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Review
. 2021 Jun;30(6):509-512.
doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-011966. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Systematically capturing and acting on insights from front-line staff: the 'Bedside Learning Coordinator'

Jenny Shand  1   2 , Dominique Allwood  3   4 , Nicole Lee  5 , Noor Elahi  6 , Iain McHenry  7   8 , Karen Chui  9 , Sophie Tang  10 , Zoe Dawson-Couper  11   12 , James Mountford  13 , Richard Bohmer  14
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Systematically capturing and acting on insights from front-line staff: the 'Bedside Learning Coordinator'

Jenny Shand et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: leadership; organisational theory; quality improvement methodologies; safety culture; teamwork.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
The role of the Bedside Learning Coordinator (BLC). *Matrons are senior nurse providing clinical leadership to the ward team alongside the lead consultant. **A rota is a system for planning the staffing for different duties for the ward over a set time period.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Maximising the value of the Bedside Learning Coordinator (BLC) role. Alongside operating within a broader learning system, we suggest that the above components are likely to be needed to get the full value from the BLC role.
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