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Quality Assurance and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

  • Description
  • Certification Type
  • Course Fees

For additional information, please email to commcareacademy@slec.org.sg.

Course Overview

Quality Assurance is critical in ensuring consistent standards and maintaining operational efficiency. When incidents or issues arise, effective investigation and resolution are key to preventing recurrence. This course introduces participants to both an incident response framework and RCA, essential for investigating quality and safety-related incidents. With a focus on structured reporting, RCA tools, and identifying systemic issues, participants will gain the skills needed to ensure high standards of quality and safety within their organisation.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand and apply a systemic approach to incident response
  • Perform incident reporting using the SBAR model
  • Conduct incident investigation through RCA
Topics:
  • Quality assurance and safety culture
  • Incident response framework
  • SBAR (Situation-background-assessment-recommendation) model
  • Root cause analysis
  • Just culture

Certification Type

  • Upon successful completion of this course, you will obtain a Certificate of Achievement
  • This course is stackable towards:
    Certificate of Accomplishment in Foundational Programme for Community Care Manager
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    Multi-disciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology
    Preceptorship Program

Course Fees

The full course fee is $280.00 (before GST).

For learners working in eligible community care organisations (CCOs), the course fee subsidy is as follows:

Employment Type Subsidy Amount Payable (Before GST)
Singapore Citizen/ Permanent Resident 90% $28
Work Pass Holder 45% $154

For additional information, please email to commcareacademy@slec.org.sg.