Developing Quality Management and Safety Culture (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to critically evaluate, develop and lead the current safety culture in clinical radiography according to the current health policy.

Content

- Ethical and cost-effective clinical radiography
- Quality management models and theories in clinical radiography
- Concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography
- Most general evaluation methods in clinical radiography

Prerequisites

Bachelor of Health Care (Radiography and Radiotherapy) or other applicable Finnish higher education degree (Bachelor's or Master's degree at a university or UAS) combined with a previously acquired vocational college diploma in radiography. Alternatively, an overseas higher education degree that corresponds to the previously listed Finnish degrees, combined with valid professional practice rights in Finland, or a directive certificate.

Teaching methods

Syncronous and asyncronous elearning

Location and time

Teaching sessions in Zoom application

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24.8.2021 at 16-17.30 Introduction to the course and task

7.9.2021 at 16-17.00 Documenting topic selections and tutoring

5.10.2021 at 16-17.00 Tutoring - special focus on data search and methods

26.10.2021 at 16.00-17.00 Tutoring - finalizing the paper (Returning the task latest 8.11.2021)

16.11.2021 at 15-18.00 Final seminar where ready made projects are presented

Learning materials and recommended literature

Spath P. 2009. Introduction to Health Care Quality Management. Health Administration Press Chicago

Vincent C, Amalberti R. 2016. Safer Healthcare. Strategies for the real world. Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London.

Kruskal JB, Eisenberg R, Sosna J, Sham Yam C, Kruskal JD, Boiselle PM. 2011. Quality Improvement in Radiology: Basic Principles and Tools Required to Achieve Success.RadioGraphics 31:(6):1499-1509.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Possibility to afterwards watch oline sessions and present the task as recorded presentation in case sycronous participation is impossible

Internship and working life connections

Course task can be performed in the students' own work organization

Exam dates and retake possibilities

No exam

International connections

Learning materials and task outcomes are/will be presented in English

Student workload

5 ECTS corresponds 135h student work

Further information for students

Suitable for students having degree in radiography (either diagnostic radiography, radiotherapy, NM or combined)

Assessment methods and criteria

Presence during online sessions
Task to be evaluated

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Common assessment criteria are applied; see the curriculum appendix. For the advanced studies in radiography, the assessment criteria are determined jointly by the consortium (see Further information).

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Common assessment criteria are applied; see the curriculum appendix. For the advanced studies in radiography, the assessment criteria are determined jointly by the consortium (see Further information).

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Common assessment criteria are applied; see the curriculum appendix. For the advanced studies in radiography, the assessment criteria are determined jointly by the consortium (see Further information).

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Common assessment criteria are applied; see the curriculum appendix. For the advanced studies in radiography, the assessment criteria are determined jointly by the consortium (see Further information).