Outside the Box

Outside the Box Development Support has been asked to undertake a programme of Continuing Professional Development for Allied Health Professionals within NHS Greater Glasgow.

This programme of learning will focus on Patient Focus and Public Involvement.

The new programme of learning events is now available.  Staff can book places at the events by contacting Anne Connor at Outside the Box.

• Places are limited and will be allocated to the people who book first.
• All the events will take place in NHS venues across Glasgow.  We will try to arrange a venue that works for the majority of people who are coming to that event and notify those who have booked.
• If an event has too few people coming along to be viable, we will let you know and arrange another way of covering this topic.
  
  

All Allied Health Professionals will be able to access the learning material.  For staff who want to take on a small project around PFPI during the period of the CPD Programme, there will be a range of supports.

• Access to the Learning Events on topics that are relevant to your project.
• Shared learning sessions, which will look at project design and ways to tackle problems that can arise in work of this sort. These sessions will focus on the specific projects that staff are planning or undertaking.
• Staff also have to book places on these sessions.

Aims

Staff who have access to information from the programme will be able to

• Understand how PFPI approaches can complement and reinforce good standards in clinical care.
• Make use of the information and resources about PFPI that are available to the public and to all NHS staff, and know how to access further information if they come across situations where this is helpful.

In addition, the staff who take part in the learning events and/or who work on small projects will be able to:

• Understand and draw on a range of techniques and skills around patient-focussed care and public involvement.
• Practice in ways that increase opportunities for the patients for whom they care to make choices about their treatment and care.
• Draw on skills and techniques which are useful in other professional roles and situations.