Sustainability in Quality Improvement

Sustainability has been recognised by the Royal College of Physicians as a domain of quality in healthcare, extending the responsibility of health services to patients not just of today but of the future. As a domain of quality, it follows that sustainability should be explicitly addressed as part of ‘quality improvement’ activities. But how? 

This intensive course introduces health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ framework for integrating sustainability into quality improvement. Learning from real examples, participants explore in depth how the framework can be applied in practice to develop preventative, holistic, lean, low carbon care.

We understand that networking is a key reason for delegates to attend courses and we have designed the course to maximise opportunities to interact with and meet others.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course you will be able to implement a 'triple bottom line' quality improvement project. This includes:

• Defining a problem and setting sustainability goals.
• Studying the system and assessing resource use locally.
• Applying the principles of sustainable clinical practice.
• Measuring ‘sustainable value’ using a multi-dimensional approach of environmental, social, financial and patient outcomes at the micro and population-level. 

Course Structure 

This course is delivered in three parts:

1. Self-study online
2. Live workshop online
3. Follow-up interactive masterclass 1-2 months after the workshop