Applied Health Care Quality Improvement Through Simulation
Blended | April 12-June 7, 2027
Lead healthcare improvement with real-world simulation
Understanding improvement science is the starting point. Being able to lead an improvement initiative, step by step, under real conditions, with real data, is the goal. This course takes participants through the complete improvement journey in a structured, instructor-led environment designed to build practical capability and the confidence to act.
By the end of Applied Health Care Quality Improvement Through Simulation, you will know how to:
- Articulate the key challenges in healthcare quality and explain the rationale for a science-based approach to improvement
- Draft the building blocks of an improvement project for their own setting: an aim statement, a team map, a process analysis, a measurement plan, and a time-series display
- Draw on real-world improvement examples to recognize how improvement methods are applied across diverse healthcare settings
- Explain why standards, training, or measurement alone are insufficient drivers of sustained improvement
- Identify the core principles of improvement science and describe how each shapes the design of effective improvement initiatives
- Explain the frameworks that guide organized improvement efforts, including the distinction between discovery and delivery
- Describe the dimensions of quality care and apply them to their own professional context
This course also contributes to the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization offered by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.