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Summary of Resources Used

For your convenience, below are listed all the resources used in the Start a Project section.

 

1. Project Design >> Designing the key features of your project

e. Additional design tips 		 

 
  You are more likely to obtain funding for a project if you have a clear plan and can show quantifiable benefits rather than for a project which is 'just' a good idea.
 

Click here to view a powerpoint that exemplifies this. (File size: 236Kb)

 
 
 


2. Project Design >> Designing the key features of your project

e. Additional design tips 		 

 
  A brief introduction to process mapping as a way of understanding a care system, and designing interventions to improve that system, is contained in: Improvement Leaders� Guide to Process Mapping, Analysis and Redesign, NHS Modernisation Agency 2002,
  www.modern.nhs.uk/improvementguides 		 
 
 


3. Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

c. Composition 		 

 
  Use stakeholder analysis to identify and assess the importance of key people, groups of people, or institutions that may significantly influence the success of your activity or project.

For more details, click here for HTML version.

  
 
 


4. Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

d. Team formation		  

 
  See Richard Grol's article for some useful tips on using opinion leaders effectively.
  Click here.
  
 
 


5. Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

e. Team functioning 		 

 
  The following resources contain useful insights into the role of teamwork:
  • Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning, Donald R. Clark.  Click here for HTML version.

  • Cultures for improving patient safety through learning: the role of teamwork, J Firth-Cozens.  View PDF now. (File size: 184Kb)

  • Facilitating multidiscipinary teams: a powerpoint presentation, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.  View powerpoint now. (File size: 212Kb)
  
 
 


6. Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

e. Team functioning 		 

 
  Some useful tips on promoting effective team functioning in the conduct of meetings, ground rules for team members, and negotiation and conflict resolution are contained in Easy Guide to Clinical Practice Improvement: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals, NSW Health, 2002, pp.17-18,
  http://www.racp.edu.au/bp/resources/cpi_easyguide.pdf

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7. Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

e. Team functioning 		 

 
  Belbin team roles describe a pattern of behaviour that characterises one person's behaviour in relationship to another in facilitating the progress of a team.

The value of Belbin team-role theory lies in enabling an individual or team to benefit from self-knowledge and adjust according to the demands being made by the external situation.
http://www.belbin.com/belbin-team-roles.htm
  
 
 



8. Project Design >> Consumer Involvement  

 
 

You may be able to access a consumer representative willing to join your core group through:

  • your hospital or health service,
  • a local self-help group.

If this is not possible, seek assistance through:

  • your professional organisation, or
  • one of the broad-based consumer organisations.

The Consumer Health Forum is a useful starting point for finding a consumer representative as it will be able to provide up-to-date contact information about consumer groups in your state. It can be accessed at the following website:
  www.chf.org.au

  
 
 


9. Project Design >> Consumer Involvement  

 
  Practical tips associated with best practice for consumer participation can be found on the website for the National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health:
  www.participateinhealth.org.au 		 
 
 


10. Measurement and Review >> Identification and agreement on the evidence base for better practice

a. Managing extensive evidence 		 

 
  Following are a number of useful references and examples of simpler formats:  
 
 


11. Measurement and Review >> Identification and agreement on the evidence base for better practice

c. Your local evidence-based framework 		 

 
  Examples of ways to develop different evidence-based frameworks can be found in the following references:
  • Algorithms, Pathway and IT Development, Austin Bowel Cancer Consortium. View HTML version now. (File size: 48Kb)

  • Consensus Guidelines, Brisbane Cardiac Consortium. View HTML version now. (File size: 16Kb)

  • Developing Clinical Pathways, Towards A Safer Culture. View HTML version now. (File size: 20Kb)

  • Final Report, October 2002, Brisbane Cardiac Consortium. View PDF now. (File size: 1.8 Mb)

    (Note: Due to high file size it is recommended to download this pdf to your local drive. To download this file please right click on the link above and select "Save Link Taget As..")
 
 
 


12. Measurement and Review >> Deciding on the evidence-based measures  

 
  The following reference may be useful for developing your indicators: Easy Guide to Clinical Practice Improvement: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals, NSW Health, 2002, pp 20,
  http://www.racp.edu.au/bp/resources/cpi_easyguide.pdf

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13. Measurement and Review >> Deciding on the evidence-based measures

d. Other data sources 		 

 
  Examples of patient surveys:
  • Quality of Life Questionnaire. View PDF now. (File size: 128Kb)
  • Minnesota Questionnaire. View PDF now. (File size: 24Kb)
 
 
 


14. Measurement and Review >> Deciding on the evidence-based measures

d. Other data sources 		 

 
  An example of a staff survey. View PDF now. (File size: 92Kb)  
 
 


15. Measurement and Review >> Data collection methods  

 
  For a free distribution of a tool called auditmaker for helping clinicians to set up a clinical audit database,
  click here.		  
 
 


16. Measurement and Review >> Feedback

a. Depicting the data 		 

 
  Examples of depicting summary data:
  • Feedback Newsletter, example 1. View PDF now. (File size: 264Kb)
  • Feedback Newsletter, example 2. View PDF now. (File size: 260 Kb)
  
 
 


17. Measurement and Review >> Feedback

b. Feedback Process 		 

 
  The following article deals with the transfer of the results of health and medical research into evidence-based practice.

Getting new evidence into medicine, Rubin, Frommer, Vincent, Phillips and Leeder. View PDF now. (File size: 244Kb)		  
 
 


18. Intervention  

 
  What is clinical practice improvement? R. M. Wilson And B. T. Harrison. View PDF now. (File size: 396Kb)  
 
 


19. Intervention >> Dissemination of the evidence to consumers  

 
  The following example may be useful:

Consumer participation in health care planning and evaluation. View HTML version now.		  
 
 


20. Intervention >> Continuous communication  

 
  This article by Richard Grol has some useful tips on using opinion leaders effectively.
   Click here to view the article.		  
 
 


21. Evaluation >> Evaluating clinical data  

 
  This feedback newsletter contains examples of possible formats. View PDF now. (File size: 260Kb)  
 
 


 
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