Last chance to study this subject for 2025—enrol by 20 July
Need help? Contact a student advisor.
Safety and Quality in Health Care
PostgraduateMUR-SHP5012025
Become a champion of continuous improvement in healthcare. Learn to take creative and practical approaches to quality and safety with patients. You’ll also learn how to lead backed by evidence, and use change management strategies.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 15 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025,
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,160
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Safety and Quality in Health Care
About this subject
On successful completion of the subject you should be able to:
- Apply the concepts of quality, safety and risk management in health care
- Explain the impact of systems and human interactions on the likelihood of errors and adverse events
- Use reflective learning to identify and manage clinical risk, investigate errors, and utilise data to improve patient safety
- Apply current evidence to examine the opportunities for consumers to contribute to safety and quality in healthcare
- Demonstrate the application of methods and tools that can be used to measure and improve quality of care in evidence-based practice
- Principles of Quality
- Principles of Safety
This subject is designed to foster knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles and practices of continuous improvement in a range of healthcare settings. Participants will develop an understanding of creative, effective and practical approaches to implementing quality and safety practices in the workplace. As well, evidence–based leadership and change management strategies in the workplace will be explored.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Presentation: Clinical risk and incident management report (35%)
- Critical reflection and analysis (30%)
- Poster presentation: Consumer engagement and quality improvement (35%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
This research-based university in Perth has a strong interdisciplinary focus and a reputation for outstanding teaching and ground-breaking research. With more than 25,000 students and 2,400 staff from over 90 countries, and campuses in Dubai and Singapore, Murdoch embraces free thinking, shared ideas and knowledge to make a difference, and Open Universities Australia is certainly part of that.
Learn more about Murdoch University.
Explore Murdoch courses.
- QS World University Ranking 2025, within Australia:
- 26
- Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2025, within Australia:
- 31
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- MUR-GHC-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Healthcare
- MUR-HCM-MAS-2025 - Master of Health Care Management
- MUR-HMG-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MUR-SHP501U (Not currently available)
Others
Enrolment in a Graduate degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Healthcare
PostgraduateMUR-GHC-GCE
Master of Health Care Management
PostgraduateMUR-HCM-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management
PostgraduateMUR-HMG-GCE