Leading Continuous Quality Improvement in Healthcare (Level 7)

Program Overview

This Level 7 program focuses on continuous quality improvement in healthcare using Deming's framework. It examines ethical, legal, and assessment aspects of improvement projects and explores methods for large-scale improvement and sustainability. The program equips healthcare professionals with skills essential for managerial positions in improving health and social care services.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This program, Leading Continuous Quality Improvement in Healthcare (Level 7), focuses on the challenges inherent in continuously improving health and social care services. It utilizes Deming's profound knowledge as a framework for exploring quality improvement techniques within the context of policy and regulatory environments. The program delves into ethical and legal dilemmas arising from conflicts between delivering quality services, user demand, and cost containment. It also explores formal and informal methods for assessing local readiness for improvement projects. Additionally, the program examines how to improve at scale and sustain local quality improvements over time.

Assessment:

The program's assessment consists of a single 4,000-word written assignment.

Careers:

This program equips students with the knowledge and skills to develop, implement, and facilitate quality improvement projects within their workplaces. Quality improvement skills are increasingly recognized as essential for managerial positions.

Other:

The program is available as a standalone module. The program is typically offered in Semester 1.