PsyD 751 Module 8 Discussion # 1- Quality Improvement and Quality control

Discussion # 1- Quality Improvement and Quality control Based on the background materials, discuss how quality is improved through evidence-based practice. Explain your response and cite your source(s). Required Readings for these discussions: American Nurse Today (2017). Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement. Retrieved from https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Spzibr5yb3oJ:https://www.americannursetoday.com/differentiating-research-evidence-based-practice-and-quality-improvement/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (See the section Understanding QI). Applying Evidence-based practice to improve quality (2012). Retrieved from https://www.clinicalkey.com/info/blog/applying-evidence-based-practice-improve-quality/ ASHL (2017). Evidence Based Practice (EBP). Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/Research/EBP/ (see step 4) Improvement Foundation (2016) What is Quality Improvement? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXf2xmv_QQ (3:34) Jenson, J. M. & Howard, M. O. (2013). Evidence-Based Practice. Encyclopedia of Social Work. Retrieved from http://socialwork.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.001.0001/acrefore-9780199975839-e-137 Quality-Assurance and Evidence-Base (QAE) Framework. Retrieved from http://www.elgpn.eu/publications/browse-by-language/english/elgpn-tools-no-1-excerpt-quality-assurance-and-evidence-base-qae-framework Understanding evidence: Evidence based decision-making summary. Retrieved from https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/evidence/docs/EBDM_82412.pdf OPTIONAL Hunsley, J. (2012). How to be an evidence-based psychologist. Retrieved from http://www.psyli.fi/files/682/Hunsley_Psykologia_2012_Address.August_17.pptx.