Advanced Diploma of Patient Safety Coaching
The Advanced Diploma of Patient Safety Coaching* builds on the knowledge and skills contained in the prerequisite course, the Diploma of Patient Safety Coaching. It consists of four units of study that are delivered online and completed through self-paced study, supported by monthly webinars to consolidate student learning and ensure application back into the workplace.
Executives and those responsible for governance issues within the healthcare organisation would benefit from gaining the knowledge and skills included in this course. They are responsible for the clinical governance of patients in the facilities they operate. Their mandate is to govern with all due care and attention to patient needs, and according to the legislation and regulations that apply to the healthcare sector. As responsible officers, they need to govern wisely and compassionately, keeping the best interests of patients and staff in mind.
In addition, completion of this course would benefit those who are tasked with the coaching of executives and teams. Teams are the structural building blocks by which healthcare facilities operate today. They are the way that work is organised to be done, to ensure quality and safe patient care is delivered each day, in every way. As the health system becomes increasingly complex, healthcare organisations rely more and more on teams to provide effective and timely treatment for patients and to keep them safe from harm.
Specifically, staff with a mandate for people and culture, organisation development, and leadership development would benefit from the range of coaching strategies and assessment surveys and tools included in this course, which you can immediately implement in the workplace to strengthen team functioning and the quality of patient care that is provided.
What you'll learn in this course
• Governance in healthcare is concerned with how hospitals and other healthcare facilities deliver services to patients in an efficient and effective way.
• This course provides the leader who is delivering the patient safety coaching with the knowledge and skills to coach at the executive level.
• You will learn the foundations underlying team coaching in the healthcare sector – what it is, the benefits of team coaching, and strategy options for delivery.
• The two main purposes for which team coaching is conducted in a healthcare setting: (i) to improve team performance and (ii) to improve team development and functioning.
• How to coach executives so they become more strategic and influential.
• The importance of creating a patient safety culture within the entire organisation.
*non AQF accredited