Evaluation of Quality in Health Care
| Numbering Code | P-PUB01 8H129 LB90 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ The second half of first semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Professional degree students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | ||
| Instructor name |
IMANAKA YUUICHI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) SASAKI NORIKO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Associate Professor) KUNISAWA SUSUMU (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor) OTSUBO TETSUYA (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Senior Lecturer) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
[Outline and Purpose of the Course] This course facilitates the understanding of fundamental matters and important on-site issues in healthcare quality, safety, equity, and efficiency at various levels, such as medical staff, healthcare institutions, municipal governments, and national governments. - Healthcare quality, equity, and efficiency - Ability to explain the fundamentals of quasi-experimental design - Management systems and policies in healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency - Healthcare evaluations and hospital functional assessments - Healthcare informatics and healthcare quality evaluations - Healthcare quality indicators (QIs) and their applications |
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| Course Goals |
・Students will understand and be able to explain key issues in evaluations of quality in health care, including the necessary theories and concepts, research and evaluation methods, as well as problems and measures. ・Students will be able to systematically and critically interpret the significance of fundamental research and social systems. ・Students will be able to apply relevant knowledge to solve problems in public health research and practice. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. June 15 Healthcare quality, efficiency, and equity 2. June 22 Organizational culture and quality/safety in health care culture 3. June 29 Healthcare quality evaluation methods, outcomes research, and risk adjustments 4. July 06 Indicators of healthcare quality (QIs and CIs) 5. July 13 Information systems and healthcare evaluations 6. July 20 Evaluation of quality in health care: Journal article review and discussion 1 7. July 27 Evaluation of quality in health care: Journal article review and discussion 2 Note: This schedule is subject to change. Overview of the schedule will be shown at the first day. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
1. Report (60%) 2. Classroom participation (40%) |
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| Course Requirements |
This course is mainly open to Students in School of Public Health. Students from other courses (including students in School of Human Health Sciences) are limited to maximum 3 students. Attendance rate 80% or more. |
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| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Both good preparation and review are needed. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
Reading materials will be distributed as needed. |
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| References, etc. |
・医療安全のエビデンス‐患者を守る実践方策 (医学書院,2005) ・病院の教科書（医学書院,2010） ・Handbook of Health Services Research（Springer Science+Business Media） ・「NEW予防医学・公衆衛生学 改訂第4版」（編集:小泉昭夫/馬場園明/今中雄一/武林亨）南江堂．2018. |
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