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QI Skills
BEYOND THE BASICS: SKILLS FOR QI SUCCESS
Ready to take your quality improvement expertise to the next level? This section explores the essential skills that drive successful QI initiatives, presented in alphabetical order for easy navigation. This section provides resources to help you develop your abilities in key areas such as communication, leadership, data analysis, and patient engagement, empowering you to become a more effective change agent.
COACHING
- Video: What is QI Coaching? - The Q Community (2024)
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Video: Selling the benefits of QI coaching to leaders - The Q Community (2024)
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Improvement Coaching: More Than Tools and Methods - IHI (2023)
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Coaching for Quality Improvement - Point of Care Quality Improvement (2018) QI Coaching: What’s it all about? : Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
CULTURE OF QI
- Why social networks are vital for continuous improvement (University of Warwick, 2023)
- Leading change across a healthcare system: How to build improvement capability and foster a culture of continuous improvement - Lessons from an evaluation of the NHS-VMI Partnership (University of Warwick, 2022)
- Making Culture Change Happen (THIS Institute, 2022)
- Leading change across a healthcare system: How to build improvement capability and foster a culture of continuous improvement - Lessons from an evaluation of the NHS-VMI Partnership (University of Warwick, 2022)
- Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement (BMJ, 2018)
DATA & MEASUREMENT
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Measurement for quality improvement: using data to drive change (Journal of Perinatology, 2020)
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An introduction to analysing quality improvement & assurance data (HQIP, 2018)
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The How-to guide for measurement for improvement (NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement, 2017)
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Handy guide to Measurement for Improvement (NHS Scotland, 2017)
FACILITATION
PATIENT & PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT
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Project Planning Toolkit for Patient Partnership (Eurordis, 2024)
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Patient Participation Group Toolkit (Leeds Health & Care Partnership, 2024)
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Engagement toolkit: working with local people and communities (South East London ICS, 2024)
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Patient Safety Partners: a toolkit of resources (Patient Safety Learning: The Hub, 2023)
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Framework for involving patients in patient safety (NHS England, 2023)
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Coproduction of healthcare service (BMJ Quality & Safety, 2015)
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Coaching Skills for Quality Improvement - Workbook (NHS Elect)
QI, RESEARCH & AUDIT
SCALE & SPREAD
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Approaches to Spread, Scale-Up, and Sustainability (THIS Institute, 2024)
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Leading the spread and adoption of innovation and improvement: a practical guide (NHS England, 2024)
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Spread and Scale: Improvement Cymru Academy Toolkit Guide (2023)
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Review of spread and adoption approaches across the AHSN Network (AHSN Network, 2021)