QI 103: Testing and Measuring Changes with PDSA Cycles
QI 103: Testing and Measuring Changes with PDSA Cycles
Overview
In this course, we’ll take you through basic concepts you need to know to run successful PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles in a clinical setting. Measurement is an essential part of testing changes with PDSA. It tells you if the changes you are testing are leading to improvement.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe how to establish and track measures of improvement during the “plan” and “do” phase of PDSA.
- Explain how to learn from data during the “study” phase of PDSA.
- Explain how to increase the size and scope of subsequent test cycles based on what you’re learning during the “act” phase of PDSA.
Lessons
- Lesson 1: How to Define Measures and Collect Data
You’ll learn how to develop operational definitions for a family of measures (outcome, process, and balancing measures) during the “Plan” phase of PDSA. Then, you’ll learn how to track those measures during the “Do” phase. We’ll also provide some helpful data collection techniques, such as sampling, which can accelerate the pace of your improvement work.
- Lesson 2: How to Use Data for Improvement
You’ll learn the value of displaying your data over time, on a run chart. We’ll also show you how to break the data down into subsets, according to specific variables, to bring out additional learning and opportunities for improvement.
- Lesson 3: How to Build Your Degree of Belief over Time
We’ll show you how to act on your results, in the “Act” phase of PDSA. We’ll explain how to increase the size or the scope of subsequent test cycles based on what you’re learning, so that you continue to grow your confidence that your change idea is leading to improvement.
Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour 15 minutes
Continuing Education Credits
Course completion typically earns 1.25 Continuing Education credits. Please read the full details to ensure that this course offers your desired credit type. Learn more about Continuing Education credits
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved to award 1.25 credit(s) toward Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.
This activity/program is approved by NAHQ® for 1.25 CPHQ CE credits.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
- 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC point(s) in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
- 1.25 MOC point(s) in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
- 1.25 point(s) in the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology's redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. (Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.)
- 1.25 point(s) in the American Board of Ophthalmology's Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to satisfy the Lifelong Learning requirements for the American Board of Ophthalmology's Maintenance of Certification program.
Successful completion of this activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, offers Lifelong Learning (MOC Part 2 CME) point(s) for the following boards:
- American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
- American Board of Allergy & Immunology (ABAI)
- American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery (ABCRS)
- American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)
- American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)
- American Board of Urology (ABU)
Successful completion of this activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, offers Self-Assessment (MOC Part 2 SA) point(s) for the following boards:
- American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) (15pts)*
- American Board of Pediatrics (ABPed) (20pts)*
- American Board of Ophthalmology (ABOP)
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS)
- American Board of Radiology (ABR)
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
*ABPed and ABFM diplomates are required to complete all the selected courses within an activity to collect MOC activity points.
It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 general continuing education credits.
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive Mainpro+ Certified, Certified Assessment, or Non-Certified credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The AAFP has reviewed QI 103: Testing and Measuring Changes with PDSA Cycles and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Elective credit(s). Term of Approval is from 06/20/2024 to 06/20/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Hamad Medical Corporation Open School users, a DHP licensed practitioner can claim Category 2—Self- Directed Learning—Clinical Practice—Completing Self-Learning Modules by uploading their certificate to the CPD ePortfolio.
By attending QI 103 offered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement participants may earn up to 1.25 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
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