Systems Thinking for Quality Care

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding patient safety and its relationship to quality improvement concepts. The course explores principles of creating and leading a health care team to deliver highly reliable care focused on patient safety. Students will be provided with an awareness of how the elements of quality management, risk management, as well as data management and general leadership skills integrate together to produce an effective and efficient system to monitor and improve care. A particular emphasis is placed on leadership characteristics essential to creating and sustaining a culture of safety within the health care organization.