QIClearn | Digital learning for healthcare quality improvement

Where quality improvement meets innovative learning design

We help individuals, teams and organisations transform the way they deliver quality improvement by:

Developing innovative digital learning that meets the practical challenges of healthcare improvement in the 21st Century
Hosting an exciting series of in-person QIClearn events throughout the year
Working in partnership with organisations to design bespoke learning programmes (digital, blended or in-person) tailored to their needs, context and audience

In everything we do, we combine expertise in quality improvement for healthcare with a deep understanding of digital technologies and innovative learning design, leaving our clients equipped to provide a better service and better care for their patients.

Better me, Better service, Better care™

Our learning model

How we learn is just as important as what we learn. Our approach, which is grounded in academic research and shaped by our longstanding experience of working in healthcare, is also based on the principle that how we learn is just as important as what we learn. And that’s what makes our learning model different!

Online learning

When it comes to online learning we really know our stuff. We know that effective learning occurs in vibrant social spaces brimming with conversation. All of our learning is fully responsive which means you can access it from your choice of device, in your own time and at your own pace.

Improve ONE thing

Success is sequential and so we focus in on the essentials of improvement science to propel you forwards – one new habit at a time. More

3minuteQI™

Small bites of quality improvement with a big impact. More

Practice

Develop a practical mastery of QI tools and techniques by applying your learning immediately in your workplace.

Social Learning

Learn with and from others to enhance your practice and expand your learning network.

Teamwork

Develop skills that enable you to work effectively with your colleagues and patients.

Curated Content

Bespoke and relevant resources that enhances your understanding.

Coaching

Expert support to guide you through your improvement project providing the encouragement and challenge you need to be successful.

Our services

We partner with organisations to create bespoke, custom designed learning programmes. Whatever the needs of your learners we can design a programme completely tailored to your requirements and the results you want to achieve. We can help you to develop or curate and translate your content for a digital environment. And if you also need some subject matter input on quality improvement, safer care, human factors, leadership or systems change then we can provide that too!

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Our strategic relationships

Curatr

Curatr is an award winning social learning technology developed by HT2 Labs – a group of ambitious, research driven professionals working at the forefront of online learning. They research some of the biggest challenges in education and workplace learning, developing technologies that can help solve todays emergent problems. QIClearn is proud to partner with HT2 Labs to provide our clients with access to intuitive social learning spaces that enhance the way we meet their learning and performance goals.

The Quality Improvement Clinic

The Quality Improvement Clinic is a healthcare consultancy company whose values are reflected in its vision: Better Me, Better Service, Better Care™. QIC works with organisations, teams and individuals to improve the services they provide and the care they give to their patients. QIClearn is a subsidiary enterprise of the Quality Improvement Clinic and works closely with its quality improvement experts to develop innovative learning programmes.

Our expertise

Jules Bevis

Head of QIClearn

As Head of QIClearn, I lead the design and development and ongoing improvement of programmes for QIClearn. I share the vision and commitment of QIClearn to create opportunities that increase the translation of knowledge into practice (from knowing to doing). In this way we are able to increase learner satisfaction as well as organisational returns from investment in training. In care environments we can also observe the impact on the delivery of care.

I bring 5 years experience working on complex learning and development, communications and organisational change programmes across a range of technical environments including aviation, pharmaceuticals, and publishing. A design thinker and specialist in adult development, I create blended programmes that put learner engagement and agency at the centre. I am an accredited psychometric practitioner, have a postgraduate certificate in leadership coaching and an award winning BA Honours in Media.

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Nicola Davey

Director of the Quality Improvement Clinic

Nicola is a director and founder of the Quality Improvement Clinic (QIC) of which QIClearn is a subsidiary enterprise.

She leads the design and delivery of QIClearn programmes and excels in working with healthcare organisations to develop better patient services. In the past 3 years she has been overseen the development and use of innovative online digital learning and has integrated this into all QIClearn programmes.

She has designed, developed and delivered programmes to 1000’s of learners and has coached 100’s to complete Quality Improvement Projects in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical settings. Nicola is passionate about developing others and has helped many people develop themselves in order to teach others.

Nicola is a well-known and highly experienced quality improvement practitioner. This expertise and her passion for better services is translated into high-quality content for QIClearn participants.

