Hybrid Waves
A hybrid wave is a combination of national or state based workshops, and virtual workshops.
The national or state workshops are held in central locations across Australia. They run for between one and two consecutive days, bringing participants together from across Australia or a consortium of states.
The virtual workshops are generally delivered via webinar and/or teleconferencing. They are designed to allow greater learning flexibility for teams to participate in the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC) Program without leaving their practice or health service.
Participants in a hybrid wave will generally attend two state or national learning workshops, and between two and four virtual workshops over the course of the wave.
A hybrid wave begins with an orientation session where participants will be introduced to the wave and how it will operate. The workshops and support are delivered alternately face-to-face, and online (via GoToWebinar, teleconference, or other interactive media).
In between the state or national and the virtual workshops, practices and health services will have time called ‘activity periods’ where they’ll be able to use the Model for Improvement and PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) cycles to implement changes in small manageable cycles and identify where change actually leads to improvement.
Last Updated 11 October 2011