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The following
is a list of courses that Dr. Hayajneh have taught in his
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HCI 1206 : Health
Informatics Terminologies
Undergraduate Health
Informatics Program - Montana Tech University, USA
Healthcare industry has its own jargon. It has
specialized languages and terms that are used for
communication between different entities within
healthcare. Physicians use certain terms to depict a
disease or prognosis; nurses use terms that have shared
meaning to depict human response to diseases and nurses'
actions to provide care. Specialized terminologies and
classifications exist to describe diseases, diagnostic
procedures, human responses to disease, therapeutic
procedures, outcomes of care, medications and
pharmaceuticals, findings, organisms, anatomy, and
supplies and equipment. This course is intended to
introduce healthcare informatics student to this complex
body of terms. The course introduces students to the structure and
components of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes and word
roots and how to break down a medical term by simply
knowing the meaning of its components. In addition the
course introduces students to the structure and use of
health care terminologies, classifications, and coding
schemes, with special emphasis on International
Classification of Diseases (ICD), Healthcare Common
Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation
Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT), NANDA's Nursing Diagnoses, Nursing
Intervention Classification (NIC), Nursing Outcomes
Classification (NOC), National Drug Code (NDC), Common
Dental Terminology (CDT), Systematized Nomenclature of
Medicine (SNOMED) and other relevant terminologies and
classifications |
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HSA 100 : Introduction to
Health Services Administration
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
The course introduces students to systems theory and
systems approach and examine selected managerial
concepts and methodologies basic to the management of
health systems. Management and managerial process will
be defined and managerial functions will be discussed.
The course will provide a survey of selected topics
directly related to managerial process and functions
such as managerial roles, functions and authority;
decision making; coordination, communication, planning,
forecasting and planning tools; organizing, division of
work and departmentalization, delegation and authority;
staffing; leadership, motivation, and discipline;
controlling and control process. |
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HSA 101
: Introduction to Health
Informatics
Undergraduate Health Sciences
Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
Health care is provided in complex systems through
information-intensive processes. The provision of
quality health care depends on the quality and timely
availability of health information and data. This course
introduces health care students to the utilization of
information systems and technology in the management of
health care data and information. Topics include:
systems theory, overview of information systems, IS in
organizations, components of IS, hardware, software,
database concepts and management systems,
telecommunications and networks, electronic health
records (EHR), computerized physician order entry (CPOE),
telehealth, mHealth, Telehealth, clinical decision
support systems, picture archiving and communications
systems (PACS), personal health records (PHR),
standards, and privacy and security of health
information.. |
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HSA
206 : Introduction to Health Systems
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - Jordan University of Science &
Technology
Different countries provide health care services
utilizing different health care delivery systems. These
systems have many commonalities and many differences. To
achieve a better understanding of Jordan health care
system, it is helpful to learn and analyze other
countries' health care systems. This course presents a
systematic analysis of the evolution, structure &
organization, financing, and provision of health care in
selected countries throughout the world. Systems
thinking approach will be utilized to address key
concepts and issues relevant to course discussions. |
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HCI
2156 : Health Care Facility Procedures
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
Health Care Organizations (HCOs) provide services and
conduct business operations through procedures. Proper
procedure implementation requires knowledge,
information, data, equipment or tools, space, time, and
a carrier or agent. Procedures in HCOs differ in terms
of frequency, complexity, number of departments and
individuals involved, cost, consequences, and
relatedness to patient care operations. Procedures can
be clinical or administrative in nature. This course is
designed to give students a broad understanding of the
structure and mission of different HCOs, a general
overview of the duties and responsibilities of major
departments and units within HCO and an in-depth
examination of the most frequent and significant
procedures performed in HCOs. Students will be able to
recognize and realize the impact of the adoption and
application of information technology in reforming HCO
procedures to meet health care growing needs and achieve
patient-centered coordinated care; improve patient
safety and quality of services; streamline charging,
billing and payment systems; improve staff productivity,
effectiveness and efficiency; improve resources
management; and improve the HCOs' capability to meet its
mission and strategic goals in an efficient manner. |
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HCI
2256 : Data, Information and Knowledge
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
Hospitals and other health care facilities are
data-intensive, information-intensive and
knowledge-intensive organizations. They depend heavily
on data, information and knowledge to be able to provide
services effectively and efficiently. This course
provides an in-depth analysis of data, information and
knowledge triad as it pertains to health care and health
care information systems. Topics and issues relating to
data, information and knowledge in the context of health
care informatics and health care will be presented.
