Elevate Your Leadership Potential in 2026 with the QIL Program

Are you ready to unlock your potential as a quality improvement leader and drive meaningful change in healthcare?

The ACHS Improvement Academy’s flagship Quality Improvement Lead (QIL) Program offers a transformative learning experience for healthcare professionals across Australia and internationally.

Designed for clinicians, managers, and leaders committed to improving care, this practical and interactive 9-month program builds capability in improvement science, patient safety, and redesigning care at the microsystem level. Led by an expert faculty of clinicians who understand the real-world challenges of today’s healthcare environment, the QIL program gives you the skills to lead continuous improvement. Enrolment for 2026 is now open, with a course start date of 12 March 2026.

I think it was an excellent course, it has been one of the most worthwhile courses I’ve done in my entire career in Australia or overseas. It will genuinely change how I practise for the rest of my life. The teaching was excellent, and programs like this are exactly what the Australian healthcare system needs otherwise we are leading to a crisis.

- Dr Prashant Pruthi, Clinical Director Critical Care

You Could Be the Next Leader in Transformative Change

In our November 2025 QIL Graduation Ceremony we proudly celebrated the remarkable achievements of this year’s program graduates. This cohort brought together graduates from across Australia and New Zealand. Participants worked across acute, rural and community services.

Throughout the year, participants worked on 24 unique improvement projects, each driving measurable gains in areas such as care variability, medication safety, reducing infections, patient flow and more. Project topics included:

Supporting neonatal extubation and sepsis

Care for geriatric patients and older people at risk of delirium

Using cognitive aids for rare emergency situations

QIL Graduation Ceremony 2025

These projects highlight how quality improvement principles can be applied to real-world challenges, delivering safer, more effective, and more person-centred care.

Explore the QIL Publication 2024

We invite you to explore our newly launched Project Summaries Publication 2024 and learn about the diverse, high-impact initiatives driving better outcomes for patients and communities. These are some examples of what you could achieve as part of a future QIL cohort.

Next Steps

Registrations for the 2026 QIL Training Program are now open.

Join our upcoming FREE QIL Information Session on Thurs 12th Feb to learn more and ask any questions about the course.

Secure your spot early and take the next step in developing your leadership potential to drive transformative change in healthcare.