Special Interest Group
Psychology for Improvement
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Can a story shape national health policy? Yes, it can.
📆 Nov 21st, register here
Join us for an insightful session where Lesley Goodburn, Head of Public Involvement and Engagement at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, delves into the power of personal narratives in health policy-making.
Through real examples, Lesley will…Read more
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How can we transform staff wellbeing and patient care through simple, powerful conversations?
📌 Nov 22nd, register here
Join us for an insightful session exploring how Appreciative Inquiry can enhance staff wellbeing and foster relationship-centred care in clinical settings. Led by Dr Clare Gordon (University of Central Lancashire) and Dr Rachel…Read more
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Joriam Ramos posted an update 2 months ago
How can you enhance your psychological safety at work when you don’t feel safe?
📌 Sep 26th, noon – register here
Together we’ll explore:
- Actionable strategies to improve your sense of psychological safety,
- How individuals can take personal steps toward feeling safer,
- How to frame situations or environments, especially when they come from e…
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Maria Dorthea Skov posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago
An invitation from the Improving Joy in Work SIG
At the next Joy in Work Curiosity Collective session – on Monday 9th Sep, 12:00-12:45 – we will begin to discuss and map quality improvement tools for the different stages of a Joy in Work project – design, implementation, sustaining, measuring… The aim is for this to become a useful (and…Read more
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About this group
A fundamental principle of improvement science is to understand & influence human behaviour (Dr William Deming). Indeed, an understanding of the psychological factors underpinning human behaviour makes up one quarter of Deming’s system of profound knowledge. However, despite this, improvement literature and training often focuses on its technical aspects, neglecting its psychological or ‘people’ factors. In contrast, it has been said that the success of improvement projects in healthcare are even more subject to these factors, being only “20% technical and 80% human” (Dr Margie Godfrey).
However, excellent knowledge and skills exist within quality improvement (QI) organisations which capitalise on psychological theory and practice. This special interest group is intended to be a forum where people can share the good work that they and their colleagues have been doing to improve the profile of psychological knowledge in the field of QI
The group is convened by Rachel Trask, Anna Burhouse and Fredrik Johansson
Please contact samuel.thornton@wales.nhs.uk for further information and enquiries relating to this group.
This group is convened by Rachel Trask
