HADM 488: Risk Management and Safety in Health Services is an undergraduate course designed to introduce students to risk management concepts. The course provides a thorough introduction to health-care risk management as it should be practiced in health-care environments. It is appropriate for direct care providers, supervisors and managers, executives, patient representatives, quality managers, patient safety officers, and risk managers.
Outline
Unit 1: The Risky Business of Health Care
Unit 2: Brief History of Risk Management in Health Care
Unit 3: Enterprise Risk Management
Unit 4: Relation of Risk Management to Other Critical Health Care Management Functions
Unit 5: Risk Information Sources and Loss Control Processes
Unit 6: Special Topics in Risk Management
Unit 7: Clinical and Sector Risks in Health Care Systems
Evaluation
To receive credit for HADM 488, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the Final Examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Activity
Weight
Assignment 1
20%
Term Paper
25%
Assignment 2
20%
Final Exam
35%
Total
100%
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (2009) Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, (Student Edition). R. Carroll, (Ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (eText)
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.(2006). Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations. (5th ed.) Volumes I, II, III. Roberta Caroll (Ed). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Print)
The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing (1987). Ottawa: Dundurn Press. (eText)
Note: The three-volume, 2006 version of the Risk Management Handbook is available for students to consult through the Athabasca University library.
Students are also recommended to consider the following writing and educational aids: The Memory Jogger II, Healthcare Edition. GOAL/QPC. 1st Edition. 2008. Available at www.goalqpc.com.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.