PSL 401 – Patient Safety and Quality Care Improvement
Note: If you are a regularly admitted UIC student and wish to enroll in this course, you must enroll in the campus section of the course by using Student Self-Service.
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PSL 401 – Patient Safety and Quality Care Improvement
College/Department: College of Medicine
Dates: 08/24/2020 – 10/16/2020
Credits: 4 graduate semester credit hours
Tuition/Fees: Extramural online students will be assessed the campus e-Tuition rate. The current graduate e-Tuition rate is $793 per credit hour. There is an additional library and IT assessment of $20 per credit hour.
Description: Introduces students to relevant theory, content, tools and methods in the field of patient safety. Focuses on the historical concepts, demographic trends, and current issues of patient safety and quality care. Faculty will engage students through selected readings, presentations, interactive exercises and discussions. Students will explore techniques and best practice in improvement science, define quality and select/develop meaningful metrics to reflect organizational quality. Students will be introduced to the magnitude of the patient safety problem through facilitated discussions and demonstration of learning assignments and begin their exploration into the patient safety and quality care arena.
Prerequisites: Course offered to Graduate ONLY.
Must be preapproved to register for a PSL course. For more information, please contact the PSL Admissions Team at (866) 772-2268, option 1, or onlineinfo@uic.edu
For information about the College of Medicine’s online programs in Patient Safety Leadership (PSL), please visit the PSL Web site.
Textbook: For textbook information, please e-mail the instructor at llee38@uic.edu.
Audit Option: No
Instructor(s): Laura Lee
Location: This class meets online.
Schedule: This class meets online.
Enrollment Deadline: Two weeks prior to the first class