NS5331 - Effective Clinical Governance
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
The student will explore the development of clinical governance and apply principles of this framework to contemporary issues in the student's own healthcare workplace. The goal of any healthcare governance framework is to enhance client care through transparent and high quality individual and organisational behaviour. As a participant in a healthcare organisation, the subject provides students with the opportunity to design and develop a plan of action for a project that will be used to improve client care.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and apply the general principles of governance and professional responsibility relevant to the healthcare managers role;
- Critically analyse implications of change, complexity, and ambiguity in the healthcare context;
- Define and apply clinical governance principles to achieve high standards of quality and safety in healthcare;
- Describe the relationship between principles of governance and legislature.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | NS5230 |
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| External, Study Period 82 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
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| Method of Delivery: | Online - JCU |
| Assessment: | reflective paper (30%); poster (20%); negotiated project - improving client care (50%). |
| External, Study Period 86 | |
| Census Date 08-Nov-2018 | |
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| Method of Delivery: | Online - JCU |
| Assessment: | reflective paper (30%); poster (20%); negotiated project - improving client care (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | The assessments are authentic tasks that demonstrate the learner's understanding of the fundamentals of clinical governance in a variety of health contexts. They are clearly linked to weekly topics and build on learning experiences provided. Students will need to be working in a clinical/non-clinical area in a health related field to observe and apply principles learned in this subject. |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.