Healthcare Events Supported Masterclass Programme
Hall 4b, 15th April 2010

Masterclass Chair:
08.30-17.00
Mr Danny Keenan, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary, National Clinical Advisor, The Care Quality Commission & Board Member, The National Clinical Audit Advisory Group

Masterclass 1: Appraisal and Revalidation Update
08:30 – 10:00
Facilitated by Keith Judkins, Medical Director
The NHS Revalidation Support Team

This masterclass will provide advice and guidance on:
• revalidation: an update
• assessing evidence for appraisal and revalidation
• strengthening appraisal: developing indicators for an effective appraisal
• integrating the GMC module within existing appraisal systems
• incorporating performance review and assessment
• an update from the enhanced appraisal pilot sites

Masterclass 2: Surgical PROMS Masterclass
14:00 – 15:30

• PROMs as a tool for local and national improvement and benchmarking
• making effective use of the results at national and local level
• tips for success in introducing PROMs locally
• what’s next for national PROMs?

Masterclass 3: Surgical Clinical Audit Masterclass
15:45 – 17:00
Robin Burgess Chief Executive Officer,
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
HQIP, led by a consortium of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and National Voices now have responsibility for the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme
• back to basics: what a good clinical audit should include
• evaluating the impact: examples of excellence in clinical audit
• an update from the Surgical National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme
• where Clinical Audit fits within QIPP
• developing criteria to validate surgical national clinical audits and feeding back
• moving forward: ensuring Surgical Clinical Audit leads to improvement