To date, 45 members of staff working in primary care have successfully completed the Scottish Improvement Foundations Skills (SIFS) course, delivered by the Primary Care Improvement Team.
Dr Veronica Rainey, Associate Medical Director – South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “With registration now open for cohort eight, it is an ideal time to share and reflect on the feedback received from our previous cohorts. I would like to thank everyone who has taken part so far and it’s really encouraging to see that so many have put their learning into practice already.
“The course is open to anyone working to support GP clusters, and those in primary care who are working on improvement priorities. Participants don’t need any prior knowledge of quality improvement, as all information is provided during the course.”
One recent participant commented: “The SIFS course was fantastic, the support from the coaches was invaluable. I really enjoyed trying the tools and coming back to hear about other people’s learning. I partially completed a project and the learning such as the fishbone, PDSA cycles and starting small was very beneficial. I would highly recommend this course. I liked it being MDT and having different perspectives from different people working in different roles on the course.”
SIFS is a seven-week online learning programme where participants learn to understand quality improvement and why it is important. They’ll use improvement concepts and tools and practically apply key quality improvement concepts to their own project and develop the confidence to apply concepts and tools to improvement initiatives.
The programme focusses on the practical application of appropriate tools and methods, so participants need to actively contribute to an improvement project throughout the SIFS course. The Primary Care Improvement Team offers ongoing online support via MS Teams as the programme and projects continue.
For more information on SIFS, click here.
If you would like to register for cohort eight, click here. Closing date is 8 April 2025.
