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he Institute for Health Improvement’s (IHI) mission is to improve health and health care around the world. IHI promotes innovative, unconditional teamwork—something that is easy to see in the IHI Open School movement, which has grown to include chapters around the world. Most chapters, which focus on information sharing and networking, are predominantly student-led, and build on the foundation and strength of IHI. In Sheffield, like-minded health professionals, both in practice and across the city’s two universities, have come together to form the Sheffield IHI Open School Chapter. Formed in 2013, the proud members all hold a keen interest in improving and promoting quality of care and patient safety. As students, questioning systems of practice or suggesting new ideas can seem like an impossible dream. But being an IHI Open School Chapter member empowers students to promote and develop their ideas, making health care better for the future. Involvement and support from an international organisation promotes confidence in ourselves as we progress through university. It inspires us to change the systems we work in. Our Sheffield chapter is unique in bringing together three of the city’s institutions: medical students from the University of Sheffield, nursing and allied health professions students from Sheffield Hallam University, and staff from the quality improvement team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The chapter includes an overall student lead, and leads from each discipline involved—and with the support of healthcare lecturers, the chapter is always growing. We have hosted a number of guest speakers to discuss issues, including patient involvement in care quality and how we can learn from human factors. We have received positive, encouraging feedback from each well-attended event, and have a full calendar planned for next year, including simulationbased patient-safety education. We are always keen to hear of new ideas and methods (from other chapters or groups) for providing patient-safety education in innovative ways. Our plans for the future are to reach more student groups throughout the universities, and provide regular events to continue to promote the core values of the IHI and our own chapter. We are currently developing links with the audit and quality improvement department of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to facilitate student involvement with these processes. We feel that this will enable students to access specialties of interest, while also benefitting the trust, and ultimately the patients who
the projects are directed at. Involvement of this kind will be an excellent opportunity for students to better understand the importance of audit in improving quality, and also to further their own development and knowledge. We are proud that Sheffield Hallam Universty will be the host for a joint conference in October for the UK IHI chapters and the Clinical Human Factors Group. Free to attend, the full-day event will showcase several keynote speakers and feature a variety of workshops aimed at spreading the ethos of IHI, and improving skills and knowledge of patient safety and human factors. The conference is predominantly targeting students and newly registered professionals, allowing those of a similar mind to come together to network, develop, and learn from each other. More information regarding the conference can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ihi2014 The IHI Open School provides a formal network to aid in the development of chapters, offering advice relating to everything from events to gaining new members. Well-respected online courses and modules are also freely accessible, helping to underpin the key teachings of the IHI. Completion of these courses will also improve student and newly registered professional portfolios, ultimately enhancing employability. IHI Open School Chapters are proving to be an excellent way of encouraging students to branch out and learn with other allied health professionals. While pursuing a common goal of improving care and patient safety, we are developing a high level of respect for our colleagues and peers, and gaining a greater understanding of the roles we each play. As individuals, we can thrive, gaining confidence to bring forward our knowledge and passion for patient safety. Learning and developing professionally in this way will help to facilitate safe, patient-centred care in BJN the healthcare systems of tomorrow. Starting or joining a local chapter is easy. If you don’t have a chapter nearby (you can check using the directory on the IHI website), you can find all the information you need to get started on the IHI website: www.ihi.org/openschool.
