title: Using PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) to establish academic-community partnerships: the Cleveland experience.
abstract: The Schools of Medicine and Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and the Program in Health Administration at Cleveland State University have created an interdisciplinary course in continuous improvement that emphasizes learning through experience, accommodates a large number of students, and has created new partnerships with Cleveland area health care organizations. An approach that respects these partners as customers and refines the relationships with serial tests of change (e.g., PDSA) has contributed significantly to this program's success.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Headrick
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alemi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hekelman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kizys
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D017145:Models, Educational; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016730:Program Development; D012577:Schools, Medical; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D017749:Total Quality Management