Topics and issues related to data include data types,
acquisition, storage, use, management, collection
standards, quality, coding, interchange, mining,
analysis and databases. Information management
principles, quality, retrieval, security, and privacy
are introduced and discussed. Concepts and issues
related to knowledge management, use, discovery, nature,
knowledge bases and expert systems are examined. The
roles that data, information and knowledge play in
health care and health care information systems are
presented. |
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HCI
2306 : Health Information Systems
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
In this era of healthcare, with the emphasis on
improving quality of care while improving efficiency,
information technology has emerged as a prime solution
to the many ailments of the healthcare system. The
national goals outlined in DHHS report, "The Decade of
Health Information Technology: Delivering
Consumer-centric and Information-Rich Health Care," of
achieving always-current, always-available, electronic
health records for Americans combined with healthcare
organizations' efforts to promote efficiency and quality
have created the need for skilled and knowledgeable
professionals who are capable of developing,
understanding, evaluating, managing, and integrating
clinical and administrative information systems. This
course will provide an overview of information systems
principles, components and functions in healthcare. This
course is designed to provide a working introduction to
the student on the topics of : health information
systems, components, functions, organizing data and
information, telecommunications, systems life cycle, EHR,
and decision support systems. The course will introduce
students to the criteria for evaluating healthcare
information systems and introduce them to the most
commonly used healthcare information systems. |
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HSA
252 : Biostatistics
Undergraduate Health
Sciences Programs - University of Sharjah, UAE
Accurate understanding of world phenomena, systems, and
organizations is essential to manage and deal with it
effectively. Scientific method is one valid and accepted
method for achieving this understanding. Scientific
method is based on gathering observable, empirical and
measurable evidence. Making scientific conclusion from
empirical data is one key function of statistics.
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization,
analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all
aspects of this, including the planning of data
collection in terms of the design of surveys and
experiments. Statistics is used by researchers,
administrators, government agencies, organizations, etc.
Students are expected to utilize computers in applying
statistical methods to data. |
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HSA
263 Introduction to Management Information Systems for
Health Services Administration
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
Health Information technology provides health systems
the tools that enable employees to
execute
their duties effectively and efficiently.
This course provides an
introduction to information technology and systems used
in health care organizations to manage data, information
and knowledge to support clinical and administrative
functions and processes. |
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HSA
302 : Population Health
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
The focus of the course is on the social, political and
economic contexts that influence health. The course aims
at to introduce population health as an
interdisciplinary activity that includes the analysis of
social structures and processes and to assist students
in developing a clear perspective on current and
emerging issues in improving the health of populations.
Students will discuss and analyze the determinants of
population health and the different policies employed to
improve population health. Health disparities and
inequities will be described and differentiated. |
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HCI
3106 : US Health Care System
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
This course is designed to provide an analysis of the
health care delivery system in the US and to provide a
comparison of health care delivery systems in selected
countries. The course identifies and explains the forces
that carved the current system. Key areas which will be
discussed and analyzed with respect to health care
services are organization, financing, quality, cost,
accessibility, an distribution of health facilities and
personnel. Class discussions, assignments and
examination of selected literature will enable the
student to benefit from this comparative analysis.
Information technology as a significant force shaping
the health care system will be examined. |
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HSA
305 : Medical Terminology
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - Jordan University of Science &
Technology
Healthcare industry has its own jargon. It has
specialized languages and terms that are used for
communication between different entities within
healthcare. Physicians use certain terms to depict a
disease or prognosis; nurses use terms that have shared
meaning to depict human response to diseases and nurses'
actions to provide care. Specialized terminologies and
classifications exist to describe diseases, diagnostic
procedures, human responses to disease, therapeutic
procedures, outcomes of care, medications and
pharmaceuticals, findings, organisms, anatomy, and
supplies and equipment. This course is intended to
introduce students to this complex body of terms. The
course discusses the structure and components of medical
terms: prefixes, suffixes and word roots and how to
understand the meaning of a medical term by simply
knowing the meaning of its components. In addition the
course introduces students to the structure and use of
health care terminologies, classifications, and coding
schemes, with special emphasis on International
Classification of Diseases (ICD), Healthcare Common
Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation
Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT), NANDA's Nursing Diagnoses, Nursing
Intervention Classification (NIC), Nursing Outcomes
Classification (NOC), National Drug Code (NDC), Common
Dental Terminology (CDT), Systematized Nomenclature of
Medicine (SNOMED) and other relevant terminologies and
classifications. |
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HSA
306 : Hospital Organization and Management
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - Jordan University of Science &
Technology
This course introduces the student to the complex
organization of hospitals and to the internal
operations, processes, roles, management techniques,
information needs and technology utilization in the
different components of hospital system. The integration
of functions and information of different departments to
achieve effectiveness and efficiency is discussed.
Topics include: overview of hospital system; development
and evolution of hospitals; hospital roles; role of
hospital administration; power distribution in
hospitals, challenges in hospital administration; legal
aspects, medical staff organization and services;
nursing services; emergency services; ambulatory
services; operation theaters, ICU; physical
rehabilitation and physiotherapy; laboratory services;
radiological diagnosis and imaging services; radiation
hazards; blood bank; pharmacy services; anesthesia
services; antenatal and postnatal clinical services;
hospital engineering services; hospital information
systems; computer applications in the hospital; central
sterile supply department; medical records department;
hospital dietary services; linen and laundry services;
house keeping services; transportation; sanitation and
hospital waste management; mortuary services; safety and
risk management; hospital acquired infection; hospital
safety and security; disaster preparedness and
management; infection control. |
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HSA
310 : Human Resources Management in Health Care
Organizations
HSA Program - University of
Sharjah, UAE
This course is emphasizing the concept of human
resources in health care settings. It aims to improve
the skills and knowledge of students in different
aspects of human resources management in health sectors.
It will introduce the students to the challenges facing
human resources in health such as, cost of health care,
increased demand, shortage and surplus and increasing
dissatisfaction within the health care sectors. It
focuses on the major managerial aspects such as
recruitment procedures and the performance appraisal of
different categories providing health care in the health
facilities. |
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HSA
320 : Health Information Systems
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
Health care is an information intensive industry, and
the delivery of high quality health care is dependent on
the effective management of health data, information and
knowledge. Providing high quality health care requires
the easy access to timely, complete, accurate, legible,
and relevant information. This course is designed to
provide students with an understanding of how
information systems and technology can be used to
enhance and improve the performance of health care
systems. This course provides a perspective on the
effective use of data and information technology to
improve health care. Systems, system theory, and
Information systems principles and concepts will be
discussed and reviewed. Students will learn the
potential of IT in enhancing the effectiveness,
efficiency, and responsiveness of health systems. Legal
and ethical issues pertaining to HIT will be discussed
and explored. |
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HSA
330 : Materials Management
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
The course covers the major principles of materials
management and organization in health care facilities.
It details the main materials functions including
planning, purchasing, receiving, storing, distributing,
disposing, and managing the quality of supplies and
equipment, with major emphasis on the effective material
planning, procuring, scheduling and handling of
materials in health care facilities. Standard waste
management practices will be presented and discussed. |
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HSA
352 : Health Care Delivery Systems
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
Health care is provided through health care delivery
systems. Different countries have different health care
delivery systems. These systems have commonalities as
well as differences. To achieve a better understanding
of UAE health care system, it is helpful to learn and
analyze other countries' health care systems and apply
the concepts, principles and other information to the
local system. The main aim of this course is to provide
students with an understanding of health care delivery
systems: the structure, objectives, processes, outcomes,
and feedback mechanisms and to prepare them to be
effective participants in discussions and debates over
health care issues. This course presents a brief
analysis of health care systems in selected countries
throughout the world. An in-depth analysis and
discussion of the UAE health care system will be
provided. Systems approach will be utilized to address
key concepts and issues relevant to course discussions. |
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HSA
350 : Health Care Terminology and Classifications
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Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
The course introduces students to the structure and
components of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes and word
roots and how to break down a medical term by simply
knowing the meaning of its components. In addition the
course introduces students to the structure and use of
health care terminologies, classifications, and coding
schemes, with special emphasis on International
Classification of Diseases (ICD), Healthcare Common
Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation
Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT), National Drug Code (NDC), and Common
Dental Terminology (CDT) and other relevant
terminologies and classifications. |
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HSA
360 : Health Information System
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Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
Health care is provided in systems that are information
intensive. The delivery of health care is dependent on
accurate and detailed data. Providing high quality
health care requires the easy access to timely,
complete, accurate, legible, and relevant information.
