Core Courses

First term

During the first term, you are required to

Foundations of Management in Healthcare Organizations

Fundamental issues in organizational behaviour and management in a healthcare environment

• Skills and competences for leadership
• Strategy making
• Human resource management
• Performance management

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Major issues and analytical methods within healthcare systems and their policies from an international perspective

• Health and wellbeing
• Structure and dynamics of healthcare systems in high income countries and emerging economies
• Comparative healthcare systems

Health Economics

Economics applied to health and healthcare

• Microeconomics (demand theory, supply theory, partial and general equilibrium) applied to health and healthcare
• Market failures and regulation
• Macroeconomic analysis applied to healthcare systems

Issues in Public Health and Epidemiology

Introduction to principles and methods of epidemiology

• Current issues in public health and epidemiology
• Measure of occurrence, association and impact
• Epidemiological research studies: intervention studies and observational studies
• Secondary studies and evidence synthesis: systematic reviews and meta-analysis

Quantitative Methods in Healthcare Organizations

Mathematical and statistical techniques, and models of data analysis to assess values and assumptions, and support managerial decisions in the healthcare sector

• Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
• Contingency Analysis
• Correlation analysis
• Simple and multiple linear regression analysis
• Cash Flows evaluation