SKY642 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE | SKY642 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | To make the students know the meaning of quality in healthcare, how to measure and improve quality. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Quality management approaches that can be used in hospitals, quality measurement approaches, quality improvement models, quality improvement tools, clinical guidelines, patient safety: basic concepts, external evaluation. | |||||
| References | 1. Ransom SB, Joshi MS, Nash DB. (eds) The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy, and Tools. AUPHA/HAP, USA, 2005. 2. Lighter DE, Fair DC. Principles and Methods of Quality Management in Health Care. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Maryland, 2000. 3. Curtis P. McLaughlin and Arnold D. Kaluzny. Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Maryland, 1999. 4. Donald M. Berwick, A. Blanton Godfrey, and Jane Roessner. Curing Health Care. Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1990. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Basic concepts of quality in health care |
| Week 2 | History of quality improvement in health care |
| Week 3 | Continuous quality improvement/total quality management in health care |
| Week 4 | Data collection |
| Week 5 | Quality improvement tools |
| Week 6 | Measuring and improving patient experiences of care |
| Week 7 | Quality indicators in health care |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Leadership for quality |
| Week 10 | Quality improvement models |
| Week 11 | Strategic quality management |
| Week 12 | External evaluation |
| Week 13 | Clinical guidelines |
| Week 14 | Quality improvement attempts in health care in Turkey |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 106 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 2. To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially | X | ||||
| 4. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 5. Critical andinnovativethinking in problems faced during health management process, having the ability to use scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 6. Following the changes in the field of health care management and have the ability to provide specific solutions related health care system of the country | X | ||||
| 7. Acting in accordance with the ethical principles of scientific research, publication and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest