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Pocket QI – Introduction to QI

A one-day introduction to QI, which will give you the basics of our method and tools so that you can get involved straight away in improving your service. The course includes plenty of exercises and games to help you learn and apply the essentials of quality improvement.

Pocket QI is officially accredited by the CPD Standards Office, allowing you to earn six certified CPD hours when you complete the workshop.

Who is it suitable for?

ELFT staff, service users, carers, and volunteers. Book using the links on the right hand side.

What is covered?

  • The history and methods of quality improvement in healthcare
  • The ELFT approach to QI: introduction to the sequence of improvement
  • The five domains of quality
  • Tools for working with complexity in healthcare
  • Setting aims and building a QI strategy using driver diagrams
  • Measuring change: developing measures to identify and understand change
  • Testing and developing effective changes: The Plan Do Study Act cycle (PDSA)
  • Understanding and visualising variation over time: using and understanding run charts
  • Making changes stick: the role of implementation
  • How to set up a QI project and next steps in QI at ELFT

Upcoming Pocket QI Dates

  • Cohort 103 – 17 February 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 104 – 28 February 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick
  • Cohort 105 – 25 March 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 106 – 16 April 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 107 – 14 April 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick
  • Cohort 108 – 16 May  2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 109 – 18 June 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 110 – 23 June 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick
  • Cohort 111 – 14 July 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 112 – 12 August 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 113 – 20 August 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick
  • Cohort 114 – 17 September 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 115 – 8 October 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 116 – 21 October 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick
  • Cohort 117 – 12 November 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 118 – 9 December 2025 – Trust HQ, London
  • Cohort 119 – 15 December 2025 – Rufus Centre, Flitwick

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