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Quality improvement basics: PDSA, driver diagrams and run charts

A ready-made course, live deck and three surveys for employees and team leads. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 7 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 6 November 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • Three hundred people at once
  • Quiz

  • Anatomy of an aim
  • Three kinds of measure
  • Sort the measures
  • Accordion
  • Quiz
  • Sorting activity

  • Anatomy
  • Build one
  • Twelve ideas at once
  • Process
  • Quiz
  • Scenario

  • Four stages
  • A good small test
  • Three cycles
  • Accordion
  • Quiz
  • Process
  • Multi-select quiz

  • Why plot over time
  • Build one
  • Two simple signals
  • One very good week
  • Quiz
  • Process
  • Accordion
  • Scenario

  • Adopt, adapt, abandon
  • Spread plan
  • Sorting activity
  • Quiz

  • Final assessment
  • Course complete
  • Quiz
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Flashcards

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 5 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away and what to change next time.

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7 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Small tests, not big launches · 4 min

    Before you begin · Three hundred people at once

  • Lesson 2: Start with a clear aim · 6 min

    Anatomy of an aim · Three kinds of measure · Sort the measures

  • Lesson 3: The driver diagram · 6 min

    Anatomy · Build one · Twelve ideas at once

  • Lesson 4: The PDSA cycle · 8 min

    Four stages · A good small test · Three cycles · Check

  • Lesson 5: Run charts: is it really better? · 8 min

    Why plot over time · Build one · Two simple signals · One very good week

  • Lesson 6: Keep going and spread it · 4 min

    Adopt, adapt, abandon · Spread plan

  • Lesson 7: Final assessment · 4 min

    Final assessment · Course complete

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and all three surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).

Employees and team leads who improve a process.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Link to your live session deck
  • Link to the self-paced course
  • Link to the 30-day check-in survey you send learners after the course
  • Where course completion is recorded
  • Where improvement tests are logged
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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