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In the project information section.
You will enter the Key Project Details, Identify who is in your QI team. There is also a QI team meeting log. To capture notes of activity outside PDSA.
In the Identify the Problem section
You will describe what it is like currently and expand on the reason for action of the problem identified. There is a tool to capture which people will be important to engage with using a stakeholder matrix.
In the Understand the Problem section
You will access to three of the most common tools that help to understand the problem better. These include Fishbone Diagram, a process map tool and finally a directly editable Pareto chart.
In the Design the Improvement Section
You will be prompted to expand on some key design questions. You will be asked to put in a SMART Aim and make a decision of what to measure and explain clearly how you will measure.
In the Deliver the Improvement Section
You will be given the tools to record your PDSA cycles and capture the measurements using run charts for outcome, process and balancing measures. Just duplicate the pages to add more run charts!
To change the data on the graph, it is just a simple case of [RIGHT CLICK] and scroll to ‘Edit Data’.
In the Sustain the Improvement Section
You will be asked to describe how you will sustain your improvement and an opportunity to provide a QI project update. this could be used as a handover document or to share with other the progress of your work so far. Remember some projects don’t ever finish as we are continually improving. So an update is all we need, rather then say we have ‘completed’ it
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Hi Everyone, this week we will try something different!
Steve has a busy night in the Minecraft Emergency Department. On his way home he wonders if there is a better way of doing thing…
He stumbles upon this big sign saying QI. What appears beyond it looks like a big castle with a tall tower. His natural curiosity takes him to castle entrance.
He sees signs for Model for Improvement. The tower looks like it has 3 floors, each asking a question and some large letters made of Minecraft blocks on the roof. Of course, he is off to climb the stairs.
The roof has the letters P D S A . One letter for each quadrant. In each bay there are smaller signs that explain the important things to remember for Plan, Do, Study and Act
Steve also finds out that simply knowing about Model for Improvement and PDSA will not be enough, there are other things he will need to understand to strengthen his armour and do improvement well.
Steve feels ready to have a go. He knows that he can only get better with practice. In the next video he will try to use the 3 questions and cycles of PDSA for his first improvement mission. Make sure you tune in!