The aim of this course is to provide students, as future
health care managers, the knowledge and skills needed to
effectively manage and/or participate in managing data
and information and other health information technology
resources of their health care systems. This course is
designed to provide students with an understanding of
how information systems and technology is used to
enhance and improve the performance of health care
systems. This course provides a perspective on the
effective use of data and information technology to
improve health care. Systems, system theory, and
Information systems principles and concepts will be
discussed and reviewed. Students will learn the
potential of IT in enhancing the effectiveness,
efficiency, and responsiveness of health systems. Legal
and ethical issues pertaining to HIT will be discussed
and explored. |
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HSA
362 : Epidemiology and Population Health - 0504362
Undergraduate Health
Administration Program - University of Sharjah, UAE
The course covers the principles and methods of
epidemiology and population health. It studies trends
and patterns of diseases and its impact on population
health as illustrated using specific examples of
infectious and non infectious diseases. Measurement of
disease burden in populations will be discussed. Special
emphasis will be given to determinants of health, health
policies that impact determinants of health. |
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Med
383 : Health Administration
Undergraduate Medical Program -
Jordan University of Science & Technology
Health care systems (organizations) are complex blend of
human, material, information and financial resources. It
is through the utilization and integration of these
resources in a large number of interdependent processes
that health care is provided. The effective and timely
implementation of health care processes depends, to a
great extent, on the successful and effective
implementation of other related processes. The overall
quality and efficiency of health care depends largely on
the level of coordination and harmony that processes are
performed by. The duty of management is to ensure that
health care is provided in the most effective, efficient
and responsive way. This course introduces students to
an overview of management and to the skills, concepts,
and attitudes of successful management and helps
students to understand the roles, functions and duties
of managers in today’s health care systems. Topics
include systems theory and approach to health care
delivery, health care systems, functions and roles of
managers, management theories, planning, organizing,
directing, controlling, leadership, communication,
e-health, and information technology. |
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HCI
4206 : Issue in Healthcare Informatics
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
This course "Issues in Healthcare Informatics" is
designed to broaden and sharpen students' knowledge
about significant issues and topics that influenced and
will influence the healthcare informatics and healthcare
industry. This will be achieved through discussions and
activities introducing and analyzing concepts and
concept-relevant issues. Course modules will cover a
broad spectrum of issues relevant to healthcare
informatics professional practice. |
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NURS
462 : Nursing Management and Leadership
Undergraduate Nursing Program -
Jordan University of Science & Technology
Nursing systems (small or large organizations or units)
are a complex blend of human, material, information, and
financial resources. It is through the utilization and
integration of these resources that a large number of
interdependent nursing care processes and interventions
are provided. The effective and timely implementation of
these processes and interventions depends, to a great
extent, on the successful and effective implementation
of other related processes. The overall quality and
efficiency of nursing care depends largely on the level
of coordination and harmony that processes are performed
by. The duty of nursing management is to ensure that
nursing care is provided at the highest level of quality
(effective, efficient and responsive care). This
introductory course in management and leadership
provides students with knowledge of management
principles, theories and related managerial functions
needed by the nurse managers in order to provide high
quality care. Additionally, the course focuses on the
development of management and leadership skills needed
by nurses including communication skills, conflict
management, delegation, leadership, quality management,
staffing and scheduling, and recruiting. |
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HCI
4306 : Healthcare Informatics Practicum
Undergraduate Health Informatics
Program - Montana Tech University, USA
The practicum is a semi-independent field-based learning
experience that takes place in an organization with
healthcare informatics operations. The practicum
experience is tailored to individual student's needs and
strengths in order to support professional growth and
development. During the practicum, the student is
involved in planned experiences and activities designed
to provide opportunities to use previously acquired
academent and professional skills and knowledge.
Students doing their practicum are expected to assume
independent and leadership role in the host
organization. Examples of host organizations include
healthcare providers, healthcare information systems
vendors, and Insurance providers. The practicum allows
the student to attain practical experience while
pursuing the achievement of stated educational
objectives and is designed to provide the student the
opportunity to test theories and to practice skills
learned in the course of study. The practicum is
designed to to help students improve knowledge,
information, abilities and skillsh in at least one of
the following areas: [Healthcare systems, Healthcare
organization and delivery, Database management, Software
development, System analysis, Process and operations
analysis, Computer science, Information systems, or/and
Telecommunications].
