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Organisation of Health Care

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:10.06.2020 13:20:20
Study Course Information
Course Code:LF_598LQF level:Level 5
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Health CareTarget Audience:Nursing Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Dzintra Vecbaštika
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:RSU Liepāja Branch
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Liepāja, Riņķu iela 24/26, lfatrsu[pnkts]lv, lfatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)5Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures10
Classes (count)11Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes22
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
The concept of health, philosophy and medical ethics, introduction to evidence-based care, public health and epidemiology.
Objective:
Promote the acquisition of knowledge on health organisation, policy and financing issues in Latvia and the world. Introduce students with theoretical management assumptions and practical methods, their applications. To raise awareness of the quality management system in the healthcare system.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1The health system in the world and Latvia. Principles of the organisation and management of health care. Main international and Latvian health policy documents. Legal bases for the healthcare system; principles for the financing of health care.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Organisation and organisation philosophy and strategy. Organisation culture. Types of organisation structures, changes in structure, setting up an effective organisation structure.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Management of organizational resources (material and intangible), control efficient use of resources. Analysis of organisation errors, transfer of experience to the organisation, analysis of future competencies.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Management decision-making; management styles; decision-making process. Principles for human resource management in health care.Lectures2.00auditorium
5Personnel forecasting and planning. Motivating staff, defining the pay system and evaluating the results of work.Classes2.00auditorium
6Workshop: Searching for Personnel, Adaptation of Workers, Prevention of Mobing, Vocational Career, Evaluation of Personnel, Payment in Health Care.Classes1.00auditorium
7The decision-making process and methods. Adoption of alternatives in the decision-making process. Adoption of a group of decisions. Method of nominal groups. Delphi method. The method of brain storm.Classes2.00auditorium
8Control. The nature of the controls in health-care organisations. Control process. External control of the healthcare organisation.Classes2.00auditorium
9Management of change, challenges and addressing it. Risk management, types of risks and analysis. Creating a creative organisation environment.Classes2.00auditorium
10Quality management: characterisation, overview of quality levels and quality systems.Classes1.00auditorium
11Workshop: Conflict of generations in the health-care labour market. Command concept, building. Flexible human resources planning in health care. "Do things right or do the right things?" Qualitysafety in healthcare. Management of change in health care. Effective management of the team.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Analysis of literature. Evaluating documents and situations and formulating opinions, presentations on lesson topics.
Assessment Criteria:
Case analysis (50%), presentation with a discussion and answers to questions (50%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Test
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:As a result of the acquisition of the study course, students will be able to define health care policy, Latvian health policy documents. Formulate and explain the system of health care financing in Latvia and other European countries. Define the organisational structure of Latvia's health care, the levels of health care. Will be able to describe the application of general management principles and the specific features of the national healthcare system.
Skills:As a result of the acquisition of a study course, the student will be able to assess the documents of Latvian health care systems, requirements in the context of practice. Will be able to focus on the organisational structure and management of health care.
Competencies:Be able to justify the limits of professional activity of their and other healthcare professionals in the context of healthcare policies and legislation; to extend a variety of health policy documents and legislation to the individual patient/client situation; to analyse, evaluate, synthesise and make recommendations on individual aspects of the health system; to analyse the basic principles of the quality management system.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Abizāre V. Ievads uzņēmējdarbībā. RaKa 2004.
2