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Workshops |
ROA provide workshops in five areas critical
to effective healthcare improvement
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Area and 'Title' |
Content |
Location and
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| 1. | Measuring
person-centred
outcomes 'Measuring Patient-centred Health Outcomes - Quality of Life, Health Status, and Patient Satisfaction' (one-day or two-days) |
This workshop targets the skills needed to assess health state as perceived by the patient. Participants learn to evaluate and select tests suitable for their program or patients |
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Designing a valid questionnaire 'Designing a Valid Questionnaire - a questionnaire that measures what you intend it to' (one-day) |
Questionnaires form the basis of much healthcare improvement but are not well understood. This hands-on workshop provides both theory and practice in developing valid questionnaires |
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Evaluating and planning programs 'How to Evaluate and Plan a Healthcare Program in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine & Patient-Centred Care' (one-day or two-days) |
This workshop provides an understanding of the key elements of evidence-based and patient-centred healthcare, and a robust evaluation and planning framework |
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Making better decisions 'Making Better Decisions - Mistakes, Biases, Irrational Effects, and Inspired Genius!' (one-day or two-days) |
Recent discoveries regarding ‘how we make decisions’ have led to several Nobel prizes and shaken the foundations of economics, finance, and law. We are nothing like as rational as had been assumed. This workshop sums up this new knowledge and its lessons for healthcare |
Currently being updated - 2008 dates will be advised here and to mailing list once finalised |
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Improving healthcare programs 'Methods for improving program effectiveness and patient safety - understanding human factors/ team work, process improvement, and expert systems' (two-days) |
** In preparation ** |
In preparation - 2008 dates will be advised here and to mailing list once finalised |
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