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Graduate Course Directory and Schedules

Summer 2024 Planning Schedule

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Spring 2025 Planning Schedule

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SPH Course Descriptions

Descriptions of all School of Public Health courses can also be found in the course catalog of the most recent edition of the PSU Bulletin.

HSMP 578 – Performance Improvement in Health Services

Course CodeCredit

HSMP 578

3

Course Information

This course introduces students to organizational performance improvement and illustrates applications in health services delivery. Course content draws upon literature regarding industrial quality improvement, organizational performance assessment, patient safety, and health services improvement. Students will learn to apply improvement science to redesign systems and processes to achieve performance improvement in various kinds of health services delivery organizations. Students will apply this knowledge to personal, organizational and systems level improvement projects.

Prerequisite

HSMP 541 – Org Behavior in Health Services
HSMP 574 – Health Systems Organization

Interprofessional Education Course Schedule

Interprofessional education occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enhance collaboration and improve health outcomes. At least 1 credit of Interprofessional Education is required by all MPH degree programs.

Most courses with OHSU subject code IPE (Inter-Professional Education) or UNI (University Curriculum) satisfy the Interprofessional Education requirement. Other courses may also serve; consult your advisor.

For a list of IPE and UNI courses, descriptions, and their intended schedule download the spreadsheet. This list is subject to change, contact the course instructor if you would like to enroll.

Interprofessional Education