# Introduction

This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Health and Social Care.

In this free course, Introducing healthcare improvement, you will be exploring what is meant by the terms ‘quality’ and ‘quality improvement’ in the context of healthcare. You will consider what constitutes the key dimensions of healthcare quality that improvement initiatives typically target. You will be introduced to some key ideas from the academic literature on healthcare improvement and encouraged to reflect on your own personal knowledge and experience of healthcare.

This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Health and Social Care.

OpenLearn - Introducing healthcare improvement
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