What is quality improvement and why is it important in public health? How can you see your current project in public health, and the health inequalities you want to solve, in the context of quality improvement? How does the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle work in Quality Improvement? How do Quality Improvement activities help accreditation and how can the failure to develop skills in quality improvement hinder accreditation? Learn about these topics and more in this webinar.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
– Contrast quality improvement, quality assurance, and evaluation
– Explain why quality improvement activities are necessary in today’s public health environment
– Describe the four phases of the PDSA quality improvement model
– Discuss two existing standards-based programs that support quality improvement
– List five benefits and three barriers to public health agency accreditation