Risk Management & Quality

• Apply knowledge acquired to the improvement of patient safety and care, to the prevention and management of legal claims and to healthcare delivery in general. The qualification may also be suitable to those in the fields of claims management.
• Communicate effectively in writing, orally and by visual presentation to be able to present ideas at all levels of a medical enterprise from lower staff to corporate management.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the areas of: Fitness to Practice and Professional Regulation; Practical aspects of expert witness and evidence in litigation and at Hearings.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the areas of: clinical risk management and risk management in practice; Issues of patient safety and quality; Introduction to the legal system; medical negligence; Health & Safety Issues in Healthcare and Patient safety
• Demonstrate and possess knowledge and a detailed understanding of the main aspects of medico-legal theory and practice and an understanding of the basic aspects of clinical risk management and an understanding of the theories of patient safety, human factors and quality
• Demonstrate skills that will provide the basis for participation in clinical risk management and risk management committees and for further training as a risk / patient safety advisor/manager.
• Demonstrate the ability to cogently listen, interpret, discuss and debate, vocally and in writing and research issue/s in relation to medico-legal issues within a healthcare setting.
• Possess a speciality and advance their expertise in the field of clinical risk management and patient safety through the research and production of a major thesis dealing with a specialist medico-legal/clinical risk management/patient safety issues
• Possess and demonstrate a knowledge of areas of: privacy; Beginning and end of life issues; Medical research; Medico-ethical aspects of law and medical ethics; Medical Litigation Issues: Plaintiff and Defendant perspectives; Death reporting and Coroner's issues.
• Possess the ability for effective communication skills in the medical workplace in general, as between the doctor and patient and in other settings such as the courtroom when involved with or as an expert medical witness.

MSc Risk Management & Quality (X258) Part Time
EU          Year 1 - € 7250
nonEU    Year 1 - € 18030
EU          Year 2 - € 4120 ^aa
nonEU    Year 2 - € 9100 <sup>aa

aa</sup>Second Year Fee applies to Students in 2nd Year in 2024 and who were a 1st Year Student on the programme in 2023/24
***Fees are subject to change

EU Students

	Non-EU Students
€3,240	€10,450

• For more information on course fees please visit the Fees & Grants Office website.
• Fees are correct at the time of writing and subject to change.

Part Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

Candidates who have already completed the Graduate Diploma in Healthcare (Risk Management and Quality), who wish to develop their skills and gain a further qualification. The course is suitable for:

• Healthcare providers


• Doctors


• Nurses


• Clinical risk advisors/managers


• Hospital managers/directors


• Administrators


• Healthcare lawyers


• Professionals working in the fields of patient quality, safety and clinical risk management