Major in Patient Safety & Risk Management

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy offers a part-time online major in Patient Safety and Risk Management (PSRM) within the Master of Science in Pharmacy program. This major provides students with the opportunity to enter the field of health care risk management. Courses in the program are taught by national content experts, using a distance-learning format. Students do not need to relocate to earn this degree.

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Background

The PSRM major was developed as a response to student demand based on a survey of University of Florida students and graduates. Students who enroll in this program aspire to work for, or currently work for, hospitals, clinics, pharmacy companies, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and home health agencies. The program takes two years for students to complete. All online courses are 7 weeks in length and are taken sequentially; two courses per semester. Online courses use Electronic Learning System ( a University of Florida adaptation of WebCT Vista) as the learning platform and Elluminate for live online classes. Individual courses are available to those who wish to acquire limited specialized knowledge without making a commitment to complete the program. All students must attend three weekend seminars in Gainesville during the course of their two years of study.

Program Goals

This course of study is designed to provide students with the ability to develop a comprehensive clinical risk management and patient safety program. After completing the program, students will have an understanding of general risk management techniques, standards of health care risk management administration, federal, state and local laws, and methods for integrating patient safety, clinical risk management and regulatory compliance into a comprehensive risk management program.

Courses in the curriculum:

• Health Care Risk Management
  
  
• The Structure, Process & Outcomes of Regulation
  
  
• Law, Health Care & Patient Safety
  
  
• Risk Management, Liability & Compliance
  
  
• Ethics of Drug Production, Distribution & Use
  
  
• Health Care Systems
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Products & Public Policy
  
  
• Patient Responsibility in Health Care
  
  
• Pharmacoepidemiology
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy Seminar

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