Overview
Download the fillable PDSA Workshee Download PDSA Worksheet PDF.
Review the example that begins on the second page of the PDSA Worksheet.
- Complete the PDSA Worksheet.
Identify an area or objective you would like to change and test the change; this can be a study habit, a personal change (i.e., sleeping habits, nutritional change, and so on), or something in your professional life.
Plan: Identify what data you will need to collect. Set a plan for collecting that data. State the question you want to answer and make a prediction about what you think will happen.
Run the test and collect your data.
Study and reflect.
Based on your outcomes, consider what the next steps would be.
- You may choose to run the PDSA multiple times based on your outcomes.
- Citation: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). How to Improve: Model for Improvement. https://www.ihi.org/resources/how-to-improve