Supporting the effective provincial implementation of the Serious Illness Conversation Program (SICP) through a quality improvement toolkit.

This project aims to support the integration of the evidence-based Serious Illness Conversation Program (SICP) into everyday clinical practice. Based on previous research identifying the barriers and facilitators that clinicians encounter when having Serious Illness Conversations (SICs), we will develop and pilot a practical toolkit. The goal of this toolkit is to support health organizations, teams, and clinicians in conducting quality improvement projects aiming to improve the implementation of the SICP into their relevant setting. The toolkit will include recommendations about best practices, workflows and evaluation strategies. We will pilot the toolkit in multiple sectors of the healthcare system in one geographic region within Interior Health Authority. The evaluation data from this pilot will inform any required updates to the toolkit. Finally, we will disseminate the toolkit widely across the province for use in clinical areas.