Human Factors and Patient Safety MSc (Online)

Teesside University

Use evidence-based tools and techniques to improve the reliability and safety of everyday healthcare systems and processes. Develop leadership skills and strategies for driving changes in patient safety ethically and effectively. Engage with a range of research and literature to deepen your understanding of human factors and patient safety in healthcare at a national and international level. Your professional experience and insight into organisational enrich your learning environment, contributing meaningfully to group discussions. Integrating practice-based knowledge and academic scholarship develops confidence, criticality, creativity, adaptability, articulation and aspiration. Members of our teaching team come from both clinical and non-clinical disciplines. They are experienced in providing online education and use their skills to develop your digital literacy, introducing you to a wide range of digital tools and platforms. Top five reasons to study this course: Flexibility: study online, accessing learning materials when convenient for you. Support: benefit from course staff who are experienced in delivering distance learning and supporting students online. You are assigned an individual supervisor for your dissertation projects. Research and study skills: transition into postgraduate study with guidance on using electronic databases to identify relevant material and critical evaluation of research literature. Design and execute an original research project for your dissertation, disseminating the results through publication and conference presentations. Multi-disciplinarity: learn from tutors with a wide range of experience alongside students from a variety of healthcare professions, forming useful professional networks. Contemporary healthcare context: immerse yourself in the contexts and challenges of contemporary healthcare. Built around your workplace experience, you critically examine the issues to transform the care of service users, carers and their families. Download pdf Supporting information for applicants Student Reference Policy