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Beyond Posters and Protocols: Applying Behavioural Science to Improve Quality of Care

Speaker: Leighanne O. Parkes, MD, FRCPC
Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology
Infection Prevention & Control, JGH
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Educational Objectives:

1. Explain why knowledge-based interventions alone are insufficient to change clinical practice, and how behavioural science addresses this gap.
2. Apply key behavioural frameworks (e.g., COM-B, Theory of Planned Behaviour, nudge theory) to identify modifiable determinants of healthcare worker behaviour in quality improvement initiatives.
3. Critically appraise evidence-based behavioural interventions — including co-designed nudges, audit and feedback, and multimodal strategies — using hand hygiene compliance and ER blood culture contamination reduction as an illustrative example.
4. Propose a behaviourally informed strategy to address a quality improvement challenge in their own clinical setting.

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