DOHA: Twenty-eight projects were implemented at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) hospitals as part of the Clinical Care Improvement Training Programme (CCITP) that helps HMC clinicians successfully execute clinical care improvement projects.
One of these projects involved increasing the early rehabilitation of patients in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. Another involved reducing turnover time in the Hamad General Hospital Operation Theatre with the aim of reducing waiting time for surgery.
About 90 clinicians from 14 departments have been trained under the programme. CCITP is designed to give physicians hands-on experience in using the tools of quality improvement through six days of theoretical and practical sessions as well as intensive small-group coaching.
Using the skills learned from the programme, each project team identified a particular challenge in patient care, and designed and executed a plan to resolve it and thus improve care. The clinicians learned skills of negotiation and communication with their colleagues in order to move the projects forward.
All these projects were led by physicians with the help and support of a multidisciplinary team of nurses and other staff members.
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