2008/2009 EVENTS CALENDAR
The Improvement & Support Team Event Calendar for 2008/2009 is shown below. To view the calendar you can either scroll down the page or select the relevant Year/Month.
2007/2008
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06/10/2008 - Human Dimensions of Change, (Core Skills 2) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Scottish Health Service Centre, Edinburgh
Contact: Lead Faculty, Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
- Recognising different types of change and developing suitable approaches
- Understanding the challenge of change and how to support change effectively
- An opportunity to examine how you and others experience change
09/10/2008 - Introduction to LEAN, (Core Skills 1) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme-
Venue: McIntosh Hall, Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth, Dundee
Contact: Lead Faculty Tracey Williams
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information: This is a one day workshop aimed at staff who are involved in undertaking or supporting and leading improvement work.
- An overview of the key principles which underpin Lean methodology and opportunity to experience developing a Lean process
- Examination of the main components of value stream mapping and examples of how to spot waste
- Exploration of a number of the tools used in the Lean approach
- An overview of the IST approach to Rapid Improvement Events
14/10/2008 - Introduction to Improvement Methodologies, (Improvement 1, Core Skills 3) -Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Scottish Health Service Centre, Edinburgh
Contact:Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
- Introducing the key improvement methodologies
- Understanding systems and processes
- Applying the Model for Improvement
20/10/2008 - Human Dimensions of Change, (Core Skills 2) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Beardmore, Glasgow
Contact: Lead Faculty, Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
These five one day workshops are aimed at staff who are involved in undertaking or supporting and leading improvement work:-
Core Skills 1: Introduction to Lean
Core Skills 2: Human Dimensions of Change
Core Skills 3: Introduction to Improvement Methodologies
Core Skills 4: Measurement for Improvement
Core Skills 5: Statistical Process Control, Variation and Reliability
To Book any of the above events visit: http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk and use the drop down box to select an event.
22/10/2008 - Introduction to Improvement Methodologies, (Improvement 1, Core Skills 3) -Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Beardmore, Glasgow
Contact:Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
22/10/2008 - Introduction to Improvement Methodologies, (Improvement 1, Core Skills 3) -Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Beardmore, Glasgow
Contact:Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
- Introducing the key improvement methodologies
- Understanding systems and processes
- Applying the Model for Improvement
28/10/2008 - North Region Event - 18 Weeks Service Redesign & Transformation Programme
Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Aberdeen
Contact:Esme Wilson
Flyer:18 weeks North Regional Event Aberdeen 28 October 2008.doc
29/10/2008 - North of Scotland Regional Planning Group Event - 18 Weeks Service Redesign & Transformation Programme
Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Aberdeen
Contact:Esme Wilson
Flyer:18 Weeks North of Scotland Planning Event 29 October 08.doc
Event Information: The IST 18 Weeks Programme will represent the Improvement & Support Team at this event.
30/10/2008 - Human Dimensions of Change, (Core Skills 2) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: McIntosh Hall, Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth, Dundee
Contact:Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
These five one day workshops are aimed at staff who are involved in undertaking or supporting and leading improvement work:-
Core Skills 1: Introduction to Lean
Core Skills 2: Human Dimensions of Change
Core Skills 3: Introduction to Improvement Methodologies
Core Skills 4: Measurement for Improvement
Core Skills 5: Statistical Process Control, Variation and Reliability
To Book any of the above events visit: http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk and use the drop down box to select an event.
NOVEMBER EVENTS
4 & 5/11/2008 - SCIMP Conference 2008
Venue: Dunblane Hydro Hotel, Dunblane
Contact:Sara Porthouse
Event Information: Susan Bishop, IST National Long Term Conditions Programme Manager and Peter Martin, ISD from the Health Delivery Directorate are jointly presenting.
6/11/2008 - North of Scotland Regional Event - Long Term Conditions Collaborative
Venue: Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
Contact:Sara Porthouse
Flyer:Agenda
11/11/2008 - West of Scotland Regional Event - Long Term Conditions Collaborative
Venue: Hilton, Strathclyde, Belshill
Contact:Sara Porthouse
Flyer:Agenda
12/11/2008 - Pre JAG Training Event - 18 Weeks Service Redesign & Transformation Programme
Venue: Queens Hotel, Bridge of Allan
Contact:Esme Wilson
Flyer:18 Weeks Pre JAG
Event Information: A one day learning event for those training to become a Pre JAG assessor.
