I work for an academic institution or in postgraduate education

Thank you for your interest in the SusQI Academy as a QI educator in healthcare education

The climate and ecological crisis represents the biggest threat to human health and wellbeing of the century. The healthcare sector has a significant carbon footprint, with the way we deliver clinical care impacting hugely on this. Whilst healthcare professionals are increasingly motivated to reduce the harmful environmental and social impact of our health systems, there remains a gap in knowledge and skills in how to deliver more sustainable healthcare.

By joining the SusQI Academy your organisation has a unique opportunity to take decisive action. Integrating environmental and social sustainability into all health care professions QI education, training, and practice offers a practical way for all healthcare staff to contribute to building a more ethical, sustainable and net zero healthcare service, while improving care for patients.

Why embed sustainability into your teaching programme?

Sustainability is included within:

The GMC outcomes for medical graduates
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges QI curriculum
The latest NMC Standards of Proficiency for Midwives
The world Federation of Occupational Therapists minimum standards for education

These requirements have yet to be translated into widespread practice and NHS sustainability efforts continue to take place separately from organisational Quality Improvement.

How can the SusQI Academy help your institution or cirriculum?

Tailored to the very specific needs of your instution or programme, the academy can help you achieve:

Integrate sustainability into your QI cirricula, teaching programmes and QI methodology
Develop sustainability aligned learning objectives, teaching resources and QI initiatives
Personal and team development to support students to design and measure the impact of sustainability in QI
Achieve the criteria for CSH established beacon site accreditation.