Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety

Program Overview

Systematically ensuring the best possible care and outcomes

The Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety program will run in a live virtual and online format during the 2021-2022 academic year.

The program equips clinicians and clinical administrators with the operational skills and leadership vision to direct effective quality improvement and safety initiatives within their own health care organizations. 

Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety program offers both a full-time one-year option and a part-time two-year option. The model of instruction consists of a blend of traditional coursework, intensive workshops, a longitudinal seminar series and a comprehensive capstone project.

Now complementing individual learning and development, this program provides students the choice of two separate educational pathways. Students will have the choice of a Quality and Safety Pathway or a Clinical Informatics Pathway. The program will offer both didactic and experiential learning with a curriculum designed to support the learning needs of clinicians, administrators in safety, quality, clinical informatics, risk management and health leadership.

The Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety program focuses on five key areas of study:

1. Operational Quality and Safety
2. Informatics: Clinical Databases, Electronic Health Records and Patient Portals
3. Leadership and Change Management
4. Quantitative Approaches
5. Risk Assessment and Communication

The curriculum is tailored to help clinicians improve patient safety and health care quality in an increasingly complex and evolving health care environment. . 

Graduates will be well-positioned to pursue leadership roles including:  

• Director of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety
• Senior Patient Safety Specialist
• Clinical Risk Manager
• Manager of Global Patient Safety, Quality and Compliance
• Chief Quality Officer