13 & 14/11/2008 - UK Consensus Conference on Acute Medicine
Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Contact:Sara Porthouse
Flyer:http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/education/events/consensus-acute-medicine-08-prog.php
Event Information: Long Term Conditions programme will represent Improvement & Support Team at this event
13/11/2008 - Regional Event (South & East) - 18 Weeks Service Redesign & Transformation Programme
Venue: Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Contact:Esme Wilson
Flyer:S & E Regional Event Flyer
Event Information: A one day learning and networking event for 18 weeks local NHS Board teams to develop a clear understanding of service pathway transformation to support teams to develop a programme of work and identify key challenges to delivery.
14/11/2008 - West Region Event -18 Weeks Service Redesign & Transformation Programme
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Bellshill, Edinburgh
Contact:Esme Wilson
Flyer:WoS Regional Event Flyer
Registration: By invitation only
Event Information: This is a one day learning and networking event for local NHS Board teams to develop a clear understanding of service pathway transformation to support teams to develop a programme of work and identify key challenges to delivery.
This event will focus on the following objectives:
To understand the local and regional elements of the 18 weeks Service Redesign and Transformation Programme.
To support local teams focus on how to build local capability and capacity for pathway and service transformation leading to the delivery of sustainable change.
To identify the local current position and key challenges.
To build a supportive learning and network across NHS Boards.
14/11/2008 - Introduction to Improvement Methodologies, (Improvement 1, Core Skills 3) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: McIntosh Hall, Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth, Dundee
Contact: Lead Faculty, Jackie McCallum or Shona Cowan
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information:
- Introducing the key improvement methodologies
- Understanding systems and processes
- Applying the Model for Improvement
14/11/2008 - East of Scotland Regional Event - Long Term Conditions Collaborative
Venue: Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh
Contact:Sara Porthouse
Flyer:Regional Events 2
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/. For further information or if you have any problems booking please contact Ciaran.McGuigan@shsc.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 275 7751.
Event Information: To facilitate sharing and raising awareness of emerging practice. Introduce local programme teams to self care / self management models. Assist understanding of the different dimensions of self management particularly the patient experience and to develop local actions.
18/11/2008 - Measurement for Improvement Demand, DCAQ Masterclass (Core Skills 4) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Scottish Health Service Centre
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Demand: understanding how to measure the flow into the system
- Queue: understand where patients are in the process
- Activity: understanding urgency, variation and fluctuation
- Capacity: how to assess the amount of activity that ought to be possible
- Practical ways of acquiring the measures you need from everyday systems and processes in order to quantify reductions in delays
- Explore the role of data presentation in influencing improvement work
19/11/2008 - Measurement for Improvement DCAQ Masterclass (Core Skills 4) Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Beardmore, Glasgow
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Demand: understanding how to measure the flow into the system
- Queue: understand where patients are in the process
- Activity: understanding urgency, variation and fluctuation
- Capacity: how to assess the amount of activity that ought to be possible
- Practical ways of acquiring the measures you need from everyday systems and processes in order to quantify reductions in delays
- Explore the role of data presentation in influencing improvement work
27/11/2008 - Measurement for Improvement DCAQ Masterclass (Core Skills 4) - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: McIntosh Hall, Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth, Dundee
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Demand: understanding how to measure the flow into the system
- Queue: understand where patients are in the process
- Activity: understanding urgency, variation and fluctuation
- Capacity: how to assess the amount of activity that ought to be possible
- Practical ways of acquiring the measures you need from everyday systems and processes in order to quantify reductions in delays
- Explore the role of data presentation in influencing improvement work
DECEMBER EVENTS
04/12/2008 - Measurement for Improvement (SPC), Core Skills 5 - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Beardmore, Glasgow
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Understanding variation and reducing variation
- Using basic Statistical Process Control
- An introduction to reliability theory
- Practical steps for applying improvement tool
05/12/2008 - Measurement for Improvement (SPC), Core Skills 5 - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: Scottish Health Service Centre, Edinburgh
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Understanding variation and reducing variation
- Using basic Statistical Process Control
- An introduction to reliability theory
- Practical steps for applying improvement tool
09/12/2008 - Measurement for Improvement (SPC), Core Skills 5 - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: McIntosh Hall, Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth, Dundee
Contact:Shona Cowan, Faculty Lead Neil Pettinger
Flyer:Improvement Skills Autumn/Winter Programme - Core Skills 1 to 5
Registration: Please use the online booking service at http://conventions.nss.scot.nhs.uk/event_248, please complete the booking form by Friday 8th August.
Event Information:
- Understanding variation and reducing variation
- Using basic Statistical Process Control
- An introduction to reliability theory
- Practical steps for applying improvement tool
2009 Calendar
JANUARY EVENTS
13-14/01/2009 - Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Learning Session 3 - Education, Training & Knowledge Management Programme
Venue: EICC, Edinburgh
Contact:Moray Baylis
Event Details: IST stand and presence at this event hosted by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
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