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This course is aimed at those who wish to lead and conduct thematic reviews and those who are part of an themed review team. Through national updates and practical case studies, the conference will explore how thematic reviews can identify recurring safety issues and drive meaningful improvements in patient care. Sessions will provide insights into conducting system-based reviews, analysing qualitative data, and developing actionable safety recommendations. The conference will also focus on building confidence and competence in thematic review processes to support a proactive, learning-centred approach to patient safety.
“A themed review may be useful in understanding common links, themes, or issues within a cluster of investigations or incidents. It will seek to understand key barriers or facilitators to safety using reference cases…Grouped incidents, for example from the same portfolio like pressure ulcers, falls or deteriorating patient, may benefit from a themed review because they take the same safety concern and identify different reference cases and contexts. This helps the organisation make sense of the safety concern at different points of the system and with different aspects of variability… Outputs of themed reviews can highlight these problems and identify safety recommendations. Themed reviews may provoke more questions than answers, and therefore may be best placed to link in to a quality improvement project for ongoing monitoring and PDSA-style improvement cycles. A themed review should be viewed as a diagnostic tool to help diagnose problems in the system, and therefore doing a themed review should always result in some improvement efforts after this diagnosis.
Dr Samantha Machen Head of Patient Safety Incident Response University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Themed Review Template
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve patient safety through the use of Thematic Reviews
Learn from outstanding practice in delivering and conducting Themed Reviews
Reflect on national developments and learning
Understanding when thematic reviews are useful under PSIRF
Attend a whole morning masterclass aimed at improving your skills in thematic followed by an afternoon with best practice examples
Develop your skills in writing thematic reviews including deductive and inductive thematic analysis, triangulation of information and understanding potential barriers
Test your skills through simulated thematic reviews case studies
Understand how you can improve learning from thematic reviews
Engage and involve Patients and Families in Themed Reviews
Identify key strategies for change and improvement
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
