Training activity information
Details
Identify a development for a service based on a recent innovation or national initiative which impacts the patient pathway
Map the development to local service needs
Consider strategic change required for adoption, identifying impact on departmental/local service practice
Type
Developmental training activity (DTA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee.
Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
Considerations
- National/international conference or special interest group
- Key national strategy reports
- Emerging technology
- Stakeholders
- Integration with local systems and protocols
Reflective practice guidance
The guidance below is provided to support reflection at different time points, providing you with questions to aid you to reflect for this training activity. They are provided for guidance and should not be considered as a mandatory checklist. Trainees should not be expected to provide answers to each of the guidance questions listed.
Before action
- What is a recent innovation or national initiative relevant to your service?
- How can its impact on the patient pathway be understood?
- What are the local service needs that this development could address?
- What strategic changes might be necessary for its adoption?
- What are the details of the recent innovation or national initiative?
- What is the current patient pathway for the relevant service?
- What are the key priorities and challenges for your local service?
- Who are the key stakeholders whose input should be considered?
- What insights do you hope to gain about the process of identifying and implementing service improvements based on external drivers, and the strategic considerations involved?
- What do you already know about service planning, pathway analysis, and change management in healthcare?
- Will you research recent innovations or national initiatives relevant to your specialty?
- Will you map out the current patient pathway?
- Will you consult with colleagues or service managers to understand local needs and priorities?
- Have you discussed potential areas for development with your training officer?
In action
- When identifying the development and mapping it to local needs, what key aspects of the innovation or initiative are you focusing on and how do they align with local service priorities?
- As you consider the strategic change required, what key stakeholders and organisational factors are you taking into account?
- Are these considerations feeling intuitive based on your understanding of the local context?
- When identifying the potential impact on departmental/local service practice, what specific changes or adjustments are you anticipating?
- How are you evaluating the significance of these impacts?
On action
- Summarise the service development you identified, its mapping to local needs, the strategic changes considered, and the potential impact on service practice.
- What did you learn about identifying service developments based on innovations or initiatives?
- How did you link these to local service needs?
- What strategic changes did you consider for adoption, and how did you assess their feasibility and impact?
- What potential impacts on departmental/local service practice did you identify?
- Why is it important to consider service development, strategic change, and local impact when introducing innovations in healthcare?
- What aspects of identifying service developments, mapping to local needs, and considering strategic change could be improved?
- How will you approach future service innovation and implementation planning?
- What are your next steps in learning more about healthcare policy, service improvement methodologies, and change management?
- What resources (e.g., policy documents, service improvement frameworks) would be helpful?
Beyond action
- Have you identified other service developments based on innovations or national initiatives since this DTA?
- Have you compared your mapping of the development to local needs with other similar analyses?
- Have you considered the actual strategic changes that were implemented as a result of the innovation/initiative you examined?
- How has this experience influenced your understanding of how national initiatives and innovations can be translated into local service improvements?
- Have you applied the skills of identifying needs, mapping pathways, and considering strategic change in other planning activities?
- Has your understanding of the relationship between national policy, local service needs, and strategic planning evolved?
- What skills related to strategic thinking, service planning, and understanding of healthcare policy did you develop?
- How has this experience informed your approach to identifying and implementing service improvements based on innovation and national guidance?
- What actions will you take to further develop your understanding of healthcare policy and strategic service development?
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 10 |
Outcome
Evaluate service changes and relate the change to potential benefits to patient care and the wider healthcare system. |