COURSE NO LONGER AVAILABLE – BACKGROUND INFORMATION ONLY
Project Management for Healthcare Facilities
8-hour general course, usually taught 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
16-hour individualized course, usually taught in one 2-day session
Contents
Planning the Scope of Your Project
- What Do You Want to Do? - Defining the Scope of Your Project
- Defining the Work Involved (Work Breakdown Structure)
Planning the Time for Your Project
- Sequencing the Activities Involved
- Developing Your Schedule (Timelines for the Activities)
Planning the Costs of Your Project
- Estimating the Costs
- Budgeting for the Costs
- Controlling the Costs
Quality Assurance
Risk Management
- Identifying Risks
- Analysing Risks
- Responding to Risks
- Monitoring & Controlling Risks
Team Building
Planning Communications
- Distributing Information
- Managing Stakeholders
Managing Procurement from External Providers
- Administering Your Contracts
Executing Your Project
Closing Your Project
Sample Individualized Projects Selected by Previous Course Participants
- Facilitating online migration of paper-based policies and procedures
- Producing a Training Manual for Personnel
- Developing a model for an annual Open House
- Writing a Patient Nutrition Report
- Conducting a market assessment for constructing a nursing home
- Assessing career opportunities within the organization
Objectives
Upon completion of this course in full, participants will have:
- Demonstrated knowledge of and be able to explain project management theory and practice as it impacts on the health care system
- Applied critical thinking skills to selected health project management hypotheticals in order to obtain and interpret the information contained therein
- Demonstrated an ability to apply health case law and statute law to practical healthcare project management situations