores the science that underpins improvement, the challenges of starting small, and delves deeper into diagnostics and improvement methodology.
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Module 3 – Involving Children and Young People in Your QI Journey
In collaboration with RCPCH &Us, the next of our QI online modules introduces healthcare professionals to involving children and young people in quality improvement and shares examples of different types of engagement.
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Resources
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QI Education
Resources and networks to help healthcare professionals ensure their practice prioritises patient safety and strives to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people, and their families.
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Integrated Care
The NHS Long Term Plan has emphasised the importance of integrated care to the future of the health service. This section looks at case examples and resources for delivering integrated care in paediatrics and child health.
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Children and Young People’s Engagement
RCPCH &Us tools to support trainees, paediatricians and healthcare professionals working with children and young people to drive service improvement.
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Sustainable Healthcare
The World Health Organization has described climate change as “the defining health challenge of our time”. This section looks at improvement work on environmental sustainability and the principles of sustainable healthcare.
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Situation Awareness for Everyone
Situation awareness requires a shared understanding of what is happening. In a healthcare setting, this needs tools and techniques together with non-hierarchical information and communication.
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Safe System Framework
A safer system can work in partnership with families and patients, develop a patient safety culture and support ongoing learning to aim to improve recognising and responding to children at risk of deterioration.
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