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Quality Management in Health Care

Location
India
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Shiv Gupta
Contact Name
Rebecca Scott
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Teaches students the basic concepts of quality in health care, and also equips them with approaches and skills to implement sustainable quality assurance programs in the health system. Introduces students to various quality improvement approaches (QC, QA, CQI, TQM), role of standards and norms, use of quality improvement tools, methods of quality assessment, and approaches to operationalize and implement quality assurance programs. Explains the concepts of organization for quality improvement, including Quality Teams (QT) and Quality Control Circles (QCC).
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain the importance of quality in improving effectiveness and efficiency of health services
  2. Define quality and describe its attributes/dimensions
  3. Explain relationship between patient satisfaction and utilization of services
  4. Describe approaches of quality Improvement, QC, QA, CQI, and TQM
  5. Discuss quality standards and monitoring indicators
  6. Assess quality of services using quality improvement tools
  7. Undertake problem identification, analysis, operationalization and implementation of quality improvement
  8. Describe medical audit and accreditation
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 50% Assignments
  • 25% Midterm
  • 25% Final Exam
Enrollment Restriction
Only students enrolled in the MPH program with IIHMR, Jaipur are permitted in this section
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

This section is offered in Jaipur, India