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ABCi - Skills for Improvement - What is QI?

What is a Quality Improvement (QI)? 'Quality improvement is a particular, and very specific, approach to complex problem solving that  relies on testing and learning (and failing many times). Quality improvement empowers those closest  to the improvement opportunity to discover a better way, and should deeply involve both staff,  patients, service users and carers in understanding the issue, identifying new ideas and testing these  out to see which work within the given context.' (Amar Shah ELFT)   This page will point you in the direction of    resources which will give you an idea of what    quality improvement science is all about .   Quality Improvement methodology is based on    ' Improvement Science ', an ever expanding bank    of knowledge ustilising existing and new fields of    evidence and best practice. There are numerous    frameworks that are useful i...

ABCi - Skills for Improvement - Working Styles

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What is your Working Style? How do you like to work? How do you like to work with others? Did you know that  75%  of  the  people  that you work with, will work in a different way to you.  This can sometimes be frustrating  especially  when you ask...  why did they do something that way?...  when I would have done it  this way.  So, in what ways do we work differently? and how can we take this into account so that we work more   effectively with others?  Remembering that no one working style is more successful than another, we  all just work differently!  This workbook will help you to understand your own working style and  encourage you to reflect, not only on your strengths and weaknesses, but on how you would like  others  to work with you, and how you can change your ways of working to get the best out of your  working  relationships.  ABC...