Originating in the south west - a free international conference for all healthcare professionals
Originating in the south west - a free international conference for all healthcare professionals
Q I S W 2023/2024
Innovation
Sustainability
and Maximising Potential
Quality Improvement South West
FREE INTERNATIONAL Virtual conference for doctors, nurses, allied healthcare workers & healthcare staff in training
Welcome to Quality Improvement South West 2024 Conference
Innovation. Sustainability. Maximising Potential.
Thank you for joining us!
Quality Improvement South West 2024 brought together a unique and inspiring group of key-note speakers and mini-lectures.
Catch-up content can be found on MedAll.
Registration & Abstract Submission
Closed
Catch-up content available on MedAll
Thank you for joining us for QISW 2024 and submitting an abstract.
If you presented either an oral or a poster presentation, then please complete the feedback form.
Only those who have registered for the event and completed the event questionnaire will receive a certificate of attendance.
Please note, delegates with an abstract accepted for presentation would have been expected to register and attend for poster presentation.
Abstract Categories
Innovation. Sustainability. Maximising Potential.
- Patient involvement
- Well-being and resilience
- MDT involvement
- Long term sustainable change
- Educational intervention
- Innovation intervention
Saturday 18th May 2024
Schedule
Registration
09:15 AM
Grab a coffee, login to MedAll and settle in for the day!
Opening Remarks
09:30 AM
Introduction to speakers, presentations and structure of the day
Keynote Speaker
09:40 AM
Dr Bettina Von Stamm
Why innovating for sustainability is no longer enough (and what resilience has got to do with it)
Refresh Session
10:25 AM
Tea and coffee break; maybe have a sneak-peek at our interactive poster hall for later!
Keynote Speaker
10:35 AM
Dr Ally Jaffee
How Healthcare can become more Human along with the individuals working in it on the front-line
Refresh session
11:20 AM
Tea, coffee and biscuits break while you browse posters
Keynote Speaker
11:30 AM
Major Commander Marcus Stow, OBE
Oral presentations
12:15 PM
A chance for our successful applicants to present their impressive QI research! Join a category break-out room and have fun learning all things QI.
Lunch + Poster Hall
13.15 PM
Use this time to have a break, browse our fantastic selection of research posters, engage in Q&A and network (via MedAll)
Quick-fire lectures
14:00 PM
An opportunity to be inspired by our quick-fire lecture speakers. 15-20 minutes snippets to get you thinking.
1. Mr David Rawaf
More details released next week!
Refresh session
15:05 PM
Tea, coffee and biscuits break while you browse posters
Keynote Speaker
15:15 PM
Dr Hesham Abdalla
Awards & Closing Remarks
Category Prize winners Announced
16:00 PM
Saturday 18th May 2024
Thank you for joining us!
Quality Improvement South West 2024 brought together a unique and inspiring group of key-note speakers and mini-lectures.
Catch-up content can be found on MedAll.
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2024 Conference Committee
Meet our committee
Lina Alim
Conference Chair
Lina is a core surgical trainee in London. She is passionate about innovation, health leadership and access equity. She is interested in integration of digital innovation within medical education and clinical practice, particularly the use of mixed reality simulation.
Professor David Cahill
Professor Emeritus in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education
Honorary Conference Chair
David Cahill is happily retired from academic and clinical medicine. He graduated from University College Cork in Ireland a long time ago. Following house jobs, he worked in O&G in Ireland in almost all the cities in the country, both North and South. In that time, he found time to undertake clinical research and undergraduate teaching, and found his enjoyment in those areas developing. In an effort to diversify his training, he came to Bristol in 1990 to undertake research and after nearly 5 years, he was awarded an MD on studies involving fertility in endometriosis. He then became a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to a personal chair in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education in 2012. His most recent research spans those areas looking at assessments and technology use in education and innovative treatments in sperm disorders in infertile men. Since he retired, he has published two books, the first in 2019 a textbook of Reproductive Medicine, Practical Patient Management in Reproductive Medicine: Science, Evidence, and Experience Underlying Best Clinical Practice. The second in 2022 was a history of Bristol Medical School, A History of Bristol Medical School: Personal and Collected Experiences of Students and Staff. He has also continued to teach at postgraduate level, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in Tirana, Albania and on the MedAll web platform.
Duaa Alim
Conference Co-Chair
Duaa is the surgery and critical care clinical teaching fellow at Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust. She is passionate about medical education, simulation training, healthcare research, and healthcare leadership. She is a firm advocate for harmonious teamwork and collaborative dynamics; fostering positive workplace environments while championing excellence in healthcare & medical education. Fueled by an unwavering commitment to volunteer work and global health pursuits, She is equally ambitious about advancing equal opportunities and representation within the healthcare landscape.
