Randomised Coffee Trial

Brew connections across Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust this April.

Do you have a project you are working on and wish you could reach more staff? Do you want to build your professional network and meet other colleagues from elsewhere in the trust?

Consider signing up to a Randomised Coffee Trial, organised by your LTHT Library and Knowledge Service. The scheme aims to encourage cross‑departmental collaboration and support the sharing of knowledge. You’ll be  randomly paired with a colleague you might never otherwise meet, and the two of you can share ideas over a coffee—online or in person.

If you would like to sign up to take part just complete the form here and this is what will happen:

1.We will pair you at random with someone else at LTHT. It could literally be anyone from a clinical colleague to a volunteer to the Chief Executive.

2.We will email you before the end of April to introduce you to your RCT partner.

3.It is then up to the two of you to get in touch with each other and organise a 30 minute chat over coffee.

4.It need not be coffee- it can be any drink or refreshment, whatever works best for you.

5.If the two of you are on different sites, don't forget you can still engage over Microsoft Teams.

6.After the RCT, we will send you another email asking how you found the experience.

 

Undecided? Take a look at last years testimonials.

"It was great to meet a colleague that I would never normally have met and connect and feel part of the wider LTHT community. I enjoyed our conversation and we both learnt about what the other person is passionate about, which doesn't always come up in conversations that are strictly work related and transactional. Such a fantastic initiative!"

"I spoke with someone from the LTHT Digital Clinical Team and we fairly quickly realised we both love being nerdy about data so we had a really good chat! I've been planning to do an evaluation of my team's data for a while and Vicki gave me some great advice on which teams to contact, and how much of the data can be extracted from PPM+ vs having to comb through it manually. It was also really interesting to hear about Vicki's career path into clinical patient safety."

"With the colleague I was paired with, I have learnt new skills, shared skills and have more of an awareness on other projects and work going on throughout the Trust. We were both able to understand one another's job role, share ideas and suggestions from our expertise, and support each other to deliver successful quality improvement initiatives. Furthermore, building a network, and having a further connection to go to, has improved my job satisfaction and awareness of non-clinical roles across the Trust, whilst too further appreciating the importance of our non-clinical DIT staff and how they support clinical staff to deliver the day-to-day patient care."

For information about other Knowledge Mobilisation activities please see the link below: 

https://library.hee.nhs.uk/knowledge-mobilisation/nhs-knowledge-mobilisation-framework-postcards