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Sue Huckson Program Manager Emergency Care Program The National Institute of Clinical Studies

Communities Of Practice A New Way Forward?. Sue Huckson Program Manager Emergency Care Program The National Institute of Clinical Studies. Presentation Overview. Why a Community of Practice The Emergency Care Community of Practice Our experience.

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Sue Huckson Program Manager Emergency Care Program The National Institute of Clinical Studies

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  1. Communities Of Practice A New Way Forward? Sue Huckson Program Manager Emergency Care Program The National Institute of Clinical Studies

  2. Presentation Overview • Why a Community of Practice • The Emergency Care Community of Practice • Our experience

  3. ‘Communities of practice are groups of people who share information, insight, experience and tools about an area of common interest.’ Etienne Wenger

  4. What is at the heart of it all? • the ‘community’, its membership, relationships and interactions • the ‘domain or context ‘, its identity and focus • the ‘practice’ its methods, knowledge and expertise • the ‘value’ it brings to its members, the willingness to learn, contribute to existing knowledge and practice

  5. Why establish a CoP? • A mechanism to promote rapid of sharing knowledge and expertise across diverse interest groups • Provides a forum to explore and test ideas • Opportunity to generate new knowledge and practice • Is responsive to emerging issues and opportunities

  6. Points of Difference • Leadership is distributed • Key principle of participation and trust • Volunteer membership • Peer to peer relationships • The knowledge and expertise is more important than position or rank

  7. Why Emergency Care? • Increasing Pressure on Emergency Departments • Receptive to innovative approaches • Emergency care often patient’s first experience of the health system • Interfaces across systems of care • Hitting the headlines

  8. EC CoP National Steering Group (Strategic Guidance) EC CoP Program M Management Team ( CoP Co ordination ) Clinical Leaders Group Research Reference Group (Implementers ) (Academics /Researchers ) The EC CoP Model Emergency Care Community Management EC CoP Structure

  9. After Two Years • A major project to involving both Mental Health and Emergency Care • 41 multidisciplinary evidence implementation teams • Rapid spread of guidelines and protocols • Established an evidence implementation leaders group • Development of high quality resources • ~ 2500 hits a month to EC CoP webpage • Development NICS CoP Implementation model

  10. Our Key Messages Community leadership Passion and will of the membership An identity the community can relate to Credible sponsoring agency A range of opportunities to be involved Make it easy to participate Be responsive to the community

  11. Thank You Emergency Care Community of Practice www.nicls.com.auFollow ‘Project’ links

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