HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING, EVALUATION, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

NURSING 785

Develop an understanding of higher education curriculum rooted in the healthcare professions. Undergraduate and graduate level program structures are examined, including traditional and innovative designs. Processes of curriculum development, including needs assessment, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes assessment that provide the foundation for course scope and content inclusion. Guiding conceptual frameworks and underlying philosophical, political, and professional issues that impact curriculum development and change are examined. Current issues relevant to curriculum.

PUBLHLTH 786

Gain knowledge about theory, concepts, and methods of program planning and evaluation in the context of health care and community health organizations. Covers content and case studies on planning, designing, and implementing health services and quality improvement projects. Basic principles of tools for budget development and resource management related to grants or projects are included. Class projects provide the opportunity to collaborate in the creation of program plans, logic models, and grant proposals.

NURSING 715

Evaluate and appraise health informatics and information technology in order to develop integrative approaches to the design, implementation and evaluation of health informatics solutions and problems. Application of standards, document architecture, decision support systems and heuristic rules and system life-cycle are key areas of focus. People and organization issues for system implementation and evaluation are applied to real data issues to examine privacy, data protection, and institutional responsibilities.

PHMPRAC 628

Application of foundational knowledge of project management to hands-on experiences planning positive change within the health care system. Students will learn to think strategically, to critically assess a problem, identify solutions, and implement change. Students will integrate concepts in their practice area of interest with the project management skills learned in this course.

NURSING 714

Focuses on health innovation and leadership, integrating systems thinking and relevant theories to advance innovation and achieve sustainable change in contemporary health settings. Leaders apply and synthesize theories of leadership, innovation, informatics, and business concepts to complex healthcare issues to improve outcomes. Utilizes current and emerging issues, theories, and case studies to explore attributes of innovative leaders, emerging models of care, innovation models, design and adoption, mergers and affiliations in healthcare, and entrepreneurship.