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Quality Improvement for Population Health
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 14 hours
  • Course by Imperial College London
  • Offered by

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Quality improvement methods were first deployed in healthcare in e hospital settings. However, over the past decade particularly, there has been increasing focus on the application of these methods in improving population and public health. In this course, you will apply a combination of both approaches to population health improvement. You will also learn how to study and evaluate large improvement initiatives to capture learning effectively. Learning Objectives:  Apply quality improvement methods in combination with population health frameworks to design a population health improvement initiative  Understand how the use of geographic information systems contributes to quality improvement  Critique different study designs for studying quality improvement initiatives 

Modules

Welcome

    • 7 Readings
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7 Readings

  • About Imperial College London
  • How to be successful in this course
  • Quality Improvement for Population Health
  • Meet The Team
  • Formative assessments
  • Grading Policy
  • Glossary

Quality Improvement for Public Health

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • QIH.12.04M Summative: Population Health Frameworks

1 Discussions

  • Interactions Between Public Health Improvement and Quality Improvement

1 Videos

  • Welcome

1 Readings

  • QIH12.01 Review of Public Health Improvement Frameworks (II)

Understanding Geographic and Organisational Variation

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Lab
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Summative: Geographic analysis for quality improvement

1 Labs

  • 12.09 Funnel Plots

2 Videos

  • QIH12.05
  • QIH12.07: Use of Funnel Plots in Quality Improvement Initiatives

Transferable Learning: From Patient Safety to Public Health

    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • QIH.13.02b Applying Learning from Healthcare System Failures to Public Health
  • QIH 13.07 Quality Improvement Methods for Public Health Reflection

2 Readings

  • QIH13.02 Learning from Failure: Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust
  • QIH.13.06 Quality Improvement Methods for Public Health Improvement: Case Studies

Applying Quality Improvement to Public Health

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • QIH13.05 Quality Improvement and Public Health in Practice

Summative assessment

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Quality

Study Designs for Improvement Initiatives

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 3 Discussion
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • QIH.14.01M Studying improvement initiatives
  • QIH.14.02M Summative - Studying Improvement Initiatives: Using a Stepped-wedge Design

3 Discussions

  • QIH.14.02bM Unit-Level Time Series Analysis of a Stepped-wedge Study
  • QIH.14.02c - Stepped-wedge Design: the THISTLE trial
  • QIH.14.04b - The Future of Quality Improvement

1 Videos

  • QIH.14.04: The Future of Quality Improvement

4 Readings

  • Approaches to studying improvement initiatives
  • QIH.14.02a: Introduction to the stepped wedge study design
  • QIH14.02: Studying Improvement Initiatives: Using a Stepped-wedge Design
  • QIH.14.02b: Unit-Level Time Series Analysis of a Stepped-wedge Study

Summative assessment

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Designing a Population Health Quality Improvement Initiative

Summary

    • 1 Videos
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  • Summary

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Enhance your expertise in public health with "Quality Improvement for Population Health." This professional course focuses on applying quality improvement methods to population health, utilizing geographic information systems, and evaluating large initiatives. Offered on Coursera, the course spans 840 minutes and is available with a Starter subscription. Ideal for professionals aiming to design impactful health improvement initiatives.

Dr Thomas Woodcock
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Dr Thomas Woodcock