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Safety and Quality in Health Care
Postgraduate | CUR-HTHM503 | 2022
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Analyse history and development of safe and quality healthcare in Australia. Lead a strategic and coordinated healthcare approach.Collaborate with consumers, staff, researchers and policy makers to improve safety and quality for healthcare providers
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
FEE-HELP available
Safety and Quality in Health Care
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain definitions and theoretical concepts of quality and safety in health
- apply tools techniques and methodologies to measure and improve quality and safety
- analyse the impact of human factors on outcomes in health care systems
- assess the extent to which organisation-related factors may be contributing to quality and safety approaches
- critically evaluate requirements for a comprehensive approach to management of quality and safety in healthcare organisations
evaluate ways in which healthcare organisations can develop a coordinated, strategic approach to addressing quality and safety issues.
- Quality in health service organisations
- Quality assurance in health care
- Quality improvement
- Strategy and quality development
- Implementation
- Tools of quality improvement
- Measuring quality improvement
- Development of quality organisation
- Risk management
This subject was previously known as Health Service Quality Development.
In this subject students will trace the historical and political development of quality and safety in health care. Students will analyse key components of effective quality and safety programs, risk management and clinical governance and the impact of organisation related factors. Influences on quality and safety related to leadership and management in health care systems will be explored. Utilising a practical approach tools, techniques and methods will be identified to measure and improve quality and safety. The subject will examine the role of human factors in human error and determine what impact this has on safety and quality in health care organisations. Students will gain an understanding of the role of consumers’ contribution to quality and safety outcomes.
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- Discussion board (25%)
- Essay (40%)
- Case study presentations (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE