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Master’s degree
- Length
- 36 credit hours, 12 courses, including an applied project drawn from your own workplace.
- Entry
- A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, and professional experience related to the program.
- Status
- In preparation
- Levels
- Master's
- Credit hours
- 36
- Delivery
- Fully online
- Experience
- Assessed course by course
- Status
- In preparation
Overview
About the program
A master's program for clinical and administrative staff who work on quality, standards or risk in a hospital. You study how harm happens, how quality is measured and how a hospital prepares for an external review.
The Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety program is designed for people who already work in the field. It covers patient safety science, quality measurement and improvement, hospital quality standards, clinical risk management, clinical audit, and ends with leading change in health care.
Like every Madison program, it is built for working adults. Courses you already master through your work are tested and recorded with a grade; the rest you study online, at your own pace, with tasks carried out in your own workplace.
In preparation. This program is not open for enrollment yet. It opens when its curriculum and courses are in place on the learning platform.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- 01Patient safety scienceExplain the core ideas of patient safety science and use them to read real situations at work.
- 02Quality measurement and improvementAnalyse a real problem in quality measurement and improvement and recommend a course of action backed by evidence.
- 03Hospital quality standardsApply the methods of hospital quality standards in your own organization and measure the result.
- 04Clinical risk managementPlan and lead work in clinical risk management, and document your decisions to a professional standard.
- 05Clinical auditEvaluate current practice in clinical audit against recognised standards and propose improvements.
- 06Leading change in health careAdvise colleagues and managers on leading change in health care in clear, well-structured writing.
Curriculum
What you will study
The main areas of the curriculum. Your personal study plan lists the exact courses, their credit hours and those you may claim through assessment.
- 01Patient safety scienceHow harm happens in health care, and the systems that prevent it.Core area
- 02Quality measurement and improvementQuality indicators, data collection and improvement cycles.Core area
- 03Hospital quality standardsInternational hospital standards and how a hospital prepares for external review.Core area
- 04Clinical risk managementIdentifying clinical risks, investigating events and reducing recurrence.Core area
- 05Clinical auditAuditing clinical practice against standards and closing the loop.Core area
- 06Leading change in health carePlanning and leading change in clinical and administrative teams.Core area
Levels
Levels, length and entry
Your experience
How your experience counts
- 01
Send your record
Your CV, certificates and evidence of work are mapped to the courses of this program.
- 02
Sit the course tests
Each course you claim is tested on its own. A pass is recorded on your transcript with its grade.
- 03
Study the rest
The remaining courses become your personal plan, with an expected end date in writing.
Professional titles
The field, by title
Beside the degree, this field is planned as a professional credential, with the title written before it. A title is not a degree. How titles work.
- 01Expert in Healthcare Quality and Patient SafetyFor people who have practiced Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety for years and want their competence assessed and recorded.
- 02Consultant in Healthcare Quality and Patient SafetyFor experienced people who advise organizations on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety.
- 03Trainer in Healthcare Quality and Patient SafetyFor experienced people who teach or coach others in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety at work.
- 04Diploma in Healthcare Quality and Patient SafetyA focused credential in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, based on assessed knowledge and evidence of practice.
In preparation. No title is open yet; the requirements are published when it opens.
Careers
Where this program is used
- Quality manager
- Patient safety officer
- Healthcare standards coordinator
- Clinical risk manager
Roles this program relates to. A degree supports a career; it does not guarantee a position, and each employer sets its own requirements.