Share. Learn. Improve together.
Great improvement ideas deserve to travel. Discover what acute medicine teams are doing differently, learn from their experience and share what works.
From Same Day Emergency Care and AMU flow to education and service development, the SAM Improvement Exchange connects practical ideas, local experience and colleagues across the four UK nations.
Explore improvement in practice
Browse real projects shared by acute medicine teams. Select a poster to explore the work and learning behind it.
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A little teamwork makes the dream work: optimising the medical take through small teams
A novel educational initiative in acute medicine
Casebook: a social-media-style platform for learning in acute medicine
Lister Hospital Acute Medicine Reset: reorganising the emergency medical admissions pathway
Rapid assessment: improving flow in SDEC
Reducing telephone follow-up appointments in Same Day Emergency Care
Revitalising the acute medicine teaching programme
Setting up an acute medicine feedback and assessment clinic: a new consultant’s perspective
The acute medicine 6:30 am club: online preparation for the specialty exit examination
Transforming medical SDEC: acute medicine taking back the driving seat
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Shared local improvement work is provided for learning. Consider your own setting and clinical governance before adapting an intervention.
Be part of the Improvement Exchange
You don't need a finished project to contribute. Share an emerging idea, help others learn from work you've undertaken or join colleagues discussing similar challenges.
01 / START A CONVERSATION
Have an idea?
Spotted a problem or have a change idea? Tell us what you're hoping to improve and connect with colleagues who may be tackling something similar.
This opens your email application so you can review and send your message. It does not submit automatically. Please do not include identifiable patient information. Privacy .
02 / SHARE YOUR LEARNING
Share what worked. Help others make it work.
An improvement project is more useful when colleagues can understand what was tested, what happened and how they might adapt it. Share the learning, including what did not work.
Opens your email application. Attach a locally approved, anonymised poster or summary, and review the message before sending. Nothing is sent automatically.
03 / CONNECT WITH COLLEAGUES
Join the service development community
Meet colleagues interested in acute medicine service improvement. Share experience, ask questions and discuss ideas with the wider community.
Scan the QR code with your phone, or save it and use WhatsApp's QR scanner. Members of WhatsApp groups may be able to see your telephone number.
Take the next step
Inspired by a project? SAM's QI Hub can help you build the skills, develop a plan, test change, measure improvement and share your learning.
Local ideas. Shared learning. Better care.
Help good improvement ideas travel across the acute medicine community.