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CLM-40164 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 04 March 2025

CLM-40164 - Quality Improvement in Healthcare Settings
Coordinator: Suhad Daher-Nashif
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will provide students with the opportunity to evaluate healthcare policy, the role of healthcare regulators in the UK and in other countries. Students will explore competencies that enhance the culture of safety within organisations, governance and improvement methodologies that improve patient safety, patient experience and outcomes. The module takes a blended learning approach to meet the needs of students in professional roles and encourages collaborative practice.

Aims
To gain a comprehensive understanding of healthcare policy and quality measures including risk avoidance, governance and improvement methodologies that enhance patient and population well-being.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically evaluate existing health care quality policy, quality measures and assessment that influence healthcare delivery;: 1
critically analyse innovation in quality care improvement methodologies that enhance patient safety, patient experience and outcomes;: 1
critically discuss the importance of quality systems in the maintenance of healthcare outcomes.: 1

Study hours

26 - Online study (with online teacher presence)
60 - Reading and private study
64 - Assessment preparation and writing

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 100%
2,500 word report


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 March 2025