Education in Quality Improvement Award

The Education in Quality Improvement Award aims to recognise and showcase those teams that are driving continuous improvements through the provision of educational programmes teaching recognised Quality Improvement methods.

The awards are open to anyone who works within veterinary education, including from an organisational or practice setting, who demonstrate how they are teaching QI techniques to better equip delegates/students for practice, and the impact this is having.

The awards are open to any veterinary educator within:

• Higher education
• Further education
• CPD provider
• Training centre
• In practice learning and development teams

Applicants apply as representatives of the practice/organisation.

We welcome applications from those who have previously applied for the awards, either with updates to previous projects, or details of new educational projects.

Applications must demonstrate how they are teaching QI techniques to better equip delegates / students for practice, and the impact this is having.  

Applications are made by completing the RCVS Knowledge Awards Case Example -Education template to provide detail about your audit. This is submitted along with an online form collecting key information.

Applications are blinded and will go through three rounds of judging by a panel of reviewers. Applications will be scored using a peer-review assessing framework. The review teams are made up of: 

• RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Team 
• RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Advisory Board 
• RCVS Knowledge Board of Trustees 
• RCVS Practice Standards Assessors 

The application must pass each round to be progressed onto the next. Only applications that progress onto the third and final round will be considered for Champions and Highly Commended Runners up.  

Three practices/organisations will be awarded as Champions: a first, second and third place.

First place

The practice/organisation awarded first place will become Knowledge Award winners and receive a £300 prize paid to the practice/organisation. A plaque, certificate and badges for the team will also be awarded.  
 
The practice/organisation will have the opportunity to work with RCVS Knowledge to promote and share their experiences in Quality Improvement. This promotion might include presenting at a conference, sharing experiences through our blog, podcasts, and interviews, and even publishing their findings in a journal such as Veterinary Evidence.

The practice/organisation representative will be invited to an award ceremony to collect the award on behalf of the practice. This representative will be reimbursed up to £200 towards reasonable travel costs.

Second and Third Place

The practice/organisation awarded second place will become Knowledge Award winners and receive a £250 prize paid to the practice/organisation. A plaque, certificate and badges for the team will also be awarded.  

The practice/organisation will have the opportunity to work with RCVS Knowledge to promote and share their experiences in Quality Improvement. This promotion might include presenting at a conference, sharing experiences through our blog, podcasts, and interviews, and even publishing their findings in a journal such as Veterinary Evidence.

Runners up

Applicants can also be awarded as Highly Commended, and Highly Commended Ones to Watch. Practices/organisations awarded will receive certificates and badges for their teams.