University of Illinois Global Campus

The University of Illinois Global Campus is focused on innovation, quality, superior instruction, service and accessibility. Our goal is to provide access to high-quality online education programs that merit the University of Illinois name. All degree and certificate programs are created in collaboration with the colleges and academic departments at the University's residential campuses at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. The curricula of our programs are developed by University of Illinois faculty who are leaders in their fields of study.

Global Campus courses are delivered primarily online and rely on asynchronous discussion and collaboration as the principle forms of communication. This means that for most programs, there are no class times or scheduled lectures. The courses take place wherever your computer is: at home, at work, on the road--anywhere you can connect to the Internet. For most programs, no campus visits are required.

All Global Campus courses are eight weeks long. The accelerated format helps meet the needs of working professionals and students with busy schedules by allowing them to study efficiently and stay focused on their academic programs. When you enroll in a Global Campus degree program, you will immerse yourself in a highly interactive learning environment.

Patient Safety Leadership - Master of Science or Graduate Certificate

Through a multidisciplinary approach to education and training, the Patient Safety Leadership program, designed by the College of Medicine in conjunction with several other colleges at the fully accredited University of Illinois at Chicago, will be offered online through The Global Campus. The program will enable learners and health care organizations to affect positive change in all aspects of patient care, from the bedside to facility design, including administration, academia, government, accreditation and clinical associations.

The University of Illinois Patient Safety Leadership program will provide health care professionals the education and training necessary to improve the quality of medical care. In 2000, the Institute of Medicine issued a report on the lack of understanding and practice of patient safety methods by health professionals in the United States. In a proactive response to such reports and statistics about health care trends, the Patient Safety Leadership program endeavors to break the cycle of medical error and improve the safety of patients who participate in the health care system through education, leadership training and evidence-based course objectives.

The Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure will begin in May 2008; the Master of Science in Patient Safety Leadership and the Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety Organizations will begin in September 2008.

Admissions and Prerequisites

Admission to the MS or Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety requires:

• A bachelor's degree (any subject) from an accredited institution.
• A 2.75 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) computed on the basis of the last 60 hours or the equivalent of the baccalaureate degree. A separate grade-point average will be computed for all graduate work, and then a combined grade-point average is tabulated. There is no GPA requirement for the Graduate Certificates.
• A goals statement.

Information

If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from University of Illinois Global Campus.