Title: Reflective Template: Quality Improvement Activity
Author: WilliamL
Last saved by: William Liu
Company: NES

Reflective Template:  Quality Improvement Activity (QIA)

This reflective template has been designed to use with the SOAR Database (Scottish Online Appraisal Resource).  When you have completed this reflection, please upload it to SOAR / Form 3 and submit it to your interview to share with your Appraiser.

3-step guide to completing this form:

1)	Save this form (using “Save As”) to your computer (e.g. My Documents, Desk top), and customise the file name (e.g. QIA Reflection 2012)
2)	Proceed to filling out the form - when finished, Save and Close the document.
3)	Login to SOAR and Upload this file from where you had saved it (from step 1), either to the Documents Library, or directly to Form 3.

This reflection template form should be used for Domain 2: Safety and Quality.

The boxes will expand automatically as you type into them.
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What supporting information have you provided for your QIA?
I have uploaded an audit of the delays to performing a CT scan for stroke patients.

What strengths or achievements does it demonstrate?
Following the initial audit we looked for ways to reduce delays in the system and instituted some changes. Re-audit confirmed the improvement.

Did you encounter any difficulties in this process?
Central funding is made available for audit facilitators to collect data for national statistics. This departmental study did not attract any support.

Have you been able to make any changes as a result of undertaking this activity?
Involvement of staff in data collection encouraged them to think about the process and look for improvements.

What have you learned from undertaking this activity?
Centrally organised audit fails to involve staff in local solutions.

Is there anything else that you would like to/ need to do to follow it up?
We should repeat the study periodically to reassess and look at other areas of practice.

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