Sustaining improvements

Click on the button below to download theSustaining improvements module package, which contains detailed information including instructions on how to run the workshop session, facilitator notes, and handouts.

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This module makes use of the Sustaining improvements facilitator presentation, which should be downloaded for use during the session. Please click here to download the facilitator presentation.

Please click the links below to download a modified version of this module which teams can use to conduct sessions via video conferencing rather than in-person.

Sustaining Improvements remote session outline

Sustaining improvements facilitator presentation

When running this remote module, participants may need to be separated into sub-groups for discussions. Please view this briefvideo conferencing notefor guidance on how to do this.

Note that your organisation may have policies on which video conferencing tools are permitted to be used.

This module aims to provide space for reflection on what the Co-Lead intervention has meant for each person individually, for the team and for the organisation. Through this, the team will reach a shared agreement on how to plan for, and ensure, sustainability, and if an existing framework will be adopted to inform strategies to sustain changes that have arisen due to Co-Lead.

1-2 team members can facilitate discussions and ensure everyone has the opportunity to contribute. One facilitator can act as whiteboard/flip chart scribe to collect ideas and outputs, and identify common themes from discussions.

The session is structured as follows:

1. Introduction (10 minutes)
2. Group discussion (45 minutes)
3. Facilitator wrap-up (5 minutes)

The adoption of new practices and tools from the Co-Lead toolkit will help reinforce teams’ patient safety behaviours and help them to deliver the safest possible care. However, planning and structures are needed to ensure that positive changes are maintained in the long term.