Nicola Simpson Medical Student University of Sheffield Charlotte Sykes Adult Nursing Student Sheffield Hallam University
© 2014 MA Healthcare Ltd
Editorial Board David Aldulaimi, Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Palo Almond, Academic and Research Consultant, Anglia Ruskin University Irene Anderson, Prinicipal Lecturer and Reader in Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Practice, University of Hertfordshire Russell Ashmore, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Sheffield Hallam University Steve Ashurst, Critical Care Nurse Lecturer, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham Christopher Barber, Residential Nurse Dimitri Beeckman, Lecturer and Researcher, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London Lizzy Bernthal, Research Fellow and Lead Nursing Lecturer, Medical Directorate, Birmingham Martyn Bradbury, Clinical Skills Network Lead, University of Plymouth Emma Collins, Senior Sister, Practice Development Lead, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Alison Coull, Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Scotland David Delaney, Charge Nurse, Clinical Research, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Jane Fox, Independent Consultant, Derbyshire Alan Glasper, Professor of Child Health Nursing, University of Southampton Angela Grainger, Assistant Director of Nursing, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, London Michelle Grainger, Ward Manager, Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham Helen Holder, Senior Lecturer, Nursing Studies, Birmingham City University Mina Karamshi, Specialist Sister in Radiology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead Joanne McPeake, Acute Specialist Nurse/Senior Staff Nurse in Critical Care; Honourary Lecturer/Practitioner in Critical Care, University of Glasgow Andrew McVicar, Reader, Dept of Mental Health & Learning Disabilities, Anglia Ruskin University Danny Meetoo, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Salford Mervyn Morris, Director, Centre for Mental Health Policy, Birmingham City University Aru Narayanasamy, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ann Norman, RCN Criminal Justice Services Nursing Adviser and Learning Disability Nursing Adviser Joy Notter, Professor, Birmingham City University & Saxion University of Applied Science, Netherlands Anne-Maria Olphert, Chief Nurse, Director of Quality, Erewash CCG, Derbyshire Hilary Paniagua, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton Ian Peate, Director of Studies, Head of School, Gibraltar Health Authority Bernadette Porter, Nurse Consultant, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Trust Angela Robinson-Jones, Consultant Nurse, Gynaecology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital John Tingle, HRS Reader in Health Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University Geoffrey Walker, Matron for Medicine, Cardiology and Specialist Nursing Services Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Catherine Whitmore, Research Nurse, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Liverpool Jo Wilson, Director, Wilson Healthcare Services, Newcastle Cate Wood, Lecturer, Bournemouth University, PhD student at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Sue Woodward, Lecturer, Specialist and Palliative Care, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London
Empowering students to help improve patient safety
British Journal of Nursing, 2014, Vol 23, No 17
British Journal of Nursing. Downloaded from magonlinelibrary.com by 147.188.128.074 on November 13, 2015. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. . All rights reserved.
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he Institute for Health Improvement’s (IHI) mission is to improve health and health care around the world. IHI promotes innovative, unconditional teamwork—something that is easy to see in the IHI Open School movement, which has grown to include chapters around the world. Most chapters, which focus on information sharing and networking, are predominantly student-led, and build on the foundation and strength of IHI. In Sheffield, like-minded health professionals, both in practice and across the city’s two universities, have come together to form the Sheffield IHI Open School Chapter. Formed in 2013, the proud members all hold a keen interest in improving and promoting quality of care and patient safety. As students, questioning systems of practice or suggesting new ideas can seem like an impossible dream. But being an IHI Open School Chapter member empowers students to promote and develop their ideas, making health care better for the future. Involvement and support from an international organisation promotes confidence in ourselves as we progress through university. It inspires us to change the systems we work in. Our Sheffield chapter is unique in bringing together three of the city’s institutions: medical students from the University of Sheffield, nursing and allied health professions students from Sheffield Hallam University, and staff from the quality improvement team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The chapter includes an overall student lead, and leads from each discipline involved—and with the support of healthcare lecturers, the chapter is always growing. We have hosted a number of guest speakers to discuss issues, including patient involvement in care quality and how we can learn from human factors. We have received positive, encouraging feedback from each well-attended event, and have a full calendar planned for next year, including simulationbased patient-safety education. We are always keen to hear of new ideas and methods (from other chapters or groups) for providing patient-safety education in innovative ways. Our plans for the future are to reach more student groups throughout the universities, and provide regular events to continue to promote the core values of the IHI and our own chapter. We are currently developing links with the audit and quality improvement department of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to facilitate student involvement with these processes. We feel that this will enable students to access specialties of interest, while also benefitting the trust, and ultimately the patients who
