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Enhancing Quality Through Patient Safety – (M.Sc.)
University of Bedfordshire
Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,938 - ≈ € 9,820 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Luton / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Bedfordshire
This Master's course is one of the first in the UK to deal specifically with the patient safety agenda. Safer care is a key priority of the Department of Health, as evidenced by the fact that it is the first objective in the Standards for Better Health document (Department of Health, 2004).
Since its creation in 2001, the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has concentrated much of its efforts on facilitating organisational and occupational change to promote patient safety. It is therefore clear that senior healthcare staff need to support and drive the patient safety agenda as an integral part of their work role.
Offering this high-quality course at Masters level meets the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs of the staff involved in delivering the objectives of the Department of Health and its partner organisations, such as the NPSA and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
Why choose this course?
The drivers for enhanced quality and patient safety will continue to grow - practitioners achieving this qualification will be well placed to participate and lead in the developments that are being made and planned within the patient safety arena.
During the course you will:
* Work with organisations at a national level on safer care initiatives
* Experience good links with local organisations that are leaders in the delivery of the patient safety agenda
* Study in one of the first educational organisations in this country to offer this kind of course
Areas of study you may cover on this course include:
* The nature and frequency of patient safety incidents
* Safety culture, risk assessment and root cause analysis
* Risk assessment and solution development
* Human factors and design improvements for safer care
* Implementing patient safety solutions
Contents
Assessment
Due to the nature of this course you will be exposed to a variety of different assessment methods that have been designed specifically to assess skills development and demonstrate the learning outcomes of the individual units. As with the teaching strategy, a range of methods are used.
Educational Aims
Postgraduate Certificate Enhancing Quality through Patient Safety
The aim of this course is to:
* Promote relevant and meaningful learning that reflects the development needs of the student within the emerging patient safety culture
* Enhance participants potential to work effectively within the context of patient safety
* Enhance the quality of healthcare through root cause analysis and risk assessed changes to practice
* Promote analysis of system solutions and the impact of human and design factors on the enhancement of quality in practice
Postgraduate Diploma Enhancing Quality through Patient Safety
The aim of this course is to:
* Promote relevant and meaningful learning that reflects the development needs of the student within the emerging patient safety culture
* Enhance participants potential to work effectively within the context of patient safety
* Enhance the quality of healthcare through root cause analysis and risk assessed changes to practice
* Promote analysis of system solutions and the impact of human and design factors on the enhancement of quality in practice
* Equip practitioners to risk assess and project manage change to enhance the quality and safety of practice
* Foster the development of leadership skills to enhance the quality of practice through patient safety initiatives
MSc Enhancing Quality through Patient Safety
The aim of this course is to:
* Promote relevant and meaningful learning that reflects the development needs of the student within the emerging patient safety culture
* Enhance participants potential to work effectively within the context of patient safety
* Enhance the quality of healthcare through root cause analysis and risk assessed changes to practice
* Promote analysis of system solutions and the impact of human and design factors on the enhancement of quality in practice
* Equip practitioners to risk assess and project manage change to enhance the quality and safety of practice
* Foster the development of leadership skills to enhance the quality of practice through patient safety initiatives
* Enhance participants capacity to independently evaluate research and practice relevant to the field of patient safety, including the ability to synthesize information from a range of sources and the capacity to deal with complexity, contradictions and gaps in the current evidence base
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Standard entry requirements apply for this course.
Special Entry Requirements
Available to all health and social care practitioners from a variety of professional backgrounds. Students should have an honours degree or the equivalent in terms of advanced study, research or professional experience.
An IELTS 6 or equivalent is required for international students.
You do not need to be in clinical practice during the course but will need access to a practice environment in terms of the assessment strategy.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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