Details of the collaboration and tasks assigned to the Higher Educational Institute (HEI) and Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs)
| Month | HEI-led actions | LPC-led actions |
| January | Initial face-to-face meeting to discuss common interests, process of collaborative working including defining aims and objectives and how to assess outcomes of QI project. | |
| Follow-up email/telephone calls to agree actions for HEI–LPC | ||
| HEI lead has an in-depth discussion with postgraduate team to assess feasibility and management of the QI project. | LPC lead configures an LPC ‘working group’ in order to disseminate QI project plans. | |
| Emails / telephone calls to agree 1. contents of QI module 2. marketing strategy’ to engage pharmacists. | ||
| February | Development of promotional materials, that is, flyers and student testimonials, (written and video) from other postgraduate students demonstrating benefits of postgraduate learning to practice. | |
| HEI–LPC agree contents and design of promotional information. | ||
| March | LPC lead invites sent on a weekly basis (via email) to pharmacy contractors about the QI module using flyer and recorded student testimonial. | |
| Promotional materials added to LPC website. | ||
| Project promoted on HEI–LPC social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.). | ||
| Weekly Skype meetings to discuss recruitment numbers and marketing of QI to pharmacies. | ||
| HEI to communicate with interested students and provide further information and registration details. | ||
| April | Face-to-face promotion of QI module to community pharmacists at four different LPC events. | |
| May | HEI registration information emailed to pharmacists with details of the first training session including the pre-session tasks. | LPC lead relays expressions of interest from pharmacists to HEI. |
| Final deadline for recruitment advertised to students. | ||
| Delivery of first QI training session. Project timeframe and plan agreed with pharmacists. | Dates of training sessions posted on LPC website. | |
| June | Delivery of second QI training session. | |
| July and August | Email communications on student progress. | |
| September | Delivery of third training session and conduct of focus group. | |
| HEI–LPC discuss outcomes/reflections on the collaboration and provide information about the process for analysis. | ||
QI, Quality Improvement.