Collecting Data and Information for Healthcare course for GPs

This session examines how good leadership can be used to inform the evidence gathering process in support of any proposal or project. This information can be sourced and used to identify appropriate changes and improvements to services. The session supports the development of leadership in clinical settings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Identify sources of information for system improvement and change
• Define 'option appraisal' and describe how it can help source data
• Determine how the experience and opinions of other team members can widen the number of options to be considered
• Demonstrate your contribution to leadership by carrying out an option appraisal

This session will cover the ways in which decisions are made in organisations based on appraising options by gathering information and evidence.