IE 598 FHC - Special Topics - Field Research in Health Care

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in industrial engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Special Instructions:

-Students will learn about the methodological and practical issues of field research methods with special emphasis on mixed methods research. -Students will develop their own research proposal (e.g., Master-s thesis, Ph.D. dissertation, research proposal). This graduate seminar is designed for graduate students interested or involved in field research, in particular in the areas of human factors and ergonomics, health systems engineering, quality management and engineering, and other domains related to healthcare quality and patient safety.

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 4

Term(s): Fall