Table 4 Summary of support and resources provided for each of the five improvement steps
Improvement Step | Facilitated workshop | Materials and resources provided to PIs | Additional facilitation strategies |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Form an improvement team | ‘Set-up’ session | Instructions and worksheets Power Point slides to introduce PUMA to others | Implementation support phone calls between site PIs and PUMA study researcher (offered fortnightly) |
2. Assess the system | ‘Set-up’ session | Instructions and worksheets PUMA Standard and PUMA wheel PUMA system assessment tools (SSAT and FFT) | Implementation support phone calls between site PIs and PUMA study researcher (offered fortnightly) |
3. Select and plan improvement initiatives | ‘Action planning’ session | Instructions and worksheets | Implementation support phone calls between site PIs and PUMA study researcher (offered fortnightly) |
4. Implement and review initiatives | ‘Action planning’ session | Instructions and worksheets | Implementation support phone calls between site PIs and PUMA study researcher (offered fortnightly) Implementation support meetings (phone and face to face) between site PIs and PUMA study team |
5. Sustain Progress | Â | Instructions | Â |