Friday 12 Apr | 11:00-12:15

Format: Presentation
Stream: Science
Content filters: Recommended for those new to quality improvement; Recommended for those working at system level in QI

Amar Shah East London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal College of Psychiatrists and NHS England, England (Chair)

PART 1: The good, bad, and ugly of improvement science publications: a scoping review

This topic is essential for the Forum because even experienced improvement science researchers, at times, struggle to publish their work. In part, the problem is that the field is relatively young, and the community is still working through the best approach for representing the work in the form of scholarly publications. During this session, we will describe the results of our scoping review study on effective (and less effective) writing styles for improvement science. We will also describe findings related to common pitfalls and strengths in project design and execution. Participants at all levels of experience will not want to miss this high-yield session.

As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between two dominant categories of improvement science research (‘thick’ and ‘thin’ slice work)


• Describe common errors made when writing improvement science work for scientific publication


• Identify the critical elements of an effective write-up for publication


• Apply knowledge of common pitfalls and strengths when designing and executing ‘thick’ slice improvement science projects

Erin Spicer London Health Sciences Center, Canada

Dr Mark Goldszmidt London Health Sciences Center, Canada

 

PART 2: Improvement science publications in practice

Learn about three recent high-impact publications from prominent researchers and improvers across the UK. John Fitzsimons, Julie Reed and Nicola Burgess will do a rapid-share of a recent publication that has high applicability for improvement practice. This will be followed by a dialogue between the authors and the chance to pose your questions.

Objectives:

• Learn about three recent high-impact peer-review publications in the field of improvement science


• Consider how this new knowledge could influence your improvement practice


• Appraise future possibilities for research in the field of improvement and implementation science
  
  

John Fitzsimons Children’s Health Ireland, Ireland

Julie Reed Julie Reed Consultancy, England

Nicola Burgess Warwick Business School, England