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A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do–study–act cycles in practice, not just in name

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  • Jerome A Leis Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Divsion of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kaveh G Shojania Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jerome A Leis, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, H463, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5; jerome.leis{at}sunnybrook.ca
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Leis JA, Shojania KG
A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do–study–act cycles in practice, not just in name
BMJ Quality & Safety 2017;26:572-577.

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  • Accepted October 28, 2016
  • First published December 16, 2016.
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June 16, 2017

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