Developing Quality Management and Safety Culture (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student is able to evaluate clinical radiography safety culture critically and develop and manage it considering the current health policy.

Content (course unit)

• Ethical and cost-effective clinical radiography
• Quality management models and theories in clinical radiography
• Concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography
• Most general evaluation methods in clinical radiography

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
• knows the principles of ethical and cost-effective in clinical radiography
• knows quality management models and theories in clinical radiography
• understands concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography
• understands most general evaluation methods in clinical radiography

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
• applies the principles of ethical and cost-effective in clinical radiography
• applies quality management models and theories in clinical radiography
• generalizes concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography
• applies evaluation methods in clinical radiography

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• analyzes the principles of ethical and cost-effective in clinical radiography
• analyzes quality management models and theories in clinical radiography
• syntethizes concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography
• analyzes evaluation methods in clinical radiography

Location and time

Aikataulu Metropolian Moodlessa

Assessment methods and criteria

Core competence: The student is able to critically evaluate, develop and lead the current safety culture in clinical radiography according to the current health policy. Whereas, for EQF Level 7 Knowledge, Skills and Competence are further defined as follows:
● Knowledge – highly specialised knowledge, some of which is at the forefront of knowledge in a field of work or study, as the basis for original thinking and/or research.
● Skills critical awareness of knowledge issues in a field and at the interface between different fields specialised problemsolving skills required in research and/or innovation in order to develop new knowledge and procedures and to integrate knowledge from different fields.
● Competence manage and transform work or study contexts that are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches take responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge and practice and/or for reviewing the strategic performance of teams.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Virtuaalisesti toteutettava opintojakso yhteistyössä viiden AMKin kanssa.

Student workload

5 op = 135 h