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How Jonas Salk Used the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle to Cure Polio | Five-Minute Friday 14

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Season 1

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In this episode, How Jonas Salk Used the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle to Cure Polio, I evaluate the actions Jonas Salk took to develop the world-changing polio vaccine and how they parallel and exemplify the Plan Do Study Act or "PDSA" cycle used in scientific and medical studies. Further, I share how we can each implement PDSA in personal and professional areas of our lives.

Salk and PDSA:

• How he planned:
• Altered his initial influenza vaccine techniques to address polio with the killed virus vaccine concept
• How he did:
• Salk wrote numerous papers that raised awareness and funds for polio vaccine development
• How he studied:
• Reviewed and studied the reaction of the vaccine in over a million-volunteer test subjects
• How he acted
• He stuck with his concepts, reduced polio instances by ~80%, and expanded polio vaccination to over 90 countries

Stay safe, consider the PDSA cycle to improve areas of your personal and professional life, and Godspeed,

Kevin

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Published on 6 months ago