the projects are directed at. Involvement of this kind will be an excellent opportunity for students to better understand the importance of audit in improving quality, and also to further their own development and knowledge. We are proud that Sheffield Hallam Universty will be the host for a joint conference in October for the UK IHI chapters and the Clinical Human Factors Group. Free to attend, the full-day event will showcase several keynote speakers and feature a variety of workshops aimed at spreading the ethos of IHI, and improving skills and knowledge of patient safety and human factors. The conference is predominantly targeting students and newly registered professionals, allowing those of a similar mind to come together to network, develop, and learn from each other. More information regarding the conference can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ihi2014 The IHI Open School provides a formal network to aid in the development of chapters, offering advice relating to everything from events to gaining new members. Well-respected online courses and modules are also freely accessible, helping to underpin the key teachings of the IHI. Completion of these courses will also improve student and newly registered professional portfolios, ultimately enhancing employability. IHI Open School Chapters are proving to be an excellent way of encouraging students to branch out and learn with other allied health professionals. While pursuing a common goal of improving care and patient safety, we are developing a high level of respect for our colleagues and peers, and gaining a greater understanding of the roles we each play. As individuals, we can thrive, gaining confidence to bring forward our knowledge and passion for patient safety. Learning and developing professionally in this way will help to facilitate safe, patient-centred care in BJN the healthcare systems of tomorrow. Starting or joining a local chapter is easy. If you don’t have a chapter nearby (you can check using the directory on the IHI website), you can find all the information you need to get started on the IHI website: www.ihi.org/openschool.
Nicola Simpson Medical Student University of Sheffield Charlotte Sykes Adult Nursing Student Sheffield Hallam University
© 2014 MA Healthcare Ltd
Editorial Board David Aldulaimi, Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Palo Almond, Academic and Research Consultant, Anglia Ruskin University Irene Anderson, Prinicipal Lecturer and Reader in Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Practice, University of Hertfordshire Russell Ashmore, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Sheffield Hallam University Steve Ashurst, Critical Care Nurse Lecturer, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham Christopher Barber, Residential Nurse Dimitri Beeckman, Lecturer and Researcher, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London Lizzy Bernthal, Research Fellow and Lead Nursing Lecturer, Medical Directorate, Birmingham Martyn Bradbury, Clinical Skills Network Lead, University of Plymouth Emma Collins, Senior Sister, Practice Development Lead, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Alison Coull, Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Scotland David Delaney, Charge Nurse, Clinical Research, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Jane Fox, Independent Consultant, Derbyshire Alan Glasper, Professor of Child Health Nursing, University of Southampton Angela Grainger, Assistant Director of Nursing, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, London Michelle Grainger, Ward Manager, Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham Helen Holder, Senior Lecturer, Nursing Studies, Birmingham City University Mina Karamshi, Specialist Sister in Radiology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead Joanne McPeake, Acute Specialist Nurse/Senior Staff Nurse in Critical Care; Honourary Lecturer/Practitioner in Critical Care, University of Glasgow Andrew McVicar, Reader, Dept of Mental Health & Learning Disabilities, Anglia Ruskin University Danny Meetoo, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Salford Mervyn Morris, Director, Centre for Mental Health Policy, Birmingham City University Aru Narayanasamy, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ann Norman, RCN Criminal Justice Services Nursing Adviser and Learning Disability Nursing Adviser Joy Notter, Professor, Birmingham City University & Saxion University of Applied Science, Netherlands Anne-Maria Olphert, Chief Nurse, Director of Quality, Erewash CCG, Derbyshire Hilary Paniagua, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton Ian Peate, Director of Studies, Head of School, Gibraltar Health Authority Bernadette Porter, Nurse Consultant, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Trust Angela Robinson-Jones, Consultant Nurse, Gynaecology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital John Tingle, HRS Reader in Health Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University Geoffrey Walker, Matron for Medicine, Cardiology and Specialist Nursing Services Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Catherine Whitmore, Research Nurse, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Liverpool Jo Wilson, Director, Wilson Healthcare Services, Newcastle Cate Wood, Lecturer, Bournemouth University, PhD student at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Sue Woodward, Lecturer, Specialist and Palliative Care, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London
Empowering students to help improve patient safety
British Journal of Nursing, 2014, Vol 23, No 17
British Journal of Nursing. Downloaded from magonlinelibrary.com by 147.188.128.074 on November 13, 2015. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. . All rights reserved.
