Quality and Patient Safety Improvement
Entry requirements
2.2 in related subject.
Months of entry
September
Course content
This unique degree programme develops your expertise in patient safety, human factors and quality improvement and how this applies to practice.
You will benefit from a strong practical element, as each module offers a mix of classroom-based teaching and access to a comprehensive suite of online learning resources, designed by our award-winning e-learning group.
Our programme is designed by interdisciplinary collaboration, involving leading academics in health science, business and human factors, with key input from collaborative partners including:
- NHS partners
- Centre for Health Innovation Leadership and Learning
- Human Factors Research Group (HFRG)
- Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre (Information and Insight Service)
Course content is delivered from nationally-recognised experts drawn from patient safety, improvement science and human factors. Our Advisory Board also includes national and international experts whose role is to highlight emerging developments in these fields.
This course aims to deliver safety in the delivery of healthcare, via:
- Broadening and deepening knowledge and skills in quality and patient safety improvement, including human factors and organisational systems
- The application of tools and techniques to explore practice-based problems
- Translating scientific and academic principles to practice
- Implementing sustainable solutions for improvement in the quality of patient care
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- part timeupto 48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Enquiries
- Phone
- +44(0) 115 951 5151