Healthcare Systems, Safety and Quality
PostgraduateTAS-BAA7562025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 16 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Price from
- $2,780
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Healthcare Systems, Safety and Quality
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Appraise the complexity of safety and quality within the Australian healthcare system.
- Develop an appreciation of accountability and transparency requirements.
- Evaluate healthcare organisations' governance systems.
- Investigate opportunities and challenges for patient and community participation in healthcare.
- Critique trends and lessons from healthcare and other industries internationally.
- Module 1: Learning from history: setting the foundation for the delivery of safe, high-quality healthcare
- Module 2: The essential requirements: governance systems, accountability and transparency
- Module 3: The role of risk management and policy and procedure documents in health systems, safety and quality
- Module 4: Patient and community participation in safe and high-quality healthcare
The purpose of this subject is two-fold. First, to examine the structural arrangements of the organisation of healthcare in Australia. Students will develop an understanding of federal-state relations, and the organisation of acute, primary and aged care services. The challenges for accountability and transparency in the system will be explored. Second, the manifestation of quality and safety in healthcare organisations will be studied. Students will investigate governance, safety, quality, and risk management requirements and systems. Through examining the organisation of care within and across the healthcare system, the interrelationships between organisational and clinical aspects of care will be identified. Topics addressed will include the regulation of healthcare, the role of policy and procedures, patient-centred care approaches, and, future challenges for safety and quality including mental health, Aboriginal health, aged care and integrated care. Students will have opportunities to hear from experts across Australia and participate in industry case studies and analysis.
- Report (40%)
- Infographic (30%)
- Critical Argument (Essay) (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Software requirements - At UTAS, we use Turnitin and Grademark software to provide feedback on the assessments. Please visit the “useful resources for assessment” section on MyLO for more details on the use of software in this subject. EndNote reference manager program is required for managing references in this subject. This can be downloaded from the UTAS library: https://utas.libguides.com/endnote
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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