📖Program Curriculum
During this course you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of relevant research and scholarly approaches applicable to quality improvement in healthcare and an informed knowledge of how the results of this application may improve service processes and outcomes and develop research ideas policy. This will enable you to drive forward improvements in a number of modern healthcare settings.
You’ll be able to effectively articulate the concepts and the context of your professional work in relation to different elements of quality and critically evaluate the different theoretical and empirical foundations for the different components of improving quality (e.g. Professional Behaviour Change Governance Risk Assessment Quality Improvement Methods and Service User Involvement.) You’ll be taught to apply appropriate methods for advancing thinking and practice within the context of a healthcare quality challenge relevant your organisations priorities and learn how to resolve complex organisational and practice issues. You’ll also develop advanced technical skills in at least one approach to quality improvement (e.g. evidence synthesis and appraisal; performance measurement and feedback; and user engagement).
By the end of the programme you’ll have developed proven skills including:
Understanding the tools to deliver change & measure impact
Testing out the tools in a real world environment
Know how through leadership you can achieve the best improvement outcomes
Becoming the next generation professional leader through your critical thinking skills
Understanding how to develop and deliver your own research
Using evidence and making the persuasive argument
Demonstrating your experience in an evidence based change
Teaching Learning and Assessment
There are a variety of methods employed during this course focusing on-line learning tutorials seminars and group work and lectures. The programme also includes some elements of field study and lab work. There are no unseen exams as the assessment focuses on methods including essays and reports posters presentations and professional portfolios.
Research Thesis
You will need to successfully complete your research dissertation module to be awarded your MSc. The dissertation is the final element of the programme. It provides the opportunity to complete a piece of research or scholarly enquiry related to your chosen pathway facilitating the synthesis of prior knowledge and professional or clinical experience. Focused on a specific topic this detailed independent study could involve a research study undertaken independently with the advice and guidance of an individual supervisor or a critical analysis of research in relation to the theory of your chosen pathway.
Modules for the current academic year
Module listings are for guide purposes only and are subject to change. Find out what our students are currently studying on the Leading Quality Improvement Modules page.
Course content is for guidance purposes only and may be subject to change.
Show less
Show more
