Funded RCPI learning programme for teams with HSCP Members. Closes 25th November 2024.
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Description
Funded RCPI learning programme for teams with HSCP Members
Advancing Leadership for Integrated Care Excellence (ALICE)
Dear Colleagues,
An exciting opportunity has arisen for teams with Health and Social Care Professionals to complete a bespoke Quality Improvement (QI) learning programme designed to strengthen integrated care delivery in their setting. The programme aims to teach learner teams how to complete a quality improvement project in the workplace and provide knowledge and skills to utilise QI methods to enhance service development and delivery into the future. This inaugural cohort is funded for HSE (Health Service Executive) community or acute health and social care professional teams by the HSE National Health & Social Care Professions Office (NHSCPO) and delivered by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI).
On completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Reflect on the components of effective leadership for quality improvement in their own practice
- Work with their team to apply improvement methodologies and tools to a quality improvement project in their workplace
RCPI expert faculty will work with teams to help develop skills and insight into individual and team areas of strength and for development, provide comprehensive training in QI methodologies and tools to systematically improve care processes and outcomes, teach how to effectively collect, analyse, and utilise data to inform decision-making and measure the impact of improvement initiatives. We will explore key QI project management considerations, including financial awareness, project management and stakeholder engagement to support sustainable implementation of QI projects.
What to expect
This collaborative improvement programme includes a short online induction, five learning sessions (3 in-person, 2 virtual) and two virtual coaching sessions over 7 months, with 28 CPD (Continuous Professional Development) awarded for course completion. All team members must be available to attend all sessions. Learners will complete some pre course and in-course work, and implement a workplace-based improvement project with their team over the 7 months.
| Induction | Tuesday 10 December 2024 | Online via Zoom, 1 hour |
| Pre course work | Fundamentals of QI online module 1 hour
Submit problem statement Online leadership exercise |
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| Session 1 | Tuesday 28 January 2025 | RCPI No 6 Kildare Street Dublin, Full day in person |
| Session 2 | Tuesday 25 February 2025 | RCPI No 6 Kildare Street Dublin, Full day in person |
| Session 3 | Tuesday 25 March 2025 | Online via Zoom, half day, morning |
| Coaching 1 | Tuesday 8 April 2005 | Online via Zoom – 2 x 1.5 hr sessions, select one, afternoon |
| Session 4 | Tuesday 13 May 2025 | Online via Zoom, half day, morning |
| Coaching 2 | Tuesday 27 May 2025 | Online via Zoom – 2 x 1.5 hr sessions, select one, afternoon |
| Session 5 | Tuesday 10 June 2025 | RCPI No 6 Kildare Street, Full day in person |
How to apply
Applications are invited from teams of three members, using the eligibility criteria below, and with an identified ‘problem statement’ demonstrating an area within your service that you would like to work to improve, based on one of the following themes, in line with the Sláintecare Action Plan 2023:
- Improving safe, timely access to care
- Coordination of care
- Delivery of care
| Theme | Sample problem | Sample projects from previous RCPI course teams |
| Improving Safe, Timely Access to Care | Inefficient transfer of care
Missed patients Duplication of waiting lists Referrals not made or received |
· To reduce the time between referral and assessment for Priority 1 referrals from 38 days to 14 days in the Dublin Southeast ICPOP (Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons) service
· A Quality Improvement Initiative to increase patient centred, efficient and effective care through timely provision of footwear to Diabetic Foot Ulcer patients by the introduction of a digital referral system, multidisciplinary collaboration and tailored education · A Quality Improvement initiative to improve access to Primary Care services for people with a diagnosis of dementia in a person-centred, timely, effective, equitable and efficient manner |
| Coordination of care | Service boundaries unclear
Services not linked Multiple points of contact |
· Developing a regional, person-centered trauma informed service for adults with eating disorders in Cork & Kerry
· Introduction of an electronic referral via Healthlink for GPs in South Wicklow Network (CHEast) to Primary Care Therapy Teams |
| Care delivery | Inappropriate location of care
Low service productivity Duration of waiting list |
· Community Older Persons Priority Early Response (COPPER) Team Providing Network 3 with an Early Supported Discharge and Readmission Avoidance Service
· The implementation of a single point of referral for Primary Care Paediatric services – East Westmeath, Network Learning Site · One Visit for All: Creating an Equitable Pathway for HSE Orthodontic Eligibility (to eliminate lengthy waiting times for radiographic diagnosis) |
If you need help to decide or would like to learn more, please visit our stand at the upcoming HSCP Conference at Croke Park on Wednesday 23 October.
For more information or to apply, please click this link: Advancing Leadership for Integrated Care Excellence . The closing date for completed applications is strictly midnight Monday 25th November.
Applications will be reviewed by a panel and all applicants will receive an outcome communication by close of day Friday 29th November.
Informal queries are most welcome to Rachel MacDonell rachelmacdonell@rcpi.ie
