Undergraduate Certificate - Quality and Patient Safety
The Quality and Patient Safety certificate is designed to prepare health professionals to lead organizational efforts to improve and monitor quality metrics, improve safety for both patients and staff, and drive change in the changing healthcare environment. Students will recognize the importance of team processes to both quality and safety efforts, learn to apply quality improvement tools, utilize data to drive improvement, connect patient safety practices and processes, and uses change management practice to guide improvement efforts. Virtuous business practices will be utilized to guide quality and patient safety practices.
Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Recognize the role of team processes in quality and patient safety.
- Apply effective quality improvement tools to identified areas of need within healthcare organizations.
- Analyze available data to drive change within healthcare organizations.
- Relate practices and processes that may be used to improve safety in the healthcare environment.
- Illustrate the use of change management practices to guide improvement in healthcare organizations.
- Apply virtuous business practices to quality and patient safety practices in healthcare.
Admissions Requirements
- Accepted as a regular degree seeking student or as an unclassified student.
- Unclassified student requires proof of high school graduation or GED certification.
Transfer credit for certification requirements within the DeVoe School of Business, Technology, & Leadership, College of Adult and Professional Studies, may be granted as follows:
- Credit documented on an original transcript awarded by a college or university that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) with a minimum grade of "C."
- Credit documented on a JST or CCAF transcript for training received in any MOS, NEC system, AFSC, and Coast Guard Ratings.
- Up to 6 credit hours from a previously-awarded associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree may be applied to fulfill the requirements of an undergraduate certificate.
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of 12 credit hours.
- Minimum grade of “C” in each course.
- Payment of all tuition and fees is required to receive certificate.
Undergraduate Certificate - Quality and Patient Safety - Program of Study
Required Courses
Courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
| HCA-435 | Leading Groups and Teams in Healthcare | 3 |
| STA-320 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| HCA-445 | Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare | 3 |
| HCA-440 | Quality and Performance Management in Healthcare | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
