Health Care
Risk Management and Patient Safety Certificate
General information
Requirements
for enrollment
Participants
must be registered nurses or other health-care professionals
with three to five years of clinical experience with an interest
in risk management and patient safety. Proficient computer
skills as well as strong verbal and written communication
skills are required.
Textbooks
The following
textbook is required and is available at Amazon.com at a discounted
rate.
- Risk
Management Handbook for Healthcare Organizations, 5th
edition, 3-volume set, Author: Roberta Carroll, American
Society for Healthcare Risk Management, hardcover, ISBN:
0787987921
Continuing
Education Units
Upon
successful completion of the program, students are awarded
9.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEUs are the national,
standard means of recording participation in, and successful
completion of, professional adult education courses. Click
here for information about nursing contact
hours.
Grading
Policy
All modules
taken toward the certificate will be graded according to the
University of Delaware’s A-F letter grade system. Students
must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C)
for all modules in this program, with no grade lower than
a D.
Schedule
and location
This
certificate can be earned in about five months. Click
here for a current schedule. Classes take place at the
University of Delaware’s
Downtown Center at 8th and King Streets, Wilmington, DE.
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