Days 1 & 2: Data-driven service development in Child Health: A toolkit for the future
Day 1
- Intro to module
- History of NHS and need for data followed by workshop addressing competencies in information management
- Compromised development of IT and Information for Child Health – a 40 year struggle
- What are indicators and how do we compare with Europe?
- Health inequalities and the atlas of variation
Day 2
- Introduction to CHIMAT and profiles
- Data exercise
- Use of data to support business case development and service change (session with commissioners )
- Two examples from the floor – illustrating safety and another aspect of quality
- Exercise to support local investigation and use of data
Days 3 & 4: Quality Improvement and change in Paediatrics: Let’s make a difference
Day 3
- Introduction to Quality Improvement & Change
- Local examples of innovation & service development – integrated child health
- Introduction to the NHS Change Model
- Medical engagement, leadership and culture – the post-Francis era
- Quality in healthcare – what it is; why is it important?
Day 4
- Morning session on QI tools, including introduction and rotating small group work to cover PDSA, driver diagrams, run-charts, process mapping, lean, stakeholder engagement
- Personal leadership focus session – based on Steven Covey’s 7-habits
- Afternoon session running 2 x leadership simulations
- Debrief and feedback
Day 5 (only if booked on entire module)
- Personal tutorials (timing will also allow focus through the day to be more individualised)
- Progressing on the full MSc
- Over-arching session – ‘Data, improvement and the wider system – pulling it all together’, Critical analysis of journal article (s)
- Introduction to assignment; discussions around depth / critical analysis
- Small group work to scope and discuss potential assignments
- Wrap-up