Communicating Safety and Quality in Healthcare unit (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 National Safety and Quality in Health Service (NSQHS) Communicating for Safety and Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Blood Safety Management Standards. Their necessity and integration with other standards in the NSQHS are also reviewed.

Summary

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

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

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 communicating for safety for clinical accountability within the healthcare context

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

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.

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