Evolve 
Better care. Better decision-making. Better use of resources. 

Evolve Animations

RACP Evolve is working on a series of animations to share Evolve Top-5 Recommendations to reduce low-value care. Watch the animations below:

• Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (May 2023)
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (Feb 2023)
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Paediatrics Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (Feb 2023)
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Adult Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (Feb 2023)
• Join the Evolve Movement (Sept 2022)
• Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (Sept 2022)

Evolve Webinar Series 2021

The RACP held an Evolve Webinar Series during 2021 to explore interesting topics related to reducing low-value practices and improving the quality and safety of healthcare.  Find out more here.

 

Case Studies

• Paediatrics and Child Health Division Recommendation 2: Management of Bronchiolitis in Children
• Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Recommendation 1: X-rays and Pre-placement Medical Assessment
• Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Recommendation 2: Low Back Pain
• Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Evolve Case Study Recommendation 3: Antibiotics for upper respiratory infection
• Endocrine Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 1: Thyroid ultrasounds
• Endocrine Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 4: Unstructured multiple daily glucose self-monitoring
• Gastroenterological Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 4: Genetic testing for coeliac disease
• Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Evolve Case Study Recommendation 1: Medication Related Harm
• Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Evolve Case Study Recommendation 5: Computorised tomography pulmonary angiography

​Call to Action Resources

Audit Resources

Audit activities are a great way to​ take the Evolve recommendations and create quality improvement changes and reduce low-value care. Audits are also one of the key ways doctors will meet requirements of the MyCPD Category 3 – Measuring Outcomes. 

• RACP CPD Audit Tool
• RACP Audit Curated Collection 

 

Worksheets

Podcasts

• Pomegranate Health: Diagnostic Error Part 2 - Systems (RACP, Mar 2018)
• Growing body of research shows potential risks of arthroscopic knee surgery (3AW, Feb 2018)
• Pomegranate Health​: Diagnostic Error Part 1 - Cognitive Bias (RACP, Dec 2017)
• Pomegranate Health: Drug Interactions and Deprescribing (RACP, Sep 2017)
• Pomegranate Health: Better Practice in Paeds (RACP, Nov 2016)
• Pomegranate Health: Evolving ​Your Practice (RACP, Apr 2016)

Training

​Difficult Conversations

Three training ​resources are available, which provide examples of how to include the Evolve Top 5 List recommendations in difficult conversations between:

   •   a patient and a physician (A/Prof Mark Lane)
   •   a carer and a physician (Dr Sarah Dalton)
   •   an Advanced Trainee and a Fellow (Dr Brendan Ng, Dr Nick Buckmaster)

Videos

• College Learning Series: Rational use of investigations - Prof Ian A Scott (Dec 2022)
• Join the Evolve Movement (Sept 2022)
• Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine Top 5 Evolve Recommendations (Sept 2022)
• Make it count: Choose every blood product for transfusion wisely - Dr Anastazia Keegan (August 2022)
• What is the RACP Evolve initiative? (Mar 2017)
• RACP Congress 2017: Cognitive bias and diagnosis - Dr David Heslop (May 2017)
• RACP Congress 2017: Cognitive bias and diagnosis - A/Prof Ian A Scott (May 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Drivers of low-value care - A/Prof Ian A Scott (Feb 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Implementing clinical change - A/Prof Harriet Hiscock (Feb 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Evolve introduction - Dr Sarah Dalton (Feb 2017)
• Choosing Wisely Australia Launch - Laureate Prof Nicholas Talley (May 2015)

Evolve Congress Sessions

Click through to watch available recordings of Evolve Congress sessions.

 

Webinars

• Shared decision making and low-value care - Prof Donald Campbell, Dr Cilla Haywood and Debra Letica (2020)

• Adding Value to Pediatric Care, European Academy of Paediatrics - S Dalton (May 2018)

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