Anjuli Kaur
Treasurer
Anjuli is a first year internal medicine trainee within London's NW deanery. She is dedicated to enhancing patient safety and fostering continuous quality improvement within healthcare. She is currently pursuing her PGCert in clinical research, education and leadership.
Aoibhinn Kelly
Judges Lead
Aoibhinn is clinical teaching fellow in medicine and rheumatology in North West London. She plans to pursue a career in medicine whilst continuing her involvement in medical education
Maggie Yiu-Jong Nam
Communication Lead
Maggie is currently a Clinical Teaching Fellow based in London with aspirations of becoming a radiologist. She completed her foundation training in Sheffield and subsequently completed a MSc in Human Anatomy with Education. She has a strong interest in Undergraduate Medical Education and health tech and in her personal life she love to run and climb.
Josh Armstrong
Speaker Lead
Josh is a proud South African and a GP trainee in Reading.
Mehak Malhotra
Abstract Lead
Mehak is a core surgical trainee in Wessex with an interest in leadership and quality improvement. She has led numerous QI project in recent years leading to improvement in patient care.
Speakers and Presenters
Wing Commander Marcus Stow
OBE, MStJ, RN
Innovation Advisor jHubMed, JHubMed, MOD
Wing Commander Stow joined the RAF in 2002 as a Nursing Officer, during his varied career has focused on Aeromedical Evacuation, leadership, training and Medical Innovation. He has worked in many locations worldwide, including: Bosnia, Iraq, Qatar, Turkey, Afghanistan and Norway. In 2011, he deployed to Afghanistan with the US Marine Corps and was responsible for the successful medical evacuation of 1100 sick and wounded people. Volunteering to support the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone Stow was key in the development and testing of a novel method to safely move infective casualties by land, sea and air. In 2016 he was invited into the Order of Saint John for his collective humanitarian efforts, and in 2019 he received both the Worshipful Cutler’s prize for Innovation and an OBE for his work delivering new medical technology into UK Defence. He has managed and delivered a portfolio of new and developing technologies within the Defence Medical Services spanning; cutting edge clinical equipment, med-logistical support, data driven insight, telemedicine and Mobile-health. Marcus is part of the leadership team in jHubMed, the UK Armed Forces’ Medical Innovation Hub, working with the NHS and Industry to improve patient care by putting world leading technology into the hands of the Medical User, at pace.
Dr. Bettina Von Stamm
Innovation Philosopher, Innovation Leadership Forum
Why innovating for sustainability is no longer enough (and what resilience has got to do with it)
Dr Bettina von Stamm, founder and director of Innovation Leadership Forum, has been a visionary and leading thinker in the field of innovation for over 30 years. After spending several decades living and working in the UK, she is now based in Munich, where she joined BEFIVE by UnternehmerTUM to support their drive to accelerate innovation, sustainability and digitalisation in the built environment. Her over 30 year journey into 'understanding and enabling innovation' has made her passionate about the following topics: ... diversity - we are all unique, and have a unique contribution to make. Understanding and truly appreciating such diversity is one of the key challenges today. … leadership - in order to understand our uniqueness and understand how we can make our contribution, we need, first and foremost, lead ourselves. Only once we have clarity in ourselves should we lead others. … education - in order to enable as many people as possible to understand themselves and the highly complex world we live in, our education needs to change. … innovation - if we want to achieve all of the above we need to innovation, in all aspects of our lives. However, for well over a decade she has argued that any innovation that does not have sustainability considerations at its core is irresponsible. Today even that is no longer enough. We have to shift towards regeneration and rebuild resilience - individually, organisationally and for our planet, urgently. Her thoughts can be found in her books, articles and blog posts as well as her YouTube channel.
Dr Ally Jaffee
How Healthcare can become more Human along with the individuals working in it on the front-line.
Dr Ally Jaffee MBChB BSc is a multi-award-winning NHS Junior Doctor in Psychiatry, Mental Health Speaker/Advocate, Transformational Coach to-be, Social Media Content Creator, Youth Mental Health Charity Trustee and Nutritank co-founder.
Dr Ally is passionate about Preventative Healthcare and taking a proactive, rather than reactive approach with her patients. In 2017, she co-founded Nutritank: a not-for-profit which which educates Healthcare Professionals & Students on Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine in order to prevent, manage and even reverse chronic disease, both in their patients and themselves. Nutritank has been hugely successful, most recently achieving national recognition in the official NHS 75th anniversary book and winning The BBC Food & Farming New Talent Award,The Diana Award and The Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award.
Dr Ally is pursuing a career in Psychiatry, something she’s dreamt of since her schoolgirl days. She is particularly interested Young People’s Mental Health and is the co-host of an NHS sponsored Youth Mental Health Podcast and is a trustee of Chimo Trust (A Youth Mental Health charity, championing The Arts, Physical Activity & Social Prescription). Ally recently won the 2024 Cura-h Mental Health Health Advocate of the Year Award.
