Quality & Safety - Health & Social Care
Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Quality and Safety (Health and Social Care) - Level 9
This Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) is applicable across the public, private and voluntary sector with participants from multi-professional backgrounds including social care, clinical, administrative and practitioner levels.
On completion, students will have developed enhanced contextual, cultural and professional insights into quality, safety and governance.
Graduates will be equipped with a set of skills that will have a direct impact in the safe delivery of health and social care.
Programme Structure
The programme is designed around five key themes:
1. Towards a new understanding of quality care in contemporary health and social care.
2. Improving service user safety
3. Enhancing the care experience of service users
4. Developing a systematic approach to quality improvement methodology
5. Leadership and management as quality improvement drivers in health and social care
This is an exciting blended learning approach which includes four residential sessions across each semester in year one. This offers an opportunity for ongoing networking with your fellow students without placing onerous demands on your employment responsibilities.
Subjects taught
Year 1
Critical Thinking & Decision Making
10 credits
Person Safety
10 credits
Governance and Compliance for Quality
10 credits
Quality and Innovation
10 credits
Applied Research
10 credits
Safer Systems
10 credits
Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
H2.2 in a Level 8 degree in any health or social care discipline or recognised cognate professional qualification, and one full-time year relevant experience which must be in the last five years.
Application dates
How to Apply
Application date opens from February 17th 2022
Please complete and submit your application ONLINE at the following link: https://apply.gmit.ie
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5pm on Friday 27th May, 2022.
Duration
1 Year.
Mode of Study: Part Time
Post Course Info
Job Opportunities
This programme offers an invaluable opportunity to inform excellence in quality and safety in health and social care.
Graduates will particularly benefit in pursuing a career path in quality management, compliance, general management and person safety roles.
These roles vary across the emerging spectrum of health and social care.
Graduates will advance their career prospects in terms of promotion eligibility and post-graduate training.
This may be in management and or specialist areas such as clinical risk or quality improvement within the health and social care environment.