Using the information you’ve learned in Chapter 3 of your textbook, QI 103 (Testing and Measuring Changes with PDSA Cycles) from the IHI Open School, and 2-3 additional external sources from the lit

Using the information you’ve learned in Chapter 3 of your textbook, QI 103 (Testing and Measuring Changes with PDSA Cycles) from the IHI Open School, and 2-3 additional external sources from the literature, create a proposal applying the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle for an improvement project at work or home. 

I encourage you to use a proposal that you could implement at work and preferably in the healthcare setting. However, those not in healthcare should create a proposal for whatever work setting you are currently in. Those not in the workforce should create a proposal to apply at home or in a volunteer organization you are involved in. 

In addition, you should include at least one tool described in Chapter 3 (Measurement, Variation, and CQI Tools) in at least one stage of the PDSA cycle. You should briefly describe the tool and apply it in the stage. For example, you could use a flow chart in the Plan stage to describe how you will implement the change.  

Your paper should include an introductory paragraph that includes a purpose statement and brief descriptions of your work environment and background of your project (i.e., why it’s needed and what you hope to achieve by it). Your paper should also include a conclusion that summarizes the main points of your paper. 

This assignment requires no less than 3 pages and no more than 5, not including cover, reference pages, or figures/tables.  APA formatting is required (cover page, 12-point Times New Roman, 1" margins, double space, header and running header, page numbers, etc). However, no abstract is needed.  The use of headers for each stage of the PDSA cycle is encouraged. The paper must be submitted as a Word document to the Assignment drop-box.

The grading rubric for the assignment follows on the next page.

HPHA 4314 – Assignment 1

Course Assignment Rubric

Total Points Possible: 100

Criteria

Excellent – 90-100 points

Adequate – 70-89 points

Not Sufficient – 0-69 points

Completeness

❑  Content is logically organized and easy to follow.

❑  All required sections of the assignment are present:

•  Introduction that includes a purpose statement and brief descriptions of your work environment and background of your project (i.e., why it’s needed and what you hope to achieve by it)

•  Proposal contains description and instructions for each stage of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle

•  Proposal contains description and application of at least one tool in at least one stage of the PDSA cycle

•  Conclusion that summarizes the main points of your paper

❑  Writing is clear and concise, using complete sentences except where text is presented in tables, images or captions.

❑  Complete references and resources are listed at the end of document.

❑  Content is partially organized but no easy to follow.

❑  Some required sections are missing.

❑  There are a few incomplete sentences and writing is not concise.

❑  References and resources are present, but are notcomplete.

❑  Content is not organized and not easy to follow or decipher.

❑  Most required sections are missing.

❑  There are many incomplete sentences and writing is not concise.

❑  References and resources are not present.

Technical

❑  In-text citations and references are formatted according to APA 

❑  Content is free of spellingand

grammatical errors.

❑  Assignment is no less than 3 pages and no more than 5 pages

❑  In-text citations and references resemble but are not correctly formatted according to APA

❑  There are 2-5 spelling or

grammatical errors.

❑  Assignment is half a page or less shorter than 3 pages or half a page or less longer than 5 pages. 

❑  In-text citations and references are not formatted according to APA

❑  There are more than 6

spelling or grammatical errors.

❑  Assignment is more than half a page shorter than 3 pages or more than half a page longer than 5 pages. 

Quality

❑  Content is clearly written in student’s words except for a few direct quotations from references.

❑  Content is thorough andcomprehensive.

❑  Evidence is present to backup opinions presented by student. References include:

•  Chapter 3 of textbook

•  QI 103 from IHI Open School

•  2 – 3 references from the literature

❑  Content is sometimes written in student’s words or contains mostly direct quotations from references.

❑  Content lacks detail and ideas presented are superficial or unfinished.

❑  Evidence is questionable or not consistently present to backup opinions presented bystudent. References include 2 of 3 of the following:

•  Chapter 3 of textbook

•  QI 103 from IHI Open School

•  2 – 3 references from the literature

❑  Content is clearly not written in student’s words or contains passages copied and pasted from resources.

❑  Content lacks any detail and ideas areunfinished.

❑  Evidence is not present to backup opinions presented bystudent. References include no or 1 of the following:

•   Chapter 3 of textbook

•  QI 103 from IHI Open School

•  2 – 3 references from the literature

Book:

McLaughlin and Kaluzny's "Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care" 4th edition