State the three fundamental questions that are the basis of the Model for Improvement. -
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Identify the processes that make up the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle. - Answersanswer
Describe how a health care team has used the Model for Improvement to bring about improvements in
a clinical setting - Answers
Use the Model for Improvement to begin your own personal improvement project. - Answers
State why it's important to set an aim statement at the start of an improvement project. - Answers
Identify the key elements of an effective aim statement. - Answers
Develop an effective aim statement for your own personal improvement project. - Answers
Explain why measurement is important in improvement. - Answers
Identify three kinds of measures: process measures, outcome measures, and balancing measures. -
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List some of the differences between measurement for improvement and measurement for academic
research - Answers
Explain the basics of displaying data for improvement. - Answers
Develop effective measures for your own personal improvement project - Answers
State and use the five approaches to coming up with a change - Answers
Explain how to use change concepts to come up with good ideas to test. - Answers
Identify some good changes to test for your own personal improvement project. - Answers
Explain the importance in improvement work of conducting iterative small-scale tests of change. -
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Describe what happens during each stage of PDSA testing (i.e., what happens during "plan," "do,"
"study," and "act"). - Answers
Use a PDSA worksheet to plan and conduct a small test of change for your own personal improvement
project. - Answers
Explain how to develop operational definitions for a family of measures. - Answers
Identify the elements of a complete data collection plan. - Answers