Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare

Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 14.0
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time To Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 51.0701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9111

About the Program

The post-bachelor's certificate in Quality, Safety and Risk Management is designed to prepare health professionals who can lead organizational efforts to improve and monitor quality metrics, improve safety for both patients and staff, and manage risks in a dynamic healthcare environment. Graduates of this program will be prepared to lead teams in a wide variety of quality and risk management initiatives including:

• Aligning the patient safety, risk, and quality functions within the organization
• Ensuring that the patient safety, risk, and quality activities are aligned with the strategic goals of the organization
• Assessing current activities in patient safety, risk, and quality to clarify responsibilities and reduce duplication of effort
• Establishing a structure that ensures that patient care activities are addressed in a coordinated manner involving the patient safety, risk, and quality functions
• Coordinating process changes, data collection, data analysis, monitoring, and evaluation
• Evaluating the roles of patient safety, risk, and quality as the organization's needs change

Admission Requirements

Bachelor's degree. GPA 3.0 (two letters of recommendation are required for GPAs lower than 3.0)

Program Requirements

Sample Plan of Study