DCM™ for Leading Practice Change

Learning outcomes

By the end of this advanced DCM™ course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the strategic health and social care environment and the use of DCM™ to influence change within this context
• Deliver a DCM™ related service improvement utilising leadership, quality and change management approaches
• Use DCM™ to embed person-centred care across health and social care organisations, which can include a variety of client groups and a range of settings
• Use DCM™ to monitor and improve the quality of care practice and to prepare for regulation and inspection
• Ensure promotion of stakeholder involvement, including people with dementia and their families, in the DCM™ process
• Use best practice examples and research evidence to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of DCM™

Structure

Attendance is a three-day block followed by a one-day follow-up, held at the University of Bradford.

In the first three days, the course will cover: leading change using DCM™, developing person-centred teams and using DCM™ to support change.

Between parts one and two of the course, participants will be expected to undertake a service improvement project, which will involve the use of DCM™. Participants will present their project to the rest of the group on the follow-up day to demonstrate their use of advanced mapping skills. Participants will also reflect on and plan for sustaining their person-centred service improvement.

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a University of Bradford certificate of attendance.