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FMHU5007: Safety and Quality in Healthcare
2025 unit information
This unit of study pursues a critical analysis of errors in healthcare, starting with the theoretical constructs and practical applications underpinning professional standards, regulation, clinical governance and accreditation in health care organisations. Many factors influence a culture of safety and quality in the clinical environment across domains of organisational safety, teamwork, management accountability and consumer involvement. These factors and how they can impact patient care and quality improvement initiatives will be examined in this unit of study utilising a better practice (quality/continuity of care/health outcomes/governance) framework.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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Clinical experience as a registered health professional and/or employment for in a health service management role or health policy role. |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. LO1. Demonstrate an understanding of the background and established theoretical frameworks of quality and safety in health care, from Australian and international perspectives, including legal and professional regulation.
- LO2. LO2. Explore, describe and synthesise the nature of health care error including the role of human factors, cultures, communication and leadership in healthcare.
- LO3. LO3. Demonstrate knowledge, analysis and critical thinking about the concepts of clinical governance, methods of error detection and investigation.
- LO4. LO4. Demonstrate understanding and assessment of strategies to prevent future adverse events including research translation, learning from error, learning from excellence and clinical practice improvement methodology
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