AZHIN: SCS TEST Research & QI Refresh: Design It

How to Write a Research Protocol: Tips and Tricks: Easy to understand, has a list of sections to include in your protocol.

The Science Behind Soft Skills: Do's and don'ts for early career researchers and beyond: Develop relationships of trust and respect that will get you started on the right foot.

The Tools of Quality Improvement Science
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PDSA: Plan - Do - Study - Act: A cyclical four-step tool for making improvements or changes

PDSA Whiteboard 1
(4:45 min)

PDSA Whiteboard 2
(3:48 min)

Run Charts : Graphs showing changes over time

Run Chart Whiteboard 1 (7:28 min)

Run Chart Whiteboard 2 (6:22 min)

Control Charts: Similar to Run Charts, but can identify aberrations and stability in your process

Control Charts Whiteboard 1 (5:31min)

Control Charts Whiteboard 2 (8:25 min)

Cause-and-Effect Diagram, aka 'Fishbone Diagram'

Cause-and-Effect Diagram Whiteboard (5:15 min)

Pareto Analysis: a decision-making tool
Pareto Analysis Whiteboard (7 min)

Quality Improvement	Research
Implements knowledge to improve health care safety, efficiency, or effectiveness. Typically looks at local / internal systems and processes.	Creates new knowledge that can be applied to other situations, patients, or settings. Seeks to broaden understanding

Quality Improvement

Research

Implements knowledge to improve health care safety, efficiency, or effectiveness.

Typically looks at local / internal systems and processes.

Creates new knowledge that can be applied to other situations, patients, or settings. Seeks to broaden understanding

Nursing........

Research	Quality Improvement (QI)	Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Evaluates previously untested practices and methods of care to establish the appropriate standard of care.	imlements practices / methods that have been tested, may already be the standard of care	imlements practices / methods that have been tested, may already be the standard of care
	Is trying to improve care and care delivery.	Is trying to improve care and care delivery based on valid studies.
Generate and disseminate information via publications or presentations	Not always done with the intent of publishing.	Not always done with the intent of publishing
Not always conducted by persons directly responsible for care of the patient.	Usually conducted by the persons performing the care or services	Usually conducted by the persons performing the care or services
data/patient confidentiality required	data/patient confidentiality required	data/patient confidentiality required
May or may not result in information that can be immediately and directly used.	Usually results in information or processes that can be directly implemented for the populations of concern.	Usually results in information or processes that can be directly implemented for the populations of concern.
May involve risk to patient	Do not add to patient risk	Do not add to patient risk

ideas

Guide to plannning a nurse-driven evidence based practice change (Henry Ford Hospital)

Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Reports: Agency for Healthcare Research & Qualilty (AHRQ)

TRIP Database (Turning Research Into Practice): Clinical Search Engine. Has free and subscription level ("Pro") access. Breaks down search results to areas such as "ongoing cinical trials", "key primary research", and "systematic reviews."

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Is this a Quality Improvement (QI) project?

How to tell if you have a Quality Improvement (QI) Project

Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit: From the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). If a QI project is where you're headed, you need this. Create a (free) account.

Practical, validated tools and resources. Requires an up-front time commitment. Each lesson will make you a better researcher as you proceed. Break down each learning section as a "chunk" to avoid feeling overwhelmed.