Duration

1 year

Starting Date

January, May, September

Tuition Fee

CAD 7,692 per year

Location

Kitchener – Doon, Milton – Steeles Ave.

About the program

In the Health Care Quality Improvement and Safety Management course from Conestoga College you will learn to apply project management and lean methodologies to effectively lead the planning, implementation, management, and evaluation of quality improvement projects within clinical and operational programs. By joining a growing field of quality improvement and safety management, you will become an important member of the healthcare team supporting continuous improvement culture and directly contributing to enhancing quality care and patient safety.

Careers 

This program will be a complementary dual-offer program to Health Care Administration Management (#1506). This program will also be attractive to students pursuing allied health, nursing, or PSW credentials to gain a skillset in administration and management in a long term care setting. Graduates may also choose to complement their studies with an additional graduate certificate or may choose to pursue a relevant Master’s degree in alignment with their previous educational background.

Courses Included

  • Project Management
  • Collaborative Practice for Health Care Quality
  • Quality Improvement in Health Care
  • Applications of Lean in Quality Improvement and Safety Management
  • Human Factors in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Management
  • Incident Review Methods for Quality Improvement
  • Health Care Operations

Interested? Get started today!