Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

Gestão Clínica

Code

9607

Academic unit

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

Department

Saúde Pública e Comunidade

Credits

4.0

Teacher in charge

Fernando Leal da Costa

Total hours

30

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

 

The main goal of this teaching module is to present and discuss with future managers of health care organizations some of the basic concepts about and for the management of health care providing, namely clinical quality.

By the end of the unit, students should be able to:

Know and understand what is Clinical Governance and Evidence Based Clinical Care

Be familiar with fundamental concepts of: standardization of care, risk management, guidelines, clinical audit, clinical output assessment, responsibility and accountability, quality, strategic quality management and leadership in health organizations.

Prerequisites

 

CMGS, CMSP or CEHA student.

Subject matter

 

Topics:

–         Introduction to Clinical Governance

–         Clinical Governance in Health Policies

–         Planning and Clinical Management

–         Clinical Governance Tools

–         Leadership in Clinical Governance

–         Clinical Quality

–         Efectivity and Efficiency (clinical pathways)

–         Audit and Evaluation of Clinical Units

–         Patient Safety

–         Clinical Errors

–         Innovation and Technology Assessment

–         Clinical Research

–    Guidelines 

Bibliography

 

Clinical Governance, Improving the Quality of Healthcare for Patients and Service Users, Mary Gottwald and Gail E Landsdown, McGrawHill, 2014

Clinical Governance, A Guide for Implementation for Healthcare Professionals, Rob McSherry e Paddy Pearce, Blackwell, 2010

Clinical Governance in Healthcare Practice, Thoreya Swage, Butterworth- Heinemann, 2004

Advancing Clinical Governance, Myriam Lugon e Jonathan Secker-Walker eds, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2001

Clinical Risk Modification, Jo Wilson e John Tingle, eds., Butterworth- Heinemann, 1999.

Teaching method

 

– Lectures

– Interactive sessions, with working groups and case studies

– Attendance and class participation (20%)

- Discussion of selected papers (30%)

– Final individual evaluation (50%)

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