Are you involved in dermatology education for patients?
This category recognises initiatives that deliver innovative education for patients and/or their carers.
Entries should demonstrate clear, specific goals with outcomes that have been evaluated using appropriate baseline and follow-up measures. There should be evidence of innovation, along with details of implementation, methods, safety considerations, effectiveness, user feedback, cost efficiency and economic viability, as well as evidence of potential/demonstrable sustainability and dissemination.
This category recognises measurable initiatives for the educational needs of patients and/or carers that advance skills and knowledge.
Entries could include:
- Shared learning opportunities and establishing champions
- Prevention and early diagnosis of skin conditions
- Awareness of skin conditions, improving understanding
- Digital and technology initiatives: should be UK or Ireland based (even if they are used globally)
- Psychodermatology training and education programmes
- Training modules
- Development and implementation of patient involvement programmes
| Judging Criteria | Maximum score available | No of words per criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Summary: Provide background & brief overview of the initiative. | 5 | 100 |
| Innovation: Demonstrate evidence of innovation: what is new and different about your initiative, e.g. novel approaches, creative solutions to longstanding problems, bridging gaps in care etc. | 15 | 150 |
Key Aims and methods of the initiative:
| 10 | 200 |
| Safety considerations: Risk assessment, clinical governance, ethics and any other safety considerations and how these were successfully addressed. | 15 | 150 |
| Effectiveness: Demonstrate the initiative’s effectiveness to illustrate efficiency improvement(s), how the initiative brought about change to support improved outcomes and what was the impact for people with skin conditions. | 10 | 150 |
| Cost efficiency and economic viability: Evidence of, and maximising quality health outcomes and minimising NHS costs, getting better value from the NHS budget. | 10 | 100 |
| Sustainability and evidence for sharing practice and dissemination: Describe how the project has been/will be disseminated. | 15 | 150 |
| User feedback: Evidence of support from a range of interested stakeholders, e.g. healthcare professionals and/or service users. Please include statements. Describe how feedback was collected and bias was minimised. Provide examples of service user feedback and explain how this is used. This can be supplied via recordings (sound only or video). | 10 | Max 150 Unless supplied by recording |






