Objectives | Health Quality Programs

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The objectives of the PhDHQ are:

prepare health quality professionals for leadership roles in practice, education and research
provide learners with skills to apply theoretical and practical knowledge of health quality, risk and safety to enhance safer healthcare for Canadians
integrate theoretical and practical opportunities for learners to ensure graduates have acquired applied skills in health quality, risk and safety
ensure learners can articulate policy and legislative responsibilities and accountabilities for safer healthcare for Canadians
support learners to apply for grants and awards to support research in health quality, risk and safety

The program learning outcomes are that graduates will be able to:

adopt and adapt conventional models of safety, risk and quality from multiple disciplines through critical reflection and analysis to answer health quality improvement problems
advance knowledge of sociopolitical and organizational contexts about health quality education, research and application in practice
critically appraise the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical foundations of the discipline of improvement science
engage in all aspects of research including the philosophical stance, to methodology, methods, implementation, data collection, analysis, results and knowledge translation
create media to publicize and disseminate quality improvement projects and research.
design and justify the current state of improvement science from a theoretical perspective