Programmes by Topic

GMS5701 

Quality and Improvement Science 

Students will be introduced to a framework for managing quality in healthcare, and a structured approach to achieving significant improvement in systems performance in healthcare quality. Essential concepts and techniques in value-driven care will also be introduced. Students will learn to integrate evidence-based practice with data-driven improvement to drive improvement in both clinical quality outcomes and cost of healthcare for patients. There will be assignments including a quality improvement project writeup. 

GMS5702 

Patient Experience & Engagement 

This course introduces health care professionals to the principles of patients for patient safety. Students will be introduced to concepts in culture of ownership in engaging patients for patient safety, patient advocacy and engagement, the advocacy roles and scope of involvement in healthcare improvement and patient safety. There will be assignments including a patient advocacy/engagement or inter-professional partnerships for patient safety project writeup. 

GMS5703 

Clinical Governance and Risk Management 

Students are introduced to the principles of clinical governance and Enterprise Risk Management to improve quality and safety in care delivery. The course covers leadership accountability; clinical strategy; professional practice development and standards; accreditation and quality assurance versus improvement and setting zero harm goals.

Students will learn and understand the underlying fundamental system issues and the concepts of managing medical errors, adverse events, and harm; reactive versus proactive risk management; optimization of clinical care, accountability for the quality of care, assessment, and monitoring of clinical activities. There will be assignments including a risk management project writeup. 

GMS5704 

Patient Safety Science & Leadership for High Reliability in Healthcare 

This is for local and institutional patient-safety (PS) leaders, which blends safety science and psychology in high-reliability systems and focuses on applicability, feasibility and use of evidence to enhance patient-care. It explains PS and quality ecosystem and relationship with its constituent cultures. Students learn about stakeholder’s engagement, how to formulate strategies in driving shared-commitment in building PS culture and achieving goals of PS and healthcare improvement.. Students examine role of informatics in healthcare improvement and adopt value-driven approach to optimise patient-care cost.