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There is a new and growing need for clinical and administrative healthcare professionals to develop expertise and leadership in the fields of healthcare quality and patient safety. These relatively new disciplines have emerged as central to the development of good healthcare, and require acquisition of substantive knowledge and skills. This 18-month, part-time degree program consists of nine courses including two 2-week intensive summer sessions, courses on the U.S. healthcare system, fundamental methods for healthcare quality and patient safety and an elective to enable students to focus on specific areas of interest. This program is classroom based.
A 12-month program designed for the learner who wants to acquire an in-depth overview of the fields of healthcare quality and patient safety but can not devote the time required for a full Master of Science degree. This program can be completed by students living outside the Chicago area.
A 12-month program designed for faculty who wish to develop the educational tools, methods and curricular approaches for integrating healthcare quality and patient safety into the medical education curriculum.
The purpose of the Northwestern University Health Services Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to help ensure that adequate numbers of highly trained individuals are available to carry out the Nation's health services research agenda in order to improve quality and safety of health care, enhance access and healthcare equity, and appraise the effectiveness of healthcare expenditures. The program is designed for professionals with a Medical Degree (MD) or Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) who wish to gain expertise in health services research while pursuing research funding through grants and publishing their research findings. A large part of this experience is achieved through mentor relationships between fellows and distinguished faculty mentors. The fellowship currently requires completion of six core courses and two elective courses. Fellows may choose to expand the scope of formal coursework in order to complete either a Masters in Public Health (MPH), a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI), a Masters in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety at Northwestern University Graduate School, or a Masters in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB).
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