Invitation. Find us on: and on the partners national websites

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1 Invitation Find us on: and on the partners national websites

2 LETTER OF INVITATION Dear Friend and Colleague, The ISTEW project has created new accredited educational materials for European healthcare students that will provide them with the knowledge and skills to improve the care they provide - to become change agents and to be their best in their everyday practice. We would like to cordially invite you to celebrate the success of the ISTEW project whilst learning about the outcomes of the individual objectives and networking with like-minded individuals. Back in 2001, the Institute of Medicine published its landmark report and stated: Quality problems are everywhere... Between the health care we have and the health care we could have lies not just a gap, but a chasm. The flaws in the current system are indisputable: best-known science is not reliably applied; widespread inefficiencies waste precious resources; and our system, which aims to heal, too often does just the opposite, leading to unintended harm. This resulted in concerted international efforts to work towards a shared and consistent approach to improving healthcare quality, harm reduction whilst also reducing the economic strains on European health services. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme has been a prime example of this effort within healthcare. However, to date, systems thinking and improvement science have not been an integral part of the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula for the multidisciplinary healthcare workforce. The Improvement Science Training for European Healthcare Workers (ISTEW) project set out to address this disparity with the high level aim of developing shared academic and practice based programmes that enable European universities to build improvement capability and capacity within their own healthcare workforce, through engagement with students based on an agreed scope of practice, essential knowledge base, and improvement science competence across seven European partner countries.

3 This conference will present: Four new accredited evidence informed healthcare improvement science modules A new consensus definition of Healthcare Improvement Science The evidence on the specific nature of Healthcare Improvement Science in seven European countries The current state of Healthcare Improvement Science education in seven European countries A framework to evaluate the impact of education on practice The conference will also provide the forum to debate how we build on the outputs of the project to ensure that multidisciplinary healthcare students are educated and equipped to become change agents and quality improvers in everyday practice. LETTER OF INVITATION We are fully aware of the financial pressures facing all EU countries; as a result there is no attendance fee. If you are unable to attend in person, it is our intention to make the event freely available to those who wish to attend virtually with a further option for on-line interaction. For further information on the conference please click here If you wish to attend in person please contact your local representative. The conference is also accepting a small number of papers for presentation. If you wish to submit an abstract for a 20 minute presentation please send this to Rhoda.macrae@uws.ac.uk by Monday 29th June, Warm regards Kevin Rooney MBChB, FRCA, FFICM, FRCP Edin

4 Location: University of Alicante, Spain Date: 2-4 September 2015 Website: Organising Comittee Institution Contact Rhoda Macrae University of the Kevin Rooney West of Scotland, UK Manuel Lillo Crespo Miriam Sánchez- SanSegundo María Josefa Cabañero Martínez com University of Alicante, Spain Alan Taylor Coventry University, Katrina Ritters UK KEY INFORMATION Brigita Skela Savič College of Nursing Joca Zurc Jesenice, Slovenia Julita Sansoni University of Rome, Italy Ioana Margineanu Laura Smochina University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr.T.Popa, Romania

5 September 2, Day One Registration Conference Welcome Address Key Note Kevin Rooney Defining Healthcare Improvement Science Healthcare Improvement Science: Fragmentation, Diversity and Rapid Development Healthcare Improvement Science: Diversity in Concepts, Education and Practice in Europe Q&A with expert panel LUNCH Poster presentations Brigita Skela Savic Alan Taylor Ioana Margineau HIS Competencies and Capabilities Julita Sansoni HIS Education and Gap Analysis Evaluating the Impact of Healthcare Improvement Science Modules Oral Presentation on Evaluation Framework Q&A with Expert Panel Tour around the University of Alicante Tour & Dinner Santa Barbara Castle Magdalena Głowacka Manuel Lillo Crespo PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

6 September 3, Day Two Key Note Oral Presentations Q&A with expert panel Andy Carson- Stevens LUNCH Ioana Margineau Poster presentations Healthcare Improvement Science Modules for Multidisciplinary Higher Education Students Q&A with expert panel Guided Tour at MARQ Museum Tour & Dinner El Campello Fishermen Village Barbara O Donnell Manuel Lillo Crespo September 4, Day Three ISTEW Project Internal Meeting: Rhoda MacRae *Coffee service will be placed into the Conference main room during morning sessions

7 We can t wait to see you in Alicante!