MSN in the Field of Health Care Quality starts in the Summer of 2010

Advance your career in health care quality and patient safety leadership, management or research through an innovative online program offered by the Health Sciences Programs in partnership with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Be at the Forefront of Change in the Health Care Industry

Program Features:

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a lot like a busy construction pit, every day you see it, hear it, feel it and eventually learn how to adapt to the non-stop change that comes with progress and growth. Dean Jean Johnson (left) and Dr. Brenda Sheingol (right).

• Earn a Masters of Science in the dynamic field of Health Care Quality
• Learn from nationally recognized and respected faculty from GW and NCQA
• Experience a convenient distance learning format with an on-campus seminar featuring guest lectures by leaders in the field
• MSN in Quality credits may be transferred to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.

Curriculum Highlights:

• Develop, implement, and evaluate quality and patient safety
• improvement initiatives
• Learn strategies to lead organizational change toward a
• quality-focused culture
• Translate national quality expectations into daily operations
• Apply processes and tools to measure, analyze and interpret quality
• improvement data
• Design and implement information technology systems to support
• quality assurance
• Conduct research to drive clinical and operational decision-making