COURSE TITLE: HEALTH CARE RISK MANAGEMENT
LEVEL: DIPLOMA
DURATION: 6 MONTHS – REGULAR, 2 MONTH FAST TRACK. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR 1 MONTH INTENSIVE SHORT COURSE FOR MEDICAL EXECUTIVES
What the Course is About:
Most practitioners in health care, including Doctors, Nurses, pharmacists, and other health care practitioners, are usually ignorant about the risks involved in their profession. Some who know little about health risks also usually take it for granted. This is one of the major reasons for the devastating toll of COVID-19 on healthcare practitioners! The medical world lost a huge number of professionals to this dreaded pandemic, not only due to the disastrous and monstrous nature of this dreaded disease but majorly due to the lazy way it was handled, especially by the main constituency, the hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and diagnostic centres, both private and public. They were all guilty of total ignorance of risk management in health care. Some were directly affected, while others also transferred it to their patients. Indeed COVID exposed what had been silently having negative impacts on healthcare practice for a very long time, with huge losses continually suffered, both material and human. This has had huge effects on the government spending on health care, private spending, and budgets of corporations and institutions; all impacted negatively because of this same hydra-headed monster, inability to manage risks associated with health care and medical practice.
This course is designed to teach students about healthcare risk management. It will cover the principles of healthcare risk management, including effective ways to identify, mitigate, and measure the impact of potential healthcare risks.
Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the principles of healthcare risk management
- Identify potential healthcare risks
- Develop effective strategies for mitigating healthcare risks
- Measure the impact of potential healthcare risks
Course Outlines: The course will cover the following topics:
- Background to health care risk management
- Principles of health care risk management
- Framework for Health Care Risk Management
- Identifying potential healthcare risks
- Developing effective strategies for mitigating healthcare risks
- Measuring the impact of potential healthcare risks
- CASE STUDIES & LEARNING POINTS
Course Benefits: This course will give students a comprehensive understanding of healthcare risk management. It will equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify potential risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.
Target Audience: This course is designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career in healthcare risk management or who currently work in this field and want to enhance their knowledge and skills. These include:
- Medical Doctors
- Nurses at all levels
- Midwives
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacologists
- Students undergoing medical-related training
- All medical practitioners
- Drug manufacturers
- Medical researchers etc
