HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING, EVALUATION, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the critical elements of quality process improvement history, methods, and practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply basic quality improvement methodologies to a process in a health care or community health organization. Audience: Graduate 3. Examine the critical elements of health program planning and evaluation models. Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of proposed health programs. Audience: Graduate 5. Construct a program plan that demonstrates ability to conduct needs assessment, create measurable objectives, design interventions, develop a budget, and conduct process and outcomes evaluation. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in small groups. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the critical elements of quality process improvement history, methods, and practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply basic quality improvement methodologies to a process in a health care or community health organization. Audience: Graduate 3. Examine the critical elements of health program planning and evaluation models. Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of proposed health programs. Audience: Graduate 5. Construct a program plan that demonstrates ability to conduct needs assessment, create measurable objectives, design interventions, develop a budget, and conduct process and outcomes evaluation. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in small groups. Audience: Graduate