MPH2067

Principles of health care quality improvement

(MED)

Dr J Majoor

6 points + OCDL (with 15 contact hours over 5 days) + Second semester Caulfield General Medical Centre + First semester Malaysia

Synopsis: Historical, political & social factors impacting on quality measurement in health care. Relationship of industrial& health care quality monitoring. Epidemiological & statistical quality measurement principles. Strengths & limitations of current monitoring techniques & the different sources of health care quality data. Principles of clinical indicator programs, adverse event monitoring, satisfaction surveys & benchmarking. Relationship between Evidence Based Medicine, Clinical Practice Guidelines & quality improvement. Design, implementation & evaluation of quality improvement programs in clinical settings.

Assessment: Web-based tasks + Group projects + Written assignments