Characteristics of the RCGP Quality Team Development (QTD) programme compared with other quality initiatives in primary care
| Locally owned and delivered | Targets and standards locally adaptable | Team rather than individual focus | Interprofessional | Draws on interpersonal influence | Promotes interorganisational collaboration | Explicitly developmental and formative | Professionally rather than management led | ‘Kite marked’ by national professional body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTD, RCGP Quality Team Development; VIP, peer review with Practice Visit Instrument; GPQC, General Practitioner Quality Circles; TQIS, Team Quality Improvement Sequence; FBA, RCGP Fellowship by assessment (www.rcgp.org.uk/external/fba/index.asp); QPA, RCGP Quality Practice Award (www.rcgp.org.uk/faculties/scotcoun/qpa.asp). | |||||||||
| QTD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VIP24,27 | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| GPQC34,35 | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| TQIS36 | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Benchmarking37 | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| CQI/TQM models38 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Beacons39 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Collaboratives40 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FBA | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QPA | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Academic detailing41 | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – |