Quality Improvement Master class
Quality Improvement Master classes provide attendees with a high level overview of what quality improvement is, how it can be used in various organisations, and how to use some innovative tools for making improvements.
IF has presented a number of QI Master Classes at National forums, including:
- Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA) May 2010 – Building Champion Teams
- Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL) May 2010 – Quality Improvement Masterclass.
- Association of Australian Practice Managers (AAPM) October 2009 – Building the Practice Team and Measuring Capacity and Demand
- Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) November 2009 – Building High Performance Cultures – Measurement for Improvement in Primary Health Care organisations
We can customise a QI master class to suit any forum, conference or networking session.
For more information or to discuss how we can help you develop and facilitate a QI Masterclass for your organisation, please contact:
Email: workshops@improve.org.au
Phone: 08 8422 7400
Toll Free: 1800 771 522
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Last Updated 09 November 2011
What is the Model for Improvement?
The Model for Improvement provides a framework for developing, testing and implementing changes. It helps to break down a change effort into small, manageable chunks which are then tested to ensure that things are improving and that no effort is wasted. It is always worth remembering that while every improvement is certainly a change, every change is not an improvement.
The Model for Improvement consists of two equal parts; the first part, the “thinking part”, consists of three fundamental questions to guide improvement work:
- What are we trying to accomplish?
- How will we know that a change is an improvement?
- What changes can we make that will result in an improvement?
For more information about the Model for Improvement visit: http://apcc.org.au/about_the_APCC/the_model_for_improvement/
What is the Collaborative Methodology?
Adapted from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative methodology, in the Australian context, the Collaborative methodology is used as a framework for the APCC Program. This methodology has been applied to a wide range of management challenges. Originally applied to healthcare systems in the USA, it has since been adopted in other countries, including the UK, Scotland, Canada and New Zealand.
The Collaborative methodology is proven to be highly effective in achieving large scale systems change and demonstrating measurable outcomes. It provides a generic quality improvement model that can be applied to achieve incremental, rapid and locally relevant improvements across a broad range of clinical and practice business issues.