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APPLIED QUALITY & SAFETY IN HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES

PHE4CQM

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, you will develop an understanding of the past, present and future directions for quality and safety in clinical and non-clinical services within health and community services. Historically the notion of quality and 'patient' safety has been viewed as actions that minimize patient's exposure to unnecessary risk while in the healthcare environment (usually a hospital). The delivery of safe, high quality care is essential within and between health and community service organisations and this subject promotes an understanding of the necessary principles and practices. Throughout the subject, there is an emphasis on individual and organisational skill development.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Sandra Leggat

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: PHE4HCQ OR PHE5HCQ

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: Offered subject to sufficient enrolments

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Readings available for download from the LMS

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: College of SHE

Year: N/A

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: College of SHE

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Defend the relationship among strategy, quality, safety, risk, human resource management and operations for a health care organisation.
02. Critique the development of quality and safety in Australian and international health care organisations.
03. Evaluate your organisation's ability to achieve the Australian National Safety and Quality Standards or analyse the implications and improvements required of a recent accreditation result.
04. Review the suite of safety and quality indicators and data regularly reported to your organisation's governing entity and senior management team and judge whether they are relevant, comprehensive and used appropriately, recommending areas for improvement.
05. Synthesise the evidence for consumer/patient involvement in quality and safety.
06. Argue a plan for increasing consumer/patient partnership for enhancing quality and safety.

City Campus, 2020, Summer 2 , Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Sandra Leggat

Class requirements

Block ModeWeek: 5 - 7
Four 6.00 hours block mode every three weeks on any day including weekend during the day from week 5 to week 7 and delivered via blended.
Classes to be held on Friday 31/01 & 14/02 and Saturday 01/02 & 15/02 from 9.30am to 4.30pm

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Assignment 2 - Group presentation 10 minutes per student - 4 to 8 students (1,000-words equivalent)30% for the group presentation

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO2, SILO3, SILO5, SILO6

Assignment 3 - One individual essay (3,500-words)

N/AN/AN/ANo55SILO1, SILO4, SILO5

Assignment 1 - Three power point slides outlining findings from independent research(500-words)15% for the individual slides for each student

N/AN/AN/ANo15SILO2, SILO3, SILO5, SILO6