Undergraduate TAS-CNA423-2022
Introduction to Quality Health Services
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Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
Subject details
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
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- 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
No eligibility requirements
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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.
- Short Answer & Multiple Choice Quiz (25%)
- Research Report and Infographic (45%)
- Online Individual Discussion (30%)