Advanced Quality and Safety in Health Care
This course focuses on managing the continuum between safety and quality and the strategic importance of these concepts to healthcare organizations and clients. Trends in patient safety and healthcare quality, practices in different healthcare environments, and practices related to improving safety and quality will be examined. The course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills in systems thinking and in preventing, learning from and resolving error and addressing adverse events. Interprofessional teamwork, the use of information technology and data are emphasized in promoting safer healthcare and improved outcomes.
Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1) Explain the forces driving the focus on safety and quality in health care; 2) Evaluate strategies for improving safety and quality in health care; 3) Explain the influence of systems (environmental, organizational, provider, technological and task) on healthcare outcomes; 4) Analyze the role of various systems and factors in creating safe environments of care; 5) Explain the impact of just culture thinking on safety and quality improvement in health care; 6) Develop a plan for improvement of a safety and/or quality issue.
Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1) Explain the forces driving the focus on safety and quality in health care; 2) Evaluate strategies for improving safety and quality in health care; 3) Explain the influence of systems (environmental, organizational, provider, technological and task) on healthcare outcomes; 4) Analyze the role of various systems and factors in creating safe environments of care; 5) Explain the impact of just culture thinking on safety and quality improvement in health care; 6) Develop a plan for improvement of a safety and/or quality issue.