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University of Bath - Quality Improvement in Healthcare: the Case for Change 

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Overview

Duration

6 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

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Highlights

  • Duration 6 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
  • Accreditation Available
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Skills you will learn
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  • Learn why quality improvement in health and social care systems is so challenging in this CDP-certified, 6-week course from the University of Bath.
  • Health and social care systems are inherently complex, with many interconnected activities and processes. As such, they can be difficult to measure, analyse, change and improve.
  • In this course, you will begin to understand new and better ways we can tackle these issues in healthcare and improve the quality of essential services.
  • The course will begin with a discussion about the complexity of quality improvement within health and social care, helping you learn about individual responsibility and the importance of reliability.
  • You'll discover quality improvement theories such as the Model for Improvement and an introduction to LEAN, where you'll explore process mapping and microsystems within healthcare.
  • Learn to put patients at the heart of quality improvement and evaluate the ways we can measure quality improvement. You'll think about the role of leadership and the characteristics of an improving system.
  • In the final few weeks, you'll discover systems modelling and think about modelling demand and capacity. To facilitate your learning, you'll get the chance to explore a computer simulation for improvement, set in a hospital pharmacy.
  • To finish, you'll discuss mobilizing system leadership and the way that collective leadership ensures that professionals learn from each other. You'll also tackle sustainability improvements in organizations.
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Curriculum

Introduction to complexity and quality improvement in health and social care

Welcome to Quality Improvement in Healthcare

What is Quality Improvement?

Quality Improvement and Complex Systems

Getting started with Quality Improvement

Quality Improvement Theory

The Model for Improvement

Introduction to LEAN

Introduction to Microsystems

Engagement and Co-production

Putting patients at the heart of quality improvement

Leadership for quality improvement

Characteristics of an improving system

Evaluating Quality Improvement

The Lens of Profound Knowledge

Measuring for Improvement

Measurement Strategy

Systems Modelling in Quality Improvement

What is systems modelling and how can it help?

Modelling demand and capacity

Computer simulation for improvement

Making the case for Quality Improvement

Mobilising system leadership

Sustainability

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