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Egan, Queens University  \nAbstract  \nWorking in silos or working within one discipline has not improved the delivery of healthcare. With a goal to advance the healthcare quality agenda and in response to an identified need within both the educational and healthcare sector, Queen’s University has established a Master’s degree in Healthcare Quality [MSc(HQ)]. The interprofessional MSc(HQ) offers Canadian and international perspectives on quality, risk, and safety in healthcare using both practical and theoretical perspectives. This paper outlines pedagogical principles and approaches, and provides preliminary evidence of the effective mix of theoretical and practical underpinnings. These preliminary findings indicate that the students have entered our program with a minimal understanding of quality and patient safety and our program has expanded their comprehension. Students have claimed to feel more confident that they can apply patient safety principles in their workplace. By engaging a wide interprofessional perspective we can advance the system.  \nIntroduction  \nThe Master’s of Science in Healthcare Quality [MSc(HQ)] was first conceived in 2010 at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in response to a need perceived by healthcare professionals to close the gap between the theory and practice of quality, risk, and safety in healthcare. Although healthcare has historically looked with itself to fix the problems of quality, risk and safety it is the belief within the MScHQ program that the problems related to the quality of healthcare require input from professions not always associated with healthcare. It is considered that the workings of our healthcare industry are like a clock; all of the gears turning behind the scenes, producing the steady tick of the hand, the forward motion of all the players: doctors, policy makers, engineers, human resources, financial services, pharmacies, home care providers, business associates, nurses, lawyers, and government agencies.  \nImproving quality, risk and safety has never been higher on the agenda at both a national and international level. The rate of error occurrence in health care has been identified as 10-100 times higher than in other customer-focused industries, such as aviation (Lucian, 1994) . According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths per year which occurs in the United States are caused by medical errors within health care (Institute of Medicine, 2000) . In Canada, the Baker and Norton report that of almost 2.5 million annual hospital admissions in Canada from a similar patient population, about 185,000 are associated with an adverse event and close to 70,000 of these are potentially preventable (Baker, Norton, Flintoft, Blais, Brown, Cox et al., 2004) .  \nIt is the perception of the MScHQ faculty that to deliver knowledge both practical and theoretical knowledge in a pedagogically sound manner will empower the next generation of healthcare members. This movement to system change could revolutionize a system that is  \nfragmented and in need of improvement. Although the healthcare system has made advances, to rely on a substantial system change to come from within healthcare system given the heavy workloads, increasing complexity of client needs and the environment and the budget constraints this is unrealistic and frankly irrational.  \nProgram Review  \nIn order to prepare well rounded graduates, the MSc(HQ) must transcend the long held dichotomy between empirical science based research, and the philosophical Socratic teaching of the arts. The challenge lies in successfully integrating these two divergent ways of thinking. For example, a study conducted on graduate students involved in an interprofessional course at Indiana University Kokomo, concluded that students felt they were not only challenged by t","cbCaifmobY8ShM7V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifmobY8ShM7V","pdf",260634,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Program Review","[{\"question\":\"Why did Queen’s University create the MSc(HQ) program?\",\"answer\":\"The program was established to advance the healthcare quality agenda in response to a recognized need to close the gap between theory and practice for quality, risk, and safety in healthcare.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the MSc(HQ) program combine theory and practice?\",\"answer\":\"It uses an interprofessional approach that integrates theoretical underpinnings with real-world application, guided by pedagogical principles and supported by preliminary evidence.\"},{\"question\":\"What do preliminary findings indicate about student learning and confidence?\",\"answer\":\"Students start with limited understanding of quality and patient safety, then show expanded comprehension. 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