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Clinical Governance in Health Care
Postgraduate | TAS-BAA543 | 2021
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Clinical Governance in Health Care
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse implications of change, complexity, and ambiguity on health and work practices
- Apply clinical governance to the provision of high standards of quality and safety in healthcare
- Describe the relationship between principles of governance and legislature
- 1. Overview and contextualising Quality & Safety
- 1.1) Q&S history and need for
- 1.2) Benefits, mitigating risks
- 1.3) Policy, funding and regulatory framework
- 1.4) Health care reforms
- 1.5) Other forms of regulation/ standards
- 1.6) Where from - Ministers
- 1.7) Who owns
- 1.8) How developed
- 1.9) What is in them
- 1.10) Wide variation – improvements
- 1.11) Ind but global perspective on Q&S
- 1.12) NSQHSS overview
- 1.13) Structure of standards – three actions of clinical standards
- 1.14) what to do not how to do it
- 2. Foundations of safety and quality, National Model Clinical Governance Model
- 2.1) Importance of governance
- 2.2) Failures nationally and internationally
- 2.3) Roles and responsibilities for HC professionals
- 3. Clinical Governance Standard (Standard 1)
- 3.1) Leadership
- 3.2) S&Q systems ie incident monitoring, policies
- 3.3) Follow structure in S1
Theories of regulation, governance and national standards for accreditation are reviewed to provide a foundation for organisational management requirements and clinical systems for effective, sustainable high-quality health care. Health care organisations need for effective understanding of and approaches to risk management, interprofessional practice and continuous quality improvement are reviewed. Analysis will investigate the effectiveness of clinical governance systems for assessing, monitoring, and improving management and clinical systems.
To operationalise these requirements, this subject reviews the overarching National Model Clinical Governance Framework (NMCGF) and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHSS) to determine appropriate systems for clinical governance, accountability and clinical performance and effectiveness. This involves the review and application of the NSQHSS Clinical Governance Standard.
- Presentation (20%)
- Case Study (40%)
- Critique (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a 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.
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