Improving the risk management in hospitals

Improving the risk management in hospitals

USE OF RISK ANALYSIS TO MANAGE THE THREAT OF SUPERBUGS TO HOSPITALS IN IRELAND , SAUDI ARABIA, AMREICA
1 INSTANCES OF OUTBREAKS IN HOSPITALS
2IDENTIFY OTHER MAJOR RISKS TO HOSPITALS
3 IDENTIFY RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL
SWOT.
4IDENTIFY POSSIBLE
5NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRIES (IRELAND , SAUDI ARABIA , AMERICA )
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RISK MANAGEMENT
FOCUS ON US
IRELAND
SAUDI ARABIA
DEINTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT
-Definition most dangrous
– threat
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management
-reduction and risk
use of management system
– some statistics
I will upload the structure

A claimed lack of understanding amongst some students as to what constitutes plagiarism will not be accepted. The guidelines on plagiarism are clearly communicated as part of this module and are available and it is the student’s responsibility to remind themselves of the content of these. This is especially important for this module; if any plagiarism is detected in the Research Project the consequence will be a grade of ‘0’.

Introduction

! Don’t rush into doing the background: you need to orient your readers to the nature of the report and its focus at the outset. Make sure you have an introduction that defines and explains clearly:

  –  What you are going to talk about. Concept definitions can be necessary to outline the overall purpose of your report.

  –  What you are trying to do with your topic – your direction. The introduction must act as a navigation guide to the reading of your report.

  –  What you are going to cover and what you’re not, the scope of the project.

  –  Background information necessary to their understanding.

  –  Why did you choose that topic (e.g. it’s an emerging trend, it’s useful for one particular filed of business, it’s something that hasn’t been researched and it’s necessary to investigate, etc.)

! You can use the introduction section to explain some of the objectives and research questions of the project.

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ResearchMethodology-20%ofthefinalmark

–  You must clearly state and justify the research method(s) (qualitative and quantitative) and the technique(s) that you have used in your research project

–  Briefly describe and explain every method and technique that you have used

–  Alternative approaches / techniques must also be clearly considered and evaluated. You must explain clearly why you would choose one technique over another.

–  You can mention here the techniques and methods used in previous research related to the topic, and your reflections on them (whether or not you consider them sufficient, appropriate, etc. and why)

–  Explain the design of the instruments that you needed (for example, a questionnaire:

• Is it a qualitative, quantitative or qualitative and quantitative questionnaire?
• Date(s) (collecting data)
• Participants: number of participants, percentage by ages, percentages by nationalities, who are they (in general terms: experts / regular people / mix of them / patients, etc)
• How many questions and the type of questions: open / closed
• Parts of the questionnaire. What information / data are you looking for in each part of the questionnaire? For example:
• Question 1 to question 6: the goal is to get information about the level of knowledge about healthy food.
• Questions 7, 10 and 13 to 16: the goal is to get information about the use of internet for ordering meals.
• Questions 8, 9, and 11: the goal is to get information about the price that people are willing to pay and can afford to pay.
  •etc.
• Mention what tools did you use to deliver the questionnaire: Esurveycreator, Moodle, Survey Monkey, paper, regular email, face to face, etc.
  7.1. Results

–  Analise the results by issues approached or parts of the questionnaire.

–  Compare (similarities and differences) the results by nationalities, by answers, by age, by participants (for example, compare the answers of experts and regular people, and see what are the similarities and what are the differences)

–  Use descriptive tables and charts, so all the necessary information can be easily followed and understood

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BibliographyandWebgraphy

–  Start this section on a new page.

–  References are arranged alphabetically; they aren’t numbered.

–  All referencing that is included is to be based on the Harvard System
10. Appendices / Addendum (where applicable)

! This section will be used to add any document that is relevant to the project, e.g. questionnaires designed for the research project, transcribed interviews or any other primary source.

–  Start each appendix (if applicable) on a new page.

–  If there’s just one appendix, label it Appendix, without a number.

–  If there’s more than one appendix, label them Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.

–  In the main text, refer to the Appendix by the label, e.g. Appendix 2.
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Other Specifications
Word count !

! A minimum and a maximum dissertation’s word count (min. 4,500 – max. 6,000) is deliberately specific and designed to encourage focussed writing. There are penalties for presenting work that has strayed too far from this prescription; for example, anything between 5% and 9.9% outside the upper and lower limits will incur a penalty of 5% of the marks available; anything greater than 10% of the upper or lower limits will incur a penalty of 10% of the marks available –and so on.

The word count does not include:
– Executive Summary! ! ! – Table of contents and figures! – Footnotes! ! ! ! ! – Lists of References
– Appendices

The maximum number of appendices is 5.

Format

! The final Project Report and the Presentation must be:
– Uploaded on Turnitin (max. coincidence 30%)
– Submitted through Moodle
– Submitted in hardcopy (A4 size paper, must be bound –spiral binding is

sufficient)

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Project Report Text: Font:

• Headings: Times New Roman, 14 pt. Bold
• Body: Times New Roman, 12 pt.
  Spacing:
• 1.5 line
• Leave a blank line between paragraphs
  Notes: Should be added to the footer
  Number all pages except the title page
  The tables and figures must be numbered and described
  The organisation, project structure and writing skills worth 10% of the available marks, so make sure that:
• The structure and organization are clear and logical
• All the necessary components are included
• Headings and text are consistent
• Referencing is consistent and pertinent
• Appropriate writing style and extensive vocabulary are been used
• There is few typos (this indicates rigorous proof reading)
  Referencing

! All referencing that is included is to be based on the Harvard System.

Research Project Report Submission and Final Presentation
! The Research Project Report (hard copy and electronic version) is to be submitted to

your supervisors no later than 6pm on Monday, May 23rd 2016.

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! The student will have to defend their work before a panel in a 5 – 7 minutes presentation(formatPowerPoint)(May23rd,30th31st 2016).

! This requires that the learner demonstrate their progress in carrying out the research and their ability to engage in debate with the lecturer and other programme staff.

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The Presentation must contain:

• A title page identifying:

          –  Student name and surname

          –  Lecturer name

          –  College name

          –  Programme

          –  Stage / Year

          –  Module name

          –  Date

• A summary of the following sections of the Research Project Report:

–  Introduction

–  Literature review

          –  Research Methodology

          –  Conclusions

          –  Bibliography and Webgraphy (only main sources)
Repeat Arrangements

! Where the project mark does not reach the pass mark the Learner will be required to repeat the project.