Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Gestió de les Organitzacions Sanitàries
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Teaching staff
Contact by email: Dr. Boi Ruiz boi.ruiz@uic.es
Introduction
The complexity and sophistication of the management of higher education institutions require to achieve excellence.
The Master in Health Management aims to reinforce the UIC with a university education skills which the doctor or other health-related professionals, has received during his studies degree or diploma, extensive knowledge of other disciplines such as economics, sociology, law, engineering, biology, ...
The ultimate goal of the program is to provide theoretical and methodological tools to manage a complex and changing environment, to contribute to improving care and quality of health services.
The curriculum of this degree is designed so that it can be compatible with professional practice through intensive schedule classes two days a week.
The implementation of the practices in real environments and in different aspects, allows the student to attain a level of expertise necessary to perform additional management functions to be empowered or clinical practice managers at different levels of healthcare organizations.
Pre-course requirements
Not applicable.
Objectives
- Understand the legal framework of the healthcare sector.
- Analyze the functioning and structure of healthcare organizations from a systemic, organizational, and governance perspective.
- Apply organizational theories and models in the management of healthcare institutions.
- Design strategic and operational business plans adapted to the healthcare environment.
- Assess the economic and financial situation of healthcare organizations to support decision-making.
- Manage human resources in healthcare organizations, promoting leadership and teamwork.
- Plan and manage, in an integrated manner, physical, material, technological, logistical resources, and general services.
- Use information systems and data analysis in the management and improvement of healthcare organizations in a context of digital transformation.
- Manage e-Health.
- Compare and evaluate management models in the public and private healthcare sectors, including collaboration frameworks.
- Manage internal and external communication.
- Manage the environmental impact of healthcare centers.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CN02 - Identify the portfolio of services and the key healthcare processes of each organisation and level of health level.
- CP03 - Interpret the needs and expectations of patients, either real or potential, to evaluate management programmes in the healthcare field.
- CP05 - Apply the techniques for the correct management of people in a real healthcare management situation, respecting fundamental equal rights between men and women, and the promotion of human rights and the values inherent in a peaceful society of democratic values using inclusive, non-discriminatory language without stereotypes.
- HB01 - Apply a multidimensional view to planning (planning, organising and directing) in order to develop the capacity for autonomous and multidisciplinary work with agile decision-making in the field of health management
- HB02 - Analyse the benefits and potential of each element that makes up the various healthcare models (local, national and international, public and private sectors), prioritising decisions that take into account the benefit of well-being and health for the healthcare system.
- HB03 - Suggest solutions for target requirements to achieve a balance between supply and demand in the field of healthcare management.
- HB04 - Use reliable sources of information for appropriate decision-making at all levels of the healthcare organisation, and use these sources to form the basis for innovation and research management in their centre. In doing so, identify ideas that generate new products or services and that can be transferred to society through patents, the creation of new start-ups, spin-offs or companies.
- HB05 - Propose an action plan to ensure coordination between different levels of care in the field of health management.
- HB07 - Relate learned concepts to real situations and apply them properly. Keep informed of the aspects that directly or indirectly influence healthcare organisations (budget management, regulatory applications, environmental health situations, etc.).
Learning outcomes of the subject
Syllabus
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
-Organization Theory Applied: The government institutions, management and organizational charts.
-Strategic planning and business plan: strategic planning methodology and conduct of a business plan
-Economic, financial and equity: The public and the private sector.
-Human resource management: Conceptual framework for human resource management. Models of industrial relations in the health sector. Incorporation of new resources to the organizations. Compensation systems. Talent management and career development. Negotiating and working environment. Managerial roles, competencies. Leadership. Micro communication skills
-Management of physical and technological resources: Functional Plan, Plan. Equipment and maintenance. Green Hospital.
-Purchasing and supplies. Pharmacy Procurement: Procurement of new products, inventory management, distribution of materials.
-Management of general services: Food, cleaning, laundry, security, order and good internal image of the buildings.
-Technologies and information systems: Systems and Technology Plan of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
-Management in the Public Sector: The specificities of public sector management.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
CM: Lecture
It is a scenario in which the teacher transmits knowledge in a classroom to the whole group of students with the intention to activate the cognitive processes in students.
The teacher is the one that exposes and the student has a main role of receiver. This is the most common methodology to transmit the knowledge and to ensure the achievement of most powers.
TC: Exhibition and work with real-life examples
This methodology will take place in small groups of students who need to deliberate on cases or examples of your own health management, whether real or simulated, with active involvement of the teacher, ending the case with exposure to a common conclusion that allow all acquire knowledge.
DD: Discussion and debate of articles, publications, ...
Students will have the documentation and the time to review, prepare or documented, so that the contribution to the group is maximized.
Discussions and activities will be conducted in small groups within the classroom, developing strategies that encourage active student participation.
This format can be done during the master classes as a complement.
TT: Tutorials
Establishing a personal relationship advice, where the teacher serves, facilitates and directs one or more students in the learning process.
AAP: self-learning activities
These activities are designed for students to solve problems by itself, with the help of material that is provided and has been collecting information on classes and / or during the probationary period and that additional documents provided you, the references, etc ....
EP: Personal Study
The student must devote time to personal study, preparing lessons, preparing cases that will work in classrooms, etc ...
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The assessment systems planned for basic, compulsory, and elective subjects are as follows:
Written Exam (WE): The course will be assessed on a continuous basis through written examinations conducted throughout the academic year. The final mark will be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the different exams, each with an equal weight in the final mark.
The student will have one week to develop the proposed topics, supported by bibliography, documentation provided by the teachers, notes, etc. The teaching committee will evaluate the content and coherence, the assimilation, acquisition, and utilization of concepts, innovative contributions, the presentation in order and method, and the acquisition and integration of competencies.