Mater Lean Academy

For a decade, the Mater Lean Academy has been teaching educating and working alongside healthcare staff in the use and application of process improvement methodologies within their organisations and practice settings. Our award-winning programmes are taught by experienced and qualified healthcare staff to healthcare staff using a Person-centred model of Improvement, developed by our researchers and in use in 6 countries, which focuses on both experiences and outcomes of patient care for all those involved in care processes. Our experienced healthcare change facilitators work in practice areas with frontline healthcare and support staff to deliver real and meaningful sustainable improvements. To date: 4000+ Healthcare workers are lean six sigma white belt certified 300+ process improvement projects have improved patient care and staff experiences of care with no additional resources. 40+ papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals by our faculty and graduates 10 National Lean Healthcare Symposiums have brought our national and international Lean Community of Practice together to share experiences which have embedded the culture of continuous improvement. Contact us if you or your organisation are looking to: • understand how Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies can improve your day-to-day work • apply improvement using a person-centred framework • undertake an improvement project • lead a system-wide change • study to MSc level