Master Science Degree in Health Care Quality and Safety
A master science degree in healthcare quality and safety management will be offered at the Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health in Philadelphia. The program is a being offered in conjunction with the American College of Physician Executives , and interested students are expected to have first completed 125 hours of ACPE courses, as well as nine Jefferson online courses before finishing the program with a project at the ACPE Fall Institute.
It is estimated that the work load from the classes will be 8 to 12 hours a week. The school dean at Jefferson noted that the time was right for such a program due to the current political push for better healthcare quality, and also because there are new tools that have made quality easier to measure than before. The notion of measurement and accountability in the healthcare sector are moving front and center, and this will be the focus of the new program.
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