Credit bearing module Improving the Quality of Healthcare
Explore improving the quality of healthcare and develop knowledge to inform your understanding and professional practice.
Key facts
- Level
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Academic level
- 6
- Academic credits
- 15
- School
- School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health
- Application deadline
- 1 September (for a September start)
Ideally, we would like to receive the applications before the above deadlines but we can be flexible with the closing dates for accepting the applications.
About this course
This practice-focused orientation in Improving the Quality of Healthcare will enable healthcare professionals to critically explore the conceptual foundations of quality and governance in the context of their own working environment.
You will gain an understanding of the broader theoretical concepts of quality and clinical governance initiative. It challenges accepted notions of measuring quality and performance in complex situations and explores how practitioners can develop more appropriate and effective frameworks.
You will be introduced to the complexity of change management and the dilemmas in achieving organisational change through clinical governance. You'll be encouraged to critically analyse your own practice/organisation's approach to managing quality improvement within the clinical governance agenda.
You will be assessed 100% through coursework. This module will take 150 hours of study over 12 weeks and it can also be taken as part of a programme of study.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
You must normally be from a healthcare background and have support from a manager to undertake this module of study.
Fees and funding
Fees
| Fee types | 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Home distance learning | £1,000 per single module, where taken as part of an award-bearing course the module fee is £1,260 |
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
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How to apply
Apply through our Moodle Portal.
If you wish to take this as a standalone module then you can apply to be a postgraduate associate student using our online application portal. You will need to register for the portal prior to proceeding with an application.
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