Dr Ally shares educational Mental Health content online, and is open about her own struggles. She campaigns for greater support towards Doctor’s Mental Health and hopes to normalise the conversation, showing that vulnerability can be strength and that there is a person behind the profession. She has been selected as a healthcare influencer to join the World Health Organisation( WHO) ‘Fides Project’, which aims to stop the spread of digital health misinformation.
Dr Ally has delivered multiple keynote talks on Mental Health, Social Entrepreneurship & Leadership at: PwC, Google, Dove, University of Warwick and NICE. She is no stranger to the media, having worked closely with the likes of Jamie Oliver, appearing alongside him on Channel 4. She has been a guest on multiple podcasts and has also featured on GB News and in The Times, The Telegraph and BBC news.
Dr Ally is also passionate about The Arts and holds a BSc degree in Medical Humanities & Creative Arts from Imperial College London.
Dr Ally is on Instagram, X & LinkedIn: @drallyjaffee
Website: www.drallyjaffee.com
David Rawaf
Surgeon, Researcher, Technologist, Innovator and Policy Developer
Future of Surgery & Beyond
David Rawaf is a surgeon, researcher, technologist, innovator and policy developer.
As well as studying and working both in the UK and the US, David works in multiple academic roles for Imperial College, WHO, the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation amongst many others.
As the Associate Medical Director for Inovus Medical, he holds dynamic responsibility covering academic research, accreditation, thought leadership, product development and validation, marketing and business strategy.
David also holds multiple director roles on both philanthropic and venture capital advisory boards in addition to co-founder, clinical advisory & chair roles for various healthtech and medtech startups.
Dr. Hesham Abdalla
Co-founder of Hexitime, Paediatrician and Head of Quality Improvement at Oxford University Hospitals
Liberating Our Promise, Revealing Our Potential
Hesham is a consultant paediatrician and director of medical education and quality improvement. He has over 10 years experience of service improvement seen through the twin lenses of patient and staff experience and has led teams to a number of Patient Experience National Network and HSJ awards.
He teaches extensively on leadership and QI and was a senior lecturer at Birmingham and subsequently Keele University, teaching on the NHS Leadership Academy Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme for senior leaders. He was also a trustee of Doctors Worldwide, a charity delivering quality medical care and relief in over 22 countries across the globe.
Hesham co-founded Hexitime, the first timebanking platform for improvement of Health and Care, which has been nominated for a number of regional and national awards.
Professor David Cahill
MB BCh, BAO (NUI) , MD (Bristol), FRCOG, FRCPI, FHEA
Professor Emeritus in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education
Medicine in Britain before the 20th century
David Cahill is happily retired from academic and clinical medicine. He graduated from University College Cork in Ireland a long time ago. Following house jobs, he worked in O&G in Ireland in almost all the cities in the country, both North and South. In that time, he found time to undertake clinical research and undergraduate teaching, and found his enjoyment in those areas developing. In an effort to diversify his training, he came to Bristol in 1990 to undertake research and after nearly 5 years, he was awarded an MD on studies involving fertility in endometriosis. He then became a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to a personal chair in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education in 2012. His most recent research spans those areas looking at assessments and technology use in education and innovative treatments in sperm disorders in infertile men. Since he retired, he has published two books, the first in 2019 a textbook of Reproductive Medicine, Practical Patient Management in Reproductive Medicine: Science, Evidence, and Experience Underlying Best Clinical Practice. The second in 2022 was a history of Bristol Medical School, A History of Bristol Medical School: Personal and Collected Experiences of Students and Staff. He has also continued to teach at postgraduate level, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in Tirana, Albania and on the MedAll web platform.
Dr Shubhendu Kulshreshtha
Innovation and Improvement Fellow in Emergency Medicine at Oxford and executive coach
Kotter's 8 steps in Quality Improvement
Dr. Shubhendu Kulshreshtha, MBBS, MRCEM, QSIR-P is an Innovation and Improvement Fellow in Emergency Medicine at Oxford He is also an executive coach to Change Leaders, ex-president of Cutting Edge, India’s largest student surgical society and a champion for the EMLeaders Programme through the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Striving for great care to those who need it most, when they need it most is what took Shub to the frontlines of EM, then to the world of Quality Improvement to tackle systems and ultimately to executive coaching to help the people that help those who provide excellent care. Through his experience, Shub helps drive meaningful change.
Shub's career spans 2 countries, multiple distinct Indian states and his journey through demanding environments—both in emergency medicine and navigating personal transitions—fuelled a passion for empowering leaders to thrive amidst change.
Outside of the work setting, Shub loves a good barbeque - even if it means waking up at 4am to drive to the beach for sunrise with 10 other friends he’s keen to feed. Only to forget the fire starter!
2024 Sponsors
