Description:
Summer Nursing Institute Course:
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System Approaches in Healthcare Engineering This course is also open to students of any discipline and healthcare professionals who are interested in building a foundation in Quality Improvement and/or Public Health. A certificate will be provided upon satisfactory completetion of the course.
May 18-22; 9:00AM – 12:00PM
May 21; 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Instructor: Sara McComb, PhD
Introduces the fundamentals of systems engineering tools and approaches through hands-on problem solving exercises. Participants will develop basic skills in interpreting systems analysis results and applying systems tools such as process mapping, bottle neck analysis, queuing, lean engineering, simulation, optimization, dealing with uncertainty, “what if” analysis, quality control, and performance monitoring techniques.
Faculty
Sara McComb, PhD, PE teaches the course in Systems Approaches in Healthcare Engineering. Dr. McComb will demonstrate how engineering tools and techniques apply to healthcare systems. By the end of the course, participants will have addressed a real-world problem from this perspective and be conversant in how the other tools and techniques might be applied. This type of knowledge will help them recognize opportunities for improvement and impact healthcare delivery directly.
Format
System Approaches in Healthcare Engineering is offered on campus in an intensive five-day format. Supplemental work is required prior to and following the time on campus if you are taking this course for Purdue University credit. The chance to experience the university environment and the opportunity to form strong relationships between and among students and faculty are highlights of this program.
Who Can Enroll
Graduate students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals are invited to enroll. Students wishing to take the courses for credit who are not already active graduate students must apply as a non-degree seeking student no later than May 1, 2015. Questions about graduate credit may be directed to Lisa Peters at lkpeters@purdue.edu. Do not register for the certificate course if you wish to recieve graduate credit.
FEES
For the campus-based intensive face to face credit course: $1,043.55 for in-state students $2,844.90 for out of state students.
The text for Systems Approaches in Health Care Engineering is Ozcan Y, Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Ed. ISBN: 978-0-470-43462-8.
This text can be purchased through Amazon.com.
Housing Accommodations
For on campus intensive sessions, please visit www.conf.purdue.edu/attend for information about possible local lodging options, Maps and Parking, Transportation, and wireless access.
Cancellation Policy
Certificate Option: A 50 percent refund will be granted if a request is received two weeks prior to the start of the event. Course fees
will be non-refundable after May 4.
For More Information
For additional course content information, contact: Ashley Brooks at albrooks@purdue.edu or 765-494-9248.