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University of Tennessee Health Science Center

United States of America , Memphis

Key Facts

Program Level

Graduate Certificate

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Application Fee

USD 75

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesJuly-2023

Apply to this program

Go to the official application for the university

Duration 1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

USD 16,542 / year

Next Intake July-2023

Healthcare Quality Improvement

About

As healthcare continues to evolve, more and more of the healthcare workforce will be involved in quality improvement. You can advance your career and prepare to be an effective leader in improving healthcare quality and outcomes through the innovative hybrid Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement from the Institute for Health Outcomes and Policy (IHOP).

This 12-credit certificate program prepares professionals in healthcare to implement quality improvement initiatives and to manage populations of patients to optimize efficiency and effectiveness of care and services. Participants learn to use the techniques of statistical process control, selected tools from operations research and quality improvement, information management technology, and qualitative decision-making applications to ultimately improve clinical health outcomes for patients and communities.

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement meets the growing need for healthcare quality and outcomes and population health specialists who can grow and sustain a culture of continuous improvement. Graduates will be prepared for positions within health care organizations or policy agencies requiring skills in quality and health outcome improvement and population health, and be able to:

Develop, implement, and evaluate healthcare quality and outcomes improvement initiatives
Translate national quality standards into daily operations
Apply processes and tools to measure, analyze, and interpret quality improvement data
Understand information technology systems to support quality improvement

The hybrid format, with mostly online courses and some face-to-face courses with video-conferencing capabilities, allows healthcare professionals to advance their education while working full-time, and also provides students with a rigorous curriculum and access to the resources and experts at IHOP. The program requires at least two terms for completion due to staggered Spring/Fall course offerings.

A successful applicant would be a research-oriented individual, with a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Upon completion of the degree program, a student will be able to:

Implement quality improvement initiatives in healthcare
Apply knowledge, critical thinking, and analysis to manage populations of patients to optimize efficiency and effectiveness of care and services
Translate national quality standards into daily operations
Use the techniques of statistical process control and selected tools from operations research and quality improvement to analyze healthcare delivery
Demonstrate information management technology, and qualitative decision-making applications to improve clinical health outcomes for patients and communities

Disciplines

College of Graduate Health Sciences

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Each college is responsible for developing program-specific, admission requirements, including prerequisite course and other requirements. It is the responsibility of the Office of Admissions to administer the admission requirements developed by individual UTHSC colleges and programs. General admission requirements for all UTHSC colleges include:

Previously earned grades of "D" or below in prerequisite courses are not accepted as fulfilling admission standards.
One or two-semester hour courses in physical education, seminar, music, military science, remedial and developmental, research, and non-theory courses are not counted toward total credit hours earned and are not used in computing the overall, UTHSC Common Grade Point Average (CGPA).
All required prerequisite courses in science must include a lab concurrent with the science courses to fulfill the course requirement.
Correspondence coursework must be approved by appropriate college administrators and the UTHSC Director of Admissions to before inclusion.
Advanced Placement credit, CLEP, or other non-traditional credit in required science prerequisite courses awarded by the applicant's regionally-accredited college may be honored for fulfilling prerequisite course requirements provided that the applicant has successfully completed an equal number of semester hours in the same discipline in a traditional classroom setting.

Note: Some UTHSC colleges and programs do not accept CLEP credit in required science prerequisite coursework. Coursework credit awarded via General CLEP tests is not accepted by the UTHSC. One credit unit in high school or six semester hours of college-level credit in American history must be completed prior to the beginning of the second term of a student's baccalaureate program at UTHSC.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

USD 16,542

Application Fee

USD 75

How to Apply

1. Explore our degrees and programs

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2. Chose the program that's right for you

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3. Ready to apply? Apply Online!

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4. Decide and Accept

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5. Transition to UTHSC

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