THIS Institute’s annual event is free and open to all. Register opposite to access all of the sessions outlined in the programme below.
THIS Space aims to:
We welcome researchers, patients, carers, NHS staff and anyone with an interest in the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare. Yes, patients included!
12:45 - 13:00
Welcome
13:00 - 13:50
Burden of treatment and remote care
The burden of treatment considers the impact of the work of being a patient. For example, in managing their condition patients may need to self-monitor their health or implement lifestyle changes. Some of this work can be difficult, time-consuming and costly. In this session, we will explore how remote care (using telephone or digital methods) affects the burden of treatment. We will also identify priorities for future research to reduce the burden of treatment in remote care.
This session will be followed by an optional breakout room from 13:50-14:10
14:00 - 14:10
Featured fellow in 5
Join us for a lightning talk entitled 'Code to bedside' Machine Learning for Health
14:10 - 15:00
Improving the evidence for improving cross-sector working
Working across multiple sectors is important to quality and safety in the care of patients, but it’s hard to do well. This session will look at the evidence base for cross-sector working, drawing on examples from pre-hospital emergency care and care homes to offer learning.
15:00 - 15:10
Featured fellow in 5
Join us for a lightning talk entitled 'Can we support patient involvement to improve transitions of care?'
15:10 - 16:00
Getting better at design in healthcare
The importance of good design is increasingly recognised as fundamental to improving quality and safety in healthcare. Examining hospital architecture and inclusive technology, this session will raise important questions and offer fresh thinking. We’ll ask your questions in a live Q&A.
16:00 - 16:05
Featured fellow in 5
Join us for a lightning talk on clinical notes from general practice to understand symptoms of Long Covid
16:05 - 16:55
Online collaboration and consensus building in healthcare improvement (Session 1 of 2)
In the first of two sessions, our Thiscovery team will introduce an innovative consensus-building approach and invite you to take part in an exercise. The session will be introduced by Professor Clifford Ko, Director of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
16:55 - 17:00
Close of day 1
09:15 - 09:25
Welcome
09:25 - 09:55
Fellow's keynotes
Join us for two keynotes on research projects
09:55 - 10:00
Featured fellow in 5
Join us for a lightning talk on identifying low-value non-clinical safety practices: An exploratory survey of healthcare staff’s perceptions in the UK and Australia
10:00 - 10:55
Turning policy prescription into cultural change: the case of openness initiatives
Looking at the importance of creating open cultures in the NHS, from the perspective of patients, carers and staff, we'll examine the degree to which new government policies have been successful in generating change, and consider what organisations, staff, patients and carers need to do to create a more open NHS.
This session will be followed by an optional breakout room from 10:55-11:15
11:05 - 11:15
Featured fellow in 5
Join us for a lightning talk entitled ‘It feels like firefighting’: challenges to improving the quality of dental care, the legacy of COVID-19
11:15 - 12:15
Diversity and inclusion in healthcare improvement research
This session will consider why values of diversity and inclusion are so important to healthcare improvement, explore how healthcare improvement research can be inclusive and highlight practical examples of research practices that can promote inclusion.
12:15 - 12:45
Online collaboration and consensus building in healthcare improvement (Session 2 of 2)
In this second Thiscovery session, members of the team will show you how researchers can build group consensus using multiple rounds. We’ll discuss how modified Delphi consensus methodology can help us make better, more consultative decisions about how to improve healthcare.
12:45 - 12:50
Closing comments
You can register for all these sessions using the form at the top
Please get in touch with maddie.read@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk with any questions