Occupational Therapy Improvement Practitioner Course
This course will provide you with the skills, knowledge and experience to:
Begin recognising the processes you work within in your service and how they can be improved.
Deliver demonstrable, sustainable improvements for the organisation using a structured problem-solving method.
Use different tools to engage and facilitate stakeholders in identifying, describing, understanding and solving problems in the delivery of services.
What’s involved?
To successfully complete the programme, you will be expected to:
Attend all the live workshop sessions (All the dates and times for the sessions are below if you are applying please put them into your diaries before you apply. Please put 15 minutes before and after each session e.g. for a 10am to 11:30 am session block out 9:45 am to 11.45 am)
Complete and submit the workshop assignments.
Complete and submit a Learning Journal. Pass an online open book test Deliver and present an improvement project which will be assessed.
Who’s it for?
This programme is for individuals whose current or future job responsibilities include leading on or supporting improvement projects in their place of work. Although some training/experience is beneficial, it is not mandatory as the essentials are covered in the programme. If you have no prior experience, you may need to spend a little more time undertaking self-directed learning.
How is the programme conducted?
This certification programme takes place over 4 months and provides approximately 27 hours of live online instruction blended with self-directed learning, assignments, exercises and test – which will take on average 18 hours in total. There will also be a 1 day (face-to-face) workshop in which we will apply some of the learning to a simulation. In addition, you will also need to put time aside to work on your improvement project, please do not underestimate the time needed for this, it’s typically 4 to 8 hours a week dependent on the project.
Dates
WEEK 1 (ONLINE)
27TH FEB - 13:15 – 15:15
28TH FEB - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 2 (ONLINE)
5TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
6TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 3 (ONLINE)
12TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
13TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 4 (ONLINE)
19TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
20TH MARCH - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 5 (ONLINE)
9TH APRIL - 13:15 – 15:15
10TH APRIL -13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 6 (ONLINE)
16TH APRIL - 13:15 – 15:15
17TH APRIL - 13:15 – 15:15
SIMULATION WORKSHOP
24TH APRIL (IN-PERSON AT WOODLAND HOUSE)
WEEK 7 (ONLINE)
30TH APRIL - 13:15 – 15:15
1ST MAY - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 8 (ONLINE)
7TH MAY - 13:15 – 15:15
8TH MAY - 13:15 – 15:15
WEEK 9 (ONLINE)
14TH MAY - 13:15 – 15:15
15TH MAY - 13:15 – 15:15
To register click here.
Please note, this is a comprehensive course and missing sessions can have a significant impact on your learning and the learning of others, we have found that delegates often say that they can’t attend a session because they have been pulled by their line manager or have meetings they have to attend, particularly as the sessions are online and they may be attending from in their normal work environment. We would like a commitment from you that this will not happen except for exceptional circumstances.