Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure

The Global Campus in partnership with the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Program Information

The health care industry requires a systems-oriented, inter-professional, and patient-centered approach for optimal patient success, and the emerging field of Patient Safety is revolutionizing the industry for the 21st century. New skills and attitudes are required to meet the changing needs of patients in a medical environment that has become one of multilayered systems, informatics, assessment, outcomes, and quality indicators.

The Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure will ensure that students are prepared to meet the evolving requirements of challenging health care environments, and the elimination of risk in our health care system can translate directly into improved care and cost reduction.

By enrolling today in this innovative, interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure, you benefit from a program developed by knowledge leaders in the College of Medicine, the Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, and other partners at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

With challenging online courses through the University of Illinois Global Campus, the Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure will provide you with an understanding of the foundations of patient safety and quality care; effective communication and collaboration skills with patients, families and other professionals; and the skills necessary to implement medical error disclosure and risk reduction programs.

By attending to the issues of patient safety and creating plans to effectively reduce risk and potential for error, you will gain the knowledge and skill to design and implement a comprehensive approach to error science management.

In today's complex health care environment, expanding one's skills and knowledge will likely increase opportunities for career growth as well. In addition, students with professional licenses may be able to use courses in the program toward continuing education requirements. Students are encouraged to contact their licensing accrediting body for details.

The Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure certificate program delivers courses using online instruction that emphasizes self-directed learning and team collaboration.

The partnership with the UIC Institute for Patient Safety Excellence (IPSE) makes this program unique in its interdisciplinary approach, as reflected in the IPSE mission to improve the safety and outcomes of patient care through:

1. Continuous improvement of the patient care process through analysis and measured change to current clinical programs in the inpatient and outpatient environments.
2. Translating the knowledge gained from these interdisciplinary care processes to develop the research and education programs necessary to advance the national patient safety agenda.
3. Sharing this interdisciplinary patient safety research and improvements in patient safety and patient care outcomes through educational programs, bringing benefit to all the people of Illinois and beyond.
4. Fostering translational curricula, research and clinical practice that targets novel interdisciplinary approaches to patient care involving, but not limited to, all of the Health Science Colleges, the College of Engineering and the College of Architecture and the Arts.

Upon successful completion of all coursework, you will earn a Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure from the College of Medicine at the fully accredited University of Illinois at Chicago.

Degree/Certificate: Certificate

Total Credit Hours: 12

Cohort Starts:

Cohorts for this program will start on the first Wednesday of January, May, and September each year, with the next cohorts starting:

• January 7, 2009
• May 6, 2009
• September 2, 2009

Courses are eight weeks in length, and applications are accepted at any time during the year.

Eligible students may use all credits earned in the certificate courses to satisfy course requirements for the Master of Science in Patient Safety Leadership.

Required Campus Visits: 0

Completion Schedules: Each course will be eight weeks in length. The typical course load is one course per eight-week term. You can complete your certificate in 24 weeks if you take courses in back-to-back terms.

Program Contact:
Global Campus Student Services
510 Devonshire
Suite H
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (866) 896-3939
E-mail: gcadvisor@uillinois.edu