http:\/\/careersfair.bmj.com\/registration\/agents-for-change<\/a>).\u00a0 This is an event for junior doctors and other healthcare professionals, planned and implemented by junior doctors. \u00a0The conference title \u2018Time to Listen. When to Speak Up\u2019; describes listening to patients and colleagues, building resilience within teams, and knowing when and how to speak up, whether this is celebrating successes or raising concerns.<\/p>\nThe conference themes are topical given the publication earlier this year of the \u2018Freedom to Speak Up\u2019 report, an independent review led by Sir Robert Francis into creating an open and honest reporting culture in the NHS.\u00a0 This review followed the \u2018The Francis Report\u2019 in 2013, where serious failures in care became part of the culture at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.\u00a0 Junior healthcare professionals are in a position to view organisations with fresh eyes and are perfectly placed to compare practice; highlighting areas of excellence and areas of improvement.<\/p>\n
We have some big names speaking at the conference and running workshops throughout the day.\u00a0 Opening the conference is the Medical Director for NHS England, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, a staunch supporter of junior doctors and the skills and insights they bring to the NHS.\u00a0\u00a0 We also have lectures from Professor Wendy Reid, Director of Education and\u00a0Quality at Health Education England, and James Titcombe OBE, who fought for answers after his baby son tragically died.\u00a0 His endeavours led to the establishment of the Kirkup report into maternity and neonatal services.\u00a0 He now works for the Care Quality Commission as their National Advisor on Patient Safety, Culture, & Quality.\u00a0 Peter Lees, Chief Executive and Medical Director of the FMLM will deliver a talk on leadership for the future. We have further sessions on situational awareness, resilience, values and making change happen.<\/p>\n
We will also have workshops covering a wide variety of topics, from quality improvement, patient involvement in projects, engagement of junior doctors, and the controversial junior doctor contracts.<\/p>\n
The event is organised by fellows from the National Medical Director\u2019s Clinical Fellow scheme.\u00a0 These are doctors in training taking an out of programme year to work in organisations across the wider healthcare landscape, from regulatory bodies to the private sector.\u00a0 The conference provides a great opportunity to meet the fellows, and find out more about the scheme and its application process.<\/p>\n
The ticket price of \u00a335 (early bird until 16th<\/sup>\u00a0October) includes:<\/p>\n\n- The whole day conference including entry to the poster competition \u2013 be quick, abstract submission closes on Thursday 8th<\/sup><\/li>\n
- Entry to \u2018The Big Debate\u2019 pre-conference event on Friday 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0October, where clinicians including Clare Gerada, former RCGP President, will debate the motion “This house believes that medicine is the best career in the world”.\u00a0 With the NHS being high on the political agenda, we can expect some heated discussions<\/li>\n
- Access to BMJ Quality – an online workspace that supports healthcare professionals through quality improvement projects and how to get them published.\u00a0 Ten hours of online learning resources, online mentoring, and a 50% discount on costs of publication for all submissions within six months of the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
We think it\u2019s a great deal and look forward to welcoming you on the 24th<\/sup> October.\u00a0 It promises to be an inspirational day. We hope you will leave with increased confidence and optimism about your future role in delivering excellent healthcare.<\/p>\nSign up for the conference and submit your poster abstracts here:\u00a0http:\/\/careersfair.bmj.com\/registration\/agents-for-change<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deborah Kirkham and Jessamy Bagenal, clinical fellows to The BMJ. It\u2019s less than three weeks to go until the 2015 Agents for Change conference on Saturday 24th\u00a0October, co-hosted by NHS England, the BMJ, and the Faculty for Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) (http:\/\/careersfair.bmj.com\/registration\/agents-for-change).\u00a0 This is an event for junior doctors and other healthcare professionals, planned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}