Implementation Mentoring Program

Our healthcare system faces tremendous challenges in its mission to provide high-quality, equitable healthcare. Critical to this mission is an effective system of continuous improvement, that is contingent on a highly skilled healthcare workforce, with the capacity to make positive and sustained change.

Implementing Improvement in Healthcare Program is designed to  build your knowledge and skill set in implementation science and healthcare improvement, which will enable you to make a positive contribution to your field of work - offering real-world mentoring, education, tailored support, and exposure to easy-to-use improvement and implementation tools.

Who would benefit from this program?

• Clinicians, nurses, improvement facilitators, health-service managers or implementation researchers responsible for delivering improvement in a health service setting.
• Healthcare teams planning to start a project that would benefit from the direct application of new learnings to real-time projects.
• Individuals who want to deepen their skills, confidence and knowledge to facilitate evidence-informed improvement in their teams.

Program Purpose

The program will build capability and capacity within the healthcare workforce to inspire and support a culture of improvement, underpinned by evidence-informed approaches.

What will you gain from this program?

Over 12 months, you will be supported in achieving your project outcomes or improvement activity through intensive, personalised mentoring, tailored support and education on core implementation and improvement concepts, and evidence-based approaches.

Through regular engagement with peer support, exposure to inspiring leaders, and the guided application of easy-to-use improvement and implementation tools, you will:

• Strengthen your understanding of the relevance and application of implementation science, and improvement processes
• Increase your confidence to lead, facilitate, monitor, and guide iterative sustained change
• Learn how to inspire others to join your mission for change and improvement
• Join a committed community of like-minded peers, who are equally invested in becoming change leaders able to meet the complex challenges facing our healthcare systems today.
• 12 months access to The Implementation Toolkit ( for further information visit our https://mchri.org.au/guidelines-resources/health-professionals/implementation-toolkit/)

Program Overview

The numbers are capped to ensure a high-quality learning experience. Over a 12-month period you will be supported to achieve your project outcomes through, intensive personalised and group coaching, education on core implementation and improvement concepts, and evidence-based approaches, regular engagement with peer support, exposure to inspiring leaders, and the guided application of easy-to-use improvement, and implementation tools.

Testimonials

Katherine and Shanal are two recent graduates.

"I can’t speak more highly of the implementation training I’ve had and very happy to present my work. I’ve just started a new role as a Cystic Fibrosis Endocrinologist at the Prince Charles Hospital and am currently in the process of re-designing the endocrine model of care and using implementation frameworks to evaluate pre/post outcomes ." 
Shanal

Key 2025 - 2026 Dates