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IFM Healthcare Study Days

 

IFM Healthcare run at least two study days every year in various parts of the country. They cover a wide range of subjects relating to information within health care.  Examples of previous study days include project management, information literacy and integrated/partnership working.

 

"Doing more for less" Study Day

The Study Day took place on 24th Febuary 2011 at Derby Hospital. It focused on "doing more for less" in the NHS, focusing on key initiatives such as QIPP, Cost and Quality, and Lean thinking.

 

 

Commissioning Study Day

IFMH conducted a study day on commissioning at York Hospital in February 2010

 

Joint HLG Wales & IFMH Study Day: "Thinking About The Business Of Change"

The HLG Wales and IFMH Joint Study Day took place on Friday 8th May 2009 in Cardiff. The day included the hot topics of change management and business planning for library and information services.

 

Changing rooms: designing an Information and Library Service for the future

IFMH ran a session at the 2008 HLG Conference in Cardiff on 21 July 2008. Ray Phillips and Valerie Wildridge (Information and Library Service, King's Fund) gave a presentation about how the King's Fund Information and Library Service (KFILS) responded to a number of challenges including moving to a smaller location and increasing their electronic presence.


Success In Project Management Study Day

Libraries for Nursing (LfN), Information for Management in Healthcare (IFMH) and Health Libraries Group (HLG) ran a joint Study Day on project management, at the University of Salford.


Previous Study Days

An archive of previous study days is available here.

 

Please note that IFMH is committed to equal opportunities for its members, speakers and guests at study days and other events.  The full policy statement can be read here.

 

If you would like to suggest a topic for a future study day please email Elly O’Brien or Margaret Scarce, Joint Study Day Co-ordinators, with your suggestion.


This page was last updated on:19 May 2011


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