HSCI 730 Risk Management in Health Sciences

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to proactively and reactively address incidents that may occur in the setting of the healthcare organization. The curriculum focuses on the need for healthcare managers to identify and minimize risk as a means to reduce injury to patients, staff, and visitors within a healthcare system. Students will use the knowledge and skills gained from this course to create and develop risk management plans.

HCSI 730 is an advanced-study course that will prepare individuals in diverse medical fields to apply risk management planning and development in real-world situations. 

Textbook readings and supplemental material

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (6)

Discussion are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each of the six Discussions. Each thread must be at least 500, but no more than 750 words (in-line with APA succinctness guidance), supported with 3 cited academic sources, include a biblical integration, and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 250 words, be supported with 2 academic sources, include a biblical integration, and substantially contribute to the class discussion.

Discussions: Comprehensive Risk Management (2)

The student will complete 2 Comprehensive Risk Management Plan Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 750, but no more than 1000 words. Each student must submit his/her Discussion as a Word document as the thread in the Discussion: Comprehensive Risk Management Plan. The student must then post 2 replies of at least 250 words. In the Discussion: Comprehensive Risk Management Plan Revision, the student will implement feedback from his/her classmates. For each thread, the student must support his/her assertions with at least 3 scholarly citations in APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least 2 scholarly citations in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include the textbook, peer-reviewed sources, and the Bible.

Risk Management PowerPoint Presentation Assignment

The student will summarize the Risk Management Plan authored in the Peer-Review Discussion: Comprehensive Risk Management in an audio/visual PowerPoint (PPT) presentation. The student will use PPT to build his/her narrated presentation and convert it into a Windows Media Video (WMV), to present and record his/her critique. The presentation must be at least ten minutes long and should last no more than 12 minutes maximum.