Welcome to this e-learning module on Quality Improvement: How to Make Services Work Better for You and Your Patients

The module will help you to:

• Understand what Quality Improvement (QI) is and its use in healthcare
• Know where to access information regarding quality improvement and what resources are available
• Initiate a QI project, putting theory into practice.

Work through the sections of the module and then take the module Assessment test. You can use the links in the Resources section to look up further information on QI at any time

Institute for Healthcare Improvement:

http://www.ihi.org

Open school:

http://www.ihi.org/education/IHIOpenSchool/Pages/default.aspx

NHS Improvement:

https://improvement.nhs.uk/improvement-hub/ 

NHS England:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/

NHS Scotland Quality Improvement Hub:

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/default.aspx

The Health Foundation:

http://www.health.org.uk/theme/quality-improvement 

http://www.health.org.uk/sites/health/files/QualityImprovementMadeSimple.pdf 

Q Community:

https://q.health.org.uk 

Paediatric International Patient Safety and Quality Community:

http://www.pipsqc.org/HOME.aspx 

The King’s Fund:

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/Improving-quality-Kings-Fund-February-2016.pdf 

Point of Care Foundation:

https://www.pointofcarefoundation.org.uk/our-work/quality-improvement/

Meds IQ:

http://www.medsiq.org

RCPCH & Us website:

http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/improving-child-health/us-voice-children-young-people-and-families/us-voice-children-young-people-an

Run Chart:

Click here to see an example of a run chart

QI Essentials Toolkit including Run Charts:

http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/Quality-Improvement-Essentials-Toolkit.aspx?utm_campaign=QI-Toolkit-Promotion&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co

As of 1st September 2016 the Revalidation and CPD team of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health no longer allocates a number CPD credits to courses or events. The removal of credits associated with events allows delegates to record the educational benefit of the activity through written reflection, in contrast to quantifying the significance based on the time duration of the course. This is in accordance with changes made to the CPD Scheme guidelines published in April 2016.

Detailed information and scheme guidance can be found on the RCPCH website

When recording the activity, delegates should focus on the reflection and detail the following:

• What did you learn?
• What effect has/will the learning had/have on your current practice?
• What further learning or action, if any, is needed as a result of the original learning activity?

Should you have any questions regarding the removal of credits, please feel free to contact the CPD team

If you use the RCPCH CPD Diary, you can click here to visit the diary and record your learning: Log your learning on the RCPCH CPD Diary