Master of Health Leadership specialisation in Clinical Quality and Safety

The quality and safety of health care has become an increasing concern worldwide in recent years. With newfound knowledge into healthcare costs and potential harm to patients undergoing treatment, Clinical Quality and Safety has grown into a dynamic and interdisciplinary field of study.

Clinical Quality and Safety is one of the three specialisations you can take for the new Master of Health Leadership.
With this postgraduate study, you will learn about healthcare systems and gain a better understanding of their complexity. A better understanding of the factors that lead to clinical errors can reduce patient harm, increase healthcare quality and control costs.
You will learn methods for identifying causes of harm, approaches for redesigning aspects of healthcare systems, and analytical techniques for monitoring improvements in safety, teamwork and quality.
Hazard mitigation, quality monitoring, failure analysis and prevention, teamwork and communication, organisational culture and leadership in clinical change are just some of the areas you will study as part of Clinical Quality and Safety.

If you work in a leadership role where you can make a difference to patient safety by improving care, reducing harm and controlling costs, then this postgraduate specialisation will be useful.
As well as clinical practice, there are many opportunities to work in managerial and organisational levels within clinical workplaces.
Possible roles vary widely. They include healthcare management, clinical change management, healthcare equipment, process redesign, teamwork improvement, and the development of safer healthcare technologies.