Certificate in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (CHQPS)

Introduction

Healthcare services today are scrutinized, measured, evaluated and publicized as never before. An increasingly educated public expects to receive nothing less than excellent care and services and it must be the mission of every healthcare organization to deliver that excellence. Quality improvement is the process of continually evaluating existing processes of care and developing new standards of practice and therefore has to be a core competency for every healthcare professional. NUMS CHQPS – six months certificate course has been designed to enhance the competency of healthcare professionals to equip them with the concepts, tools, and skills needed to provide quality care and mitigating preventable harms in healthcare settings. This course will enhance your career and facilitate the quality transformation in your hospital or healthcare organization.

Target Audience

CEOs, Quality Directors, Medical and Nursing Directors, Quality Managers, Quality Officers and Coordinators, Accreditation Officers, Senior nurses, Risk Managers, Case Managers, Healthcare Administrators and Managers, Health care professionals who are interested in pursuing career in quality.

Eligibility Criteria
  1. MBBS / BDS
  2. PharmD / BPharm
  3. BS Nursing 4 year’s program
  4. BS Allied & Social Health Sciences
  5. BS Total Quality Management

 

Commencement of Session

Tentative Schedule for commencement of session are as follows:

Session

Tentative Date

Admissions start

August, 2024

Merit List

September, 2024

Commencement of session

Fall, 2024

 

Description of Course & Scheme of Studies

NUMS CHQPS is a 6-months online program comprising of 1 regular semester of Two Quarters/Terms and a mandatory face to face contact session: which consists of: group activities, hands on training on CQI tools, QI proposal writing and field/Hospital visits.

Duration

6 months

Term I

Face to Face Contact Session

5 Days (Mon – Friday)

Module 01: Introduction to Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety – Theories & Tools

Module 02: Healthcare Quality measurement, Data Management and Analysis

Term II

Module 03: Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS)

Module 04: Leadership and Change Management for Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety

Terminal Exit Exam

NUMS Tuition Fee Structure

Tuition Fee

Rs 53,000 excluding

Rs 3,000 Application fee

Application Process

Applicants are required to submit a soft application (mentioning name of the certification) along with a copy of documents (as per advertisement) to Admission office.

Course Queries

For any details regarding the course, email at: [email protected]

Contact No: 0346 - 5042203

                      051 - 5170450

Institutes offering this course

National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) – Department of Public Health