Bradford VTS Online Resources:
Patient Safety & Quality of Care
Clinical Governance
path: For LEADERSHIP – see main ONLINE RESOURCES > THE GP IN THE WIDER PROF. ENVIRONMENT/teaching-learning/facilitating-groups
- de-bono
- difficult-group-behaviour
- actively listen when facilitating.doc
- brainstorming.ppt
- calgary cambridge guide to teaching and facilitating.doc
- case discussion facilitation framework.doc
- clinical teaching skills – a guide for facilitators by london deanery.pdf
- coping with nerves before presenting.pdf
- dealing with uncertainty during facilitation.doc
- facilitation – how to do it effectively.doc
- facilitators toolkit by NHS institute.pdf
- gpstat form – getting feedback on your small group teaching skills.pdf
- gpstat guide – getting feedback on your small group teaching skills.docx
- group based learning – making it work.pdf
- group development – form, storm, norm and perform.doc
- group development – tuckman.doc
- group dynamics and team building.pdf
- group rules.doc
- handling questions as a facilitator.pdf
- helping groups work well.pdf
- interactive techniques.pdf
- large group teaching – challenges.pdf
- planning form – for small group work.doc
- problem solving in groups.doc
- silent sitters and dominant talkers.doc
- small group facilitation – simple model.pdf
- small group teaching handbook by london deanery.pdf
- small group teaching.pdf
- small groups – troubleshooting.doc
- teaching small groups by bmj.pdf
- train the trainers toolkit – facilitation course and handbook for trainers by NHS scotland.pdf
- useful openings when delivering a teaching session.pdf
- what makes educational sessions work (with slide notes).ppt
Clinical governance is “a system through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.” (Scally and Donaldson 1998, p.61). Clinical governance is an umbrella term. It covers activities that help sustain and improve high standards of patient care. Doctors may already be familiar with some of these activities, quality and safety improvement, for example. What is different is the effort to bind these activities together and make them more effective. Health care organisations now have a duty to the communities they serve for maintaining the quality and safety of care. Whatever structures, systems and processes an organisation puts in place, it must be able to show evidence that standards are upheld. The Bradford VTS website aims to promote a better understanding of clinical governance with this web resource. It wants to help GP trainees (and trainers) to become more involved with local and national quality improvement projects.
There are 5 key themes of clinical governance.
1. Patient Focus 2. Quality Improvement 3. Staff Focus 4. Leadership 5. Information Focus