Courses & Units

Communicating Safety and Quality in Healthcare BAA545

Introduction

The organisational resilience and communication fields of knowledge provide frameworks to review clinical governance arrangements. Additionally, quality improvement theory, techniques and approaches are addressed to equip professionals with the practical skills to enhance safe, high-quality care. This knowledge is used to investigate how to achieve effective performance and monitoring systems.

To operationalise these requirements, this unit investigates the application of the NSQHSS Communicating for Safety and Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Blood Safety Management Standards. Their necessity and integration with other standards in the NSQHSS are also reviewed.

Summary

Unit name	Communicating Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Unit code	BAA545
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Australian Institute of Health Service Management
Coordinator	Doctor Sheree Lloyd
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Online	Semester 1		Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Online	Semester 2		Off-Campus	International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	20/2/2023	21/3/2023	10/4/2023	28/5/2023
Semester 2	10/7/2023	8/8/2023	28/8/2023	15/10/2023

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2023 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2023 will be available from the 1st October 2022. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Apply legal and ethical frameworks, policies and procedures to clinical safety and quality
Evaluate, plan, and initiate effective clinical safety, quality and accountability
Critically review the key principles of clinical accountability within the healthcare context

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
069999	$1,037.00	$1,037.00	not applicable	$2,522.00

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Requisites

Concurrent Prerequisites

BAA543

Teaching

Assessment	ePoster (20%)\|Case Study (40%)\|Critical reflection (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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