2.5 Knowledge Check

1. What are the three core questions of the Model for Improvement?
   1. What’s wrong? Who’s responsible? What’s the fix
   2. What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What change can we make?
   3. How many staff do we need? What tools do we use? Who’s in charge?
2. True or False: PDSA cycles should be conducted only after leadership has signed off on full implementation.
3. Which improvement framework focuses most on eliminating waste and improving flow?
4. Which of the following is a reason why context matters in quality improvement work?
   1. It helps predict the weather during rollout.
   2. It determines who gets funding.
   3. It influences how improvement strategies should be tailored.
   4. It decides which framework is most popular.
5. True or False: Most successful healthcare QI projects combine tools from more than one improvement model.

Knowledge and Awareness

1. B) What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What change can we make?
2. False — PDSA cycles are small-scale tests designed to learn and adjust before full implementation; they should not wait for full sign-off.
3. Lean — it focuses on eliminating waste and improving the flow of a process.
4. C) It influences how improvement strategies should be tailored — context (staffing, culture, resources, workflow) shapes which change ideas will actually work in a given setting.
5. True — most successful healthcare QI projects draw on tools from more than one improvement model (e.g., Model for Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma) rather than relying on a single framework.