Credit bearing module in Improving the Quality of Healthcare

Program Overview

This practice-focused module in Improving the Quality of Healthcare equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate quality and governance frameworks in their workplace. Through theoretical understanding and analysis of change management complexities, participants will develop effective strategies for quality improvement within the clinical governance agenda. Assessed entirely through coursework, this module can be taken individually or as part of a program of study and is delivered via distance learning.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This practice-focused orientation in Improving the Quality of Healthcare will enable healthcare professionals to critically explore the conceptual foundations of quality and governance in the context of their own working environment. You will gain an understanding of the broader theoretical concepts of quality and clinical governance initiative. It challenges accepted notions of measuring quality and performance in complex situations and explores how practitioners can develop more appropriate and effective frameworks. You will be introduced to the complexity of change management and the dilemmas in achieving organisational change through clinical governance. You'll be encouraged to critically analyse your own practice/organisation's approach to managing quality improvement within the clinical governance agenda.

Assessment:

You will be assessed 100% through coursework. This module will take 150 hours of study over 12 weeks and it can also be taken as part of a programme of study.

Other:

This module is distance learning.

Tuition fee installments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.