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2020 unit offering information will be available in September 2019
Unit aim
Builds upon previous knowledge and skills to enable students to acquire an applied perspective on research and the principles of quality management and patient safety.
Unit content
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Introduction to quality management
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Quality assurance models in health care
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Strategies to improve health care
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Integrating patient preferences in planning quality care
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Utilising research to promote patient safety
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Utilising research to identify health care issues
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Incident reporting and analysis
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Patient safety and sentinel events
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Evidence-based practice and quality health outcomes
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Evidence-based practice and systematic reviews
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | analyse contemporary models of quality assurances and how they promote quality health care | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | | | | |
| 2 | analyse strategies, including research used, to identify and address patient safety risks | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 3 | evaluate evidence-based interventions in promoting quality patient care | Intellectual rigour | | | | Lifelong learning | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- analyse contemporary models of quality assurances and how they promote quality health care
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- analyse strategies, including research used, to identify and address patient safety risks
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
- evaluate evidence-based interventions in promoting quality patient care
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.