2. Communities of Practice
With thanks to George Por at Future Considerations
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3. Why CoPs?
Camaraderie and a faith in people who want to make a difference.
Motivation to achieve, because it’s the right thing to do (not to hit a target).
Mutual emotional support for the struggle of improvement.
Insight and inspiration from the knowledge and experience of others.
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4. About the Network
Started in October 2014 with two workshops to identify the need, domains and facilitators.
Attracts academics and service users as well as NHS / health & social care staff.
Regular network-wide meetings called Basecamps held twice a year.
- virtual space for CoPs to hold conversations, build a library of resources and move their CoP forward in between Basecamps or meetings organised by themselves.
Over 300 members and 25 CoPs are part of the Network, and growing
Mindfulness approach to allow time and space for different thinking.
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5. Resources
The Co-Creation Network website:
Brochure – the first 6 months:
Video playlist:
Communities of Practice and Social Learning – Matthew Laurie at Summer Basecamp
Contact:
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6. An unexpected experience with the Sepsis CoP
Bradford Story – Sepsis
Today I am here to tell you about my experience with the Sepsis Community of Practice.
Unexpected – this is a recurrent term that represent my life, starting from moving to the Uk 4 years ago to working in as Health Assistant Librarian. I did not program to join the CoP and also I found difficult to appreciate the nature of this community.
This image represents, not only a place really familiar to me but also the idea of the community of practice, what I really like about and the unexpected results.
One ago I received an from Academy leadership facilitator asking my manager and me to meet the local Sepsis Cop facilitator, based in Bradford. It sounded like a blind date.
Federica Bianchini
Assistant Librarian – Bradford Teaching Hospitals FT

7. Sepsis community of Practice #SepisCop
But then at the meeting I met this person – Erin, Quality & Patient Safety Manager, who really introduced me to the core characteristic of a community of practice. – I am really please that she’s not in the audience.
What I perceived from her was her absolute devotion to the Sepsis problem and I was captivated by the nature of the Cop around this topic.
A group of people that naturally gather togheter to discuss their experience
Try to find out solutions to the Sepsis detection and prevention
Informal environment where people listen and share
No hierarchy / no boundaries in terms of Trusts (there where people from Bradford Trust, Leeds, Calderdale and Airdale)
Regardless job roles - experience on the topic
It is a voluntary community, that’s the most shocking characteristic
All this concept and energy was really compelling.
Then I stopped and thought
I have been requested to join to a group of people that
are not part of the same organisation that I work in
they are not a library-wise group but more a clinical background
I do not know anything about sepsis
Most importantly I do not have time = I am already busy
So rationally I would have said, I am deeply sorry but No
Instead I say….

8. We must try to contribute to the COP – there must be way to ADAPT something we have in place to support it.
Something that can be done as part of my regular job.
An then I had the idea: I am good in gathering information and disseminate. I can prepare a CAB for Sepsis – so I met Erin again and she was absolutely enthusiast of the result.
We were able to put new articles, new guidelines, news, new conference and new resources.
Since then I regularly produce every month a Sepsis Cop and I disseminate it to the Cop Group and within the Trust
And adapt the topics based on what they were looking for.
On the top of that we are using the bulletin and the meeting time as an evidence of to fulfil criterion 5.4a = being actively involved in the creation, capture and utilisation of knowledge.
So my key message here is that there must be something you already have in place that could be really useful for a community of practice – it’ all about channelling your resources to support a Cop.
We are happy to circulate the CAB so you can have a look at the content / form – If you are interested just write your on this paper.
Turn it into an opportunity.

9. Since then I regularly produce every month a Sepsis Cop and I disseminate it to the Cop Group and within the Trust
And adapt the topics based on what they were looking for.
So my key message here is that there must be something you already have in place that could be really useful for a community of practice – it’ all about channelling your resources to support a Cop.
We are happy to circulate the CAB so you can have a look at the content / form – If you are interested just write your on this paper.
Turn it into an opportunity.
On the top of that we are using the bulletin and the meeting time as an evidence of to fulfil criterion 5.4a = being actively involved in the creation, capture and utilisation of knowledge.

10. More in the garden grows than what the gardener sows
I associate the community of practice at the image of a garden.
A garden does not have boundaries –
in a garden seeds fly freely (ideas) –
there are different flowers (people) –
on the top a garden is regularly visitided by bees that pollinate flowers in order to create …. (librarians)
A garden take time to grow and devop
More in the garden grows
than
what the gardener sows