A pharmacist by background she has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. She has a post-graduate certificate in Advanced Improvement for Quality and Safety, is a trustee of the Clinical Human Factors Group and is a member of the Health Foundations College of Assessors and Q community.

Dr Heather Shearer

I am passionate about working with people to improve health and care services. I constantly seek to gain new knowledge and experience and apply reflective practices to enhance my skills.

I work part-time with Health Care Improvement Scotland supporting board members across Scotland to enhance their quality improvement skills and confidence in leading and governing organizations. I am also an Honorary Lecturer of the University of Dundee, working on their MSc in Quality Improvement.

My previous roles in the NHS have been both in England and Scotland, and in a variety of provider and commissioner roles. I also worked for some years with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and was an Associate with the Kings Fund. I have been instrumental in small teams which have developed several accredited lead level quality improvement programmes.

I am a certified facilitator of the Strengths Deployment Inventory (2016), am currently studying for a certificate in Online Learning Facilitation and completed Improvement Advisor training at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2007). My PhD is in Psychology, from the University of Durham (2001)

Dr Hesham Abdalla

Hesham is a consultant paediatrician, lead for Quality Improvement and was appointed Director of Medical Education at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in October 2020. He has led teams to national awards in patient-centred care (PENNA) and patient safety (HSJ). He has spent several years as a senior lecturer in healthcare leadership at Birmingham and subsequently at Keele University teaching hundreds of trainee doctors and other healthcare professionals to masters level both face to face and online on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.

Prior to this Hesham was one of the early champions for the “Learning to Make a Difference” at Royal College of Physicians. He was Regional Lead for teaching and training on Quality Improvement to consultants and junior doctors and establishing it as part of national curriculum 2010-2011 Leadership Fellow at NHS Northwest Strategic Health Authority. Hesham established the Emerging Clinical Leaders’ Network for Junior Doctors and designed and directed a 60+ participant leadership training programme. Hesham is a qualified ILM Level 5 Coach.

As well as holding qualifications in Clinical Education and Advance Improvement in Quality and Safety, Hesham is now studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Human Factors and Ergonomics.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors (from 2018), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (from 2005) and the General Medical Council (from 2000).

Meet the rest of the QIC team

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Our clients say…

QIClearn provided me with a learning environment which is practical, approachable and promotes individual development through training days, coaching and feedback. The knowledge, skills and confidence I’ve gained have led to successful projects in improving patient care. Carl Adams – Trainee Consultant Practitioner in Neurological Rehabiliation

QIClearn have helped my organisation on targeted quality Improvement initiative’s. They are great! They support capacity as well as sharing their knowledge and experience with staff across our partner organisations. They are responsive and have excellent facilitation and programme management tools in their kit bags, I strongly recommend them. Linda Jackson – Director of MaSCOE Medway and Swale Centre for Organisational Excellence

Taking a QIClearn course was one of the best decisions I made this year. I went from never having heard the phrase ‘Quality Improvement’ to being confident in producing my own Quality Improvement project. I have now presented my work regionally, nationally and internationally and am in the process of getting an article published for the BMJ. I owe this all to QIClearn. Harpreet Sandhu, Junior Doctor (FY1)

London School of Paediatrics

The London School of paediatrics aims to support everyday excellence in paediatric training. Most paediatric learning comes from doing the job and with the varied programmes in London, trainees develop the skills and knowledge they need during their posts. QIClearn has worked in partnership with the London School of Paediatrics for 4 years. Through our Improve ONE thing: Paediatrics programme we have created over 70 LSP QI change Champions and role models, some of who have become mentors to support the next cohorts of QI Change Champions.

HEE England (regional)

Health Education England (HEE) exists for one reason only: to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to the patients and public of England by ensuring that the workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours, at the right time and in the right place. QIClearn delivers a number of regional courses and programmes to support this aim, including Wessex Consultant Practitioner Trainee programme (2013-ongoing), Improve ONE thing: Paediatrics (2018 – ongoing), Improve ONE thing: Emergency Medicine (2019 – ongoing), Clinical Leadership and Management: Paediatrics (2021 – ongoing)

Hexitime

Hexitime is the skill exchange and timebank for improving the quality of health and care in the UK. QIClearn are delighted to work in partnership with this innovative platform that is attracting interest and participation from so many people and places. In 2021 we look forward to developing a shared collaborative space and exploring the possibilities of co-design and co-production together.