| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 8 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Students will be able to discuss the difference between quality assurance systems, continuous quality improvement and total quality management
2) Students will be able to discuss performance evaluation methods aiming infrastructure, process and outcome improvement of the health services.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The aim of this course is to teach the scientific methods and continuous quality improvement principles in the determination of population and patients' needs and create resolution suggestions |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction to Healthcare Quality | | 2nd Week | The Purpose and Philosophy of Quality Management | | 3rd Week | Tools for Quality Improvement | | 4th Week | Methods for Quality Improvement | | 5th Week | Organization Design and Management | | 6th Week | Quality in Healthcare Organizations | | 7th Week | Patient Safety and Medical Errors | | 8th Week | Statistics in Quality | | 9th Week | information systems in Healthcare | | 10th Week | Dashboards and Scorecards | | 11th Week | External Quality Improvement: Accreditation, Quality Improvement Education, and Certification | | 12th Week | Economics and Finance in Medical Quality Management | | 13th Week | Interfaces Between Quality Improvement, Law, and Medical Ethics | | 14th Week | Past, Present & Future of Healthcare Quality |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Varkey P. Medıcal qualıty management theory and practice. Jones and bartlett publishers, llc, and american college of medical quality, 2010 |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 30 | | Assignment | 4 | 40 | | Total(%) | | 70 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 70 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 30 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 8 | 112 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 47 | 47 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Total Workload | | | 246 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 8,2 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 8 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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