3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture
Historical, ethical, financial, and social influences on contemporary innovations in healthcare practices and delivery systems are analyzed. The genesis and diffusion of both micro- and macro-level innovations are reconstructed with the use of theories, organizational and transdisciplinary factors, and effective processes. Quality of care issues are synthesized utilizing innovations in care and health delivery systems as a framework. With innovative care and innovations in healthcare delivery systems as frameworks, quality of care issues are appraised. Selected exemplars of successful innovations, with an emphasis on strategies to evaluate dissemination and impact, are analyzed. Admission to the Nursing PhD program or instructor permission. This is one of the first courses taken by PhD students and may be open to graduate students outside the School of Nursing with permission from the instructor.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate knowledge of innovative care and innovation in healthcare delivery systems through discourse in written and oral assignments.
2Use theories related to innovation in research design and methods.
3Understand innovation within an organizational context, citing barriers and facilities to the impact of innovation.
4Demonstrate use of strategies to optimize the impact of innovation in both the micro-level and macro-level contexts and in healthcare settings.
5Use language that accurately describes the links between discovery and innovation.
6Synthesize literature to critique innovations and their development across time.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.