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Shaping Communities of Practice – We’d Value Your Feedback

At the Cornwall Training Hub we are exploring Communities of Practice (CoPs) as a way of helping clinicians stay connected, keep learning and support one another. Some already exist such as the General Practice Paramedic CoP, First Contact Practitioner (MSK Physiotherapist) CoP, Lead Practice Nurse meetings and Cardio-Renal-Diabetes CoPs even if they are not always labelled as a “CoP.” Please see the dropdowns below for further details.

Before creating anything new, we want to better understand what people want from these groups, who they are for, and whether new CoPs are needed or if existing ones simply need refreshing or better visibility. We’ve created a short anonymous survey to gather honest feedback, and your input will help shape next steps

Complete the survey here:

Shaping Communities of Practice (CoPs) – Tell Us What You Want – Fill in form

Communities of Practice in Cornwall

Allied Health Professional (AHPs) Community of Practice

Within Cornwall we have an established workforce of AHP’s working within general practice. The main roles within general practice currently are Physiotherapists, Paramedics, Dietitians, Occupational therapists, and Podiatrists – working within First Contact or Advanced Practice jobs.

Over the last 5 years we have developed AHP communities of practice within these professions with the following aims:

teaching from clinical experts on relevant topics
case study discussion
peer support
exploring ways of working/quality improvement
signposting to education and resources

If you are an AHP working in General Practice in Cornwall and would like to be part of a county wide ‘community of practice’ then please get in touch at kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net

We need your help!

We are continually trying to make these meetings as beneficial as possible, so please let us know if you have any ideas on how you would like these sessions to look like in the future.

Diabetes and Cardio-Renal Community of Practice

This Diabetes and Cardio-Renal community of practice will provide an opportunity for practice staff in Cornwall to join together on a regular basis and engage in both peer and specialist nurse support. Guest speakers and sponsors are in regular attendance, so the sessions are extremely informative as well as supportive.

Diabetes and Cardio-Renal community of practice sessions will take place virtually on a bi-monthly basis and will consist of:

bitesize teaching from clinical experts
case study discussion
peer and specialist nurse support
signposting to education and resources

Booking onto one of our Diabetes and Cardio-Renal community of practice sessions will mean that we will regularly send you information about future sessions.

Please email kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net if you are interested in attending.

We need your help!

We are continually trying to make these meetings as beneficial as possible, so please let us know if you have any ideas on how you would like these sessions to look like in the future.

Respiratory Community of Practice

This community of practice will provide an opportunity for everybody working in General Practice, in Cornwall, to join together on a regular basis and engage in both peer and specialist support. Guest speakers and sponsors are in regular attendance, so the sessions are extremely informative as well as supportive.

Respiratory community of practice sessions will take place virtually on a bi-monthly basis and will consist of.

bitesize teaching from respiratory clinical experts
case study discussion
peer and respiratory specialist nurse support
signposting to education and resources

Booking onto one of our Respiratory Community of Practice sessions will mean that we will regularly send you information about future sessions.

Please email kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net if you are interested in attending.

We need your help!

We are continually trying to make these meetings as beneficial as possible, so please let us know if you have any ideas on how you would like these sessions to look like in the future.