Undergraduate TAS-CNA423-2022

Introduction to Quality Health Services

Duration

14 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

HECS-HELP
FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.

QS RANKING 2022

Times Higher Education Ranking 2022

2022

Subject details

What you'll learn

Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

Identify and discuss a range of pressures necessitating health service quality improvement, including political, economic, social and technological forces
Identify and discriminate relevant evidence to communicate improvement opportunities to health services practitioners and other audiences
Integrate and apply theoretical frameworks to support comprehensive assessments of factors likely to support or hinder service quality improvement in a wide range of health services settings

Topics covered

- Introduction and Pressures to Improve Health Services Quality
- Definitions of Quality and Safety and Top-Down Regulatory Approaches
- Frameworks for Thinking: PEST, Macro, Meso & Micro Levels of Analysis
- Australian and International Comparisons
- Demographic Changes
- Occupational Pressures, Workforce Planning
- Famil/Consumer/Patient Centered Care
- Money and Value
- Closing the Gap
- Introducing Healthcare Improvement - Matching Method to Task
- Not All Improvement Efforts Succeed
- Online Discussions board posts regarding students’ infographics and best practice models for quality service design, linking theory to practice

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Students completing this subject will have acquired knowledge of existing health service models, the internal and external factors that influence the delivery of quality services, and the best-practice models for quality service design.

Assessments

Short Answer & Multiple Choice Quiz (25%)
Research Report and Infographic (45%)
Online Individual Discussion (30%)

Textbooks