The practicum experience is to be structured in a way to
provide the student an exposure to the current
information systems utilized in the health care facility
and an opportunity to assess the effectiveness and
efficiency of these systems and suggest changes to the
organization, when applicable. A project is the most
important component of the practicum. The practicum is
to be designed to involve the student in a project to be
decided by the organization in coordination with the
student and advising committee. |
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HCI
4916 : Healthcare Informatics Internship
Undergraduate Health Informatics Program - Montana Tech
University, USA
The internship is a supervised field-based learning
experience that takes place in an organization with
healthcare informatics operations. Examples of such
organizations are healthcare providers, healthcare
information systems vendors, and Insurance providers.
The internship allows the student to attain practical
experience while pursuing the achievement of stated
educational objectives and is designed to provide the
student the opportunity to test theories and to practice
skills learned in the course of study. The internship is
designed to help students improve knowledge,
information, abilities and skills in at least one of the
following areas [Healthcare systems, Healthcare
organization and delivery, Computer science, Information
systems, or/and Telecommunications]
The internship experience is to be structured in a way
to provide the student an exposure to the current
information systems utilized in the health care facility
and an opportunity to assess the effectiveness and
efficiency of these systems and suggest changes to the
organization, when applicable. A project is an important
component of the internship. The internship has to be
designed to involve the student in a project to be
decided by the organization in coordination with the
student and advising committee. |
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Graduate
Courses |
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NURS
703 : Health Informatics and Technology in Health Care
Graduate Nursing Program - Jordan
University of Science & Technology
In this era, with the emphasis on improving quality of
health care while improving efficiency, information
technology has emerged as a prime solution to the many
ailments of the healthcare system. Information systems
and technology support managerial and clinical decision
making and the provision of quality nursing and health
care. This course provides students with working
knowledge of the technical, human, organizational and
economical aspects of information systems and technology
in use in health care. Students will gain an
understanding of technology, data, human processing, and
standards related to clinical information systems, and
how these elements are used to make evidence-based
decisions in health care systems and services. Topics
include: systems theory, information system components
and functions in healthcare; data, information and
knowledge triad; electronic health record; decision
support systems; criteria for evaluating healthcare
information systems; database management principles;
information systems life cycle; nursing informatics; and
healthcare & nursing taxonomies and terminologies. The
application of nursing informatics in nursing research,
administration, education, and practice will be
explored. History of health care and nursing informatics
will be explored. |
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NURS
732 : Planning and Evaluation of Health Programs
Graduate Nursing Program - Jordan
University of Science & Technology
Populations differ in their health care needs. The
course provides an introduction to the assessment,
planning and Evaluation of health care programs for
specific populations. This course provides students with
knowledge of planning principles, and tools. needed by
the nurse leaders in order to be able to plan health
care programs for populations effectively and
efficiently. This course will provide an opportunity for
students to critically assess health needs and
creatively design health strategies for different
populations through review of recent literature, class
discussion, and class assignments, students will become
familiar with major issues, methods, and solutions of
concern to health care planners. This course will
introduce students to the concepts of health promotion
and health education and different models guiding the
development and implementation of health care programs.
The ultimate goal of this course is that students will
be able to design an effective and efficient health care
program that meets the needs of a specific population.
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NURS
705 : Nursing Services Administration
Graduate Nursing Program - Jordan
University of Science & Technology
This is a continuation of Nursing Services
Administration I. The purpose of this course it to
analyze the underlying principles, premises, theories,
research, models and practices needed by nurse
administrators and managers. Topics included are:
decision making & problem solving, communication,
conflict management, organizational communication,
stress management, time management, selecting,
developing and evaluating nursing staff, conflict,
culture, delegation, nursing Informatics, evidence-based
practice, power, politics and influence, time and stress
Management. |
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NURS
707 : Nursing Services Administration Practicum II
Graduate Nursing Program - Jordan
University of Science & Technology
Continuation of the practicum I experience. The
practicum provides students with a practical and
mentored experience in nursing management and leadership
that offers the opportunity to integrate knowledge,
skills and abilities learned throughout the course of
study to nursing practice. This practicum takes place at
the executive level of the nursing system. It provides
an opportunity to become actively involved in the roles
of nurse leader under the direction of an experienced
nurse manager in a health care organization.
Opportunities will be provided to participate in all
phases of the nursing executive and managerial role.
Requirements include a written practicum plan with
specified goals, outcomes and responsibilities developed
by the student, and agreed to by the mentor, and course
faculty. Students are expected to assume responsibility
for one major project under the direction of the
preceptor while fulfilling the requirements for the
practicum. |
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NURS
708 : Quality Management in Health Care
Graduate Nursing Program -
Jordan University of Science & Technology
This course provides students with the theory,
principles and tools of managing (QM) and improving (QI)
quality in health and nursing systems. Through this
course, students will be introduced to the concepts of
quality, quality management, continuous quality
improvement (CQI) and other relevant concepts and their
practice and application in a variety of nursing and
health care systems. Different approaches to improving
quality of health and nursing care will be discussed.
Hospital accreditation and standards in international
settings will be given special attention in this course.
In this course, systems approach will be followed.
Additional topics will include: approaches to improving
quality, accreditation, standards, quality tools,
quality measurement, indicators of quality, Baldrige
performance excellence criteria, hospital accreditation
standards, among others. |
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NURS
725 : Health Systems and Policy
Graduate Nursing Program - Jordan
University of Science & Technology
Health leads to wealth and wealth leads to better
health. Healthy populations tend to lead happy and
productive lives. It is the duty of governments, health
systems and other systems to ensure the highest level of
population health. Governments, through funding,
legislation, and provision of health services, play an
important role in influencing health status of people.
Politics (the process of making decisions for groups)
significantly influences the structure, finance,
distribution and delivery of health care services. The
main aim of this course is to provide students with an
in-depth analysis and understanding of health care
delivery systems: the structure, objectives, processes,
outcomes, and feedback mechanisms and to prepare them to
be effective participants in discussions and debates
over health care policy issues. Systems approach will be
utilized to achieve better understanding of health care
system. The course identifies and discusses the forces
that influence health care systems. Key areas to be
discussed and analyzed with respect to health care
services are organization, financing, quality, cost,
access, and distribution of health facilities and
personnel. The course will introduce students to the
policy making process in the US and in Jordan. Current
health policy problems will be discussed throughout the
semester to illustrate the complexity of policy-making
process and to provide an opportunity to apply theory
learned in class to “real world” situations. The course
will be conducted in a combination of lecture and
seminar format. Students are required to do library and
Internet research in addition to reading course
materials. Each student will be required to lead 1 ½
hour discussion. The instructor will assign topics to
the students and each student will read the related
readings and conduct library and Internet research and
then prepare a presentation to the class about the topic
and lead a group discussion about the topic. All
students are required to take an active part in all
discussions. |
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PH 730
: Public Health Administration
Graduate Course in the Masters of
Public Health Program - Jordan University of Science &
Technology
Health services are provided through different
arrangements of certain types of resources. The
challenge of health services industry is to provide its
services in an effective and efficient manner. It is
through the proper management of "resources" that this
challenge may be met. This graduate course is designed
to provide students with the needed information and
knowledge to be able to manage health services in an
effective and efficient manner. The foundations of
systems theory will be explored and will used as a frame
of reference to analyze and provide clearer
understanding of health systems behaviors and phenomena.
The course introduces students to management concepts,
principles and practices. Integration of contemporary
issues to traditional management functions of planning,
organizing, leading and controlling. |
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PH 730 : Health Policy
Graduate Course in the Masters of
Public Health Program - Jordan University of Science &
Technology
Health leads to wealth and wealth leads to better
health. Healthy populations tend to lead happy and
economically productive lives. It is the duty of
governments, health systems and other societal systems
to ensure the highest level of population health.
Governments, through funding, legislation, and provision
of health services, play an important role in
influencing health status of people. Politics
significantly influences the structure, financing,
distribution and delivery of health care services. The
course addresses issues facing health care systems and
the policies to deal with these issues. This course will
introduce students to the health care system in Jordan;
stakeholders, delivery, financiers, government
involvement, issues, and politics of health care.
Students will use systems theory and approach to analyze
current health policy issues in Jordan, define heath and
health policy, recognize the impact and importance of
health politics and health policy, and understand the
context and process of health policymaking in developed
and developing countries and in Jordan. Global health
issues with impact on Jordan health system will also be
discussed. |
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