Overview

In the Health Care Quality Improvement and Safety Management course from Conestoga College you will learn to apply project management and lean methodologies to effectively lead the planning, implementation, management, and evaluation of quality improvement projects within clinical and operational programs. By joining a growing field of quality improvement and safety management, you will become an important member of the healthcare team supporting continuous improvement culture and directly contributing to enhancing quality care and patient safety.

Careers

This program will be a complementary dual-offer program to Health Care Administration Management (#1506). This program will also be attractive to students pursuing allied health, nursing, or PSW credentials to gain a skillset in administration and management in a long term care setting. Graduates may also choose to complement their studies with an additional graduate certificate or may choose to pursue a relevant Master's degree in alignment with their previous educational background.

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Programme Structure

Courses include

Project Management

Collaborative Practice for Health Care Quality

Quality Improvement in Health Care

Applications of Lean in Quality Improvement and Safety Management

Human Factors in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Management

Incident Review Methods for Quality Improvement

Health Care Operations

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-03 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-06 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-05 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

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80

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kitchener, Canada

Disciplines

Public Health Risk Management View 80 other Masters in Public Health in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

80

Schedule TOEFL®

Other requirements

General requirements

A two - or three-year diploma or a degree in a health-related discipline from an accredited college or university

OR

A combination of academic studies and a minimum of 2 years of related industry/professional experience

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

7692 CAD / year

≈ 7692 CAD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

1808 CAD / year

≈ 1808 CAD / year

Funding

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