Generation Q

What we offer

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GenerationQ is designed to equip fellows with the skills to drive forward and influence improvements across services and organisations.

It is a fully-funded part-time programme. For those completing a postgraduate certificate or diploma, we anticipate an average of 10–25 hours of personal study per month over the 18 months of the programme. For an MSc, the time period is two years.

• Download details of the GenerationQ curriculum.
• Download details of the GenerationQ faculty.

The programme provides:

• an innovative learning experience, including residential leadership forums, the support of individual executive coaching, action learning in facilitated peer groups, the opportunity to engage with systems beyond health and extensive feedback
• the opportunity to put into practice a significant improvement project in the fellow’s place of work
• the opportunity to work closely with, and learn from, a multidisciplinary group of peers from diverse backgrounds in healthcare
• academic rigour and recognition.

GenerationQ covers the four domains of improvement leadership: contextual, relational, technical and personal.

Fellows learn about the evidence base that underpins leadership for quality improvement, and how to apply improvement science, leadership and change theories.

Fellows develop personal skills and strategies for resilience, equipping them to confront the main challenges facing healthcare leaders today. GenerationQ improves their ability to:

• recognise and use the current uncertainties in the NHS as a source of creativity and innovation
• lead others in complex change when resources have been cut and people are feeling under pressure
• make informed and explicit choices that promote the culture and conditions for quality improvement.

“The programme has been an eye-opener for me, in terms of understanding leadership, the components of quality and how we manage complexity. It has helped me to influence what happens within my organisation.”

Dr Olu Orugun, Clinical Director/Consultant Physician, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust and Health Foundation Fellow, GenerationQ 2010