Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
Unit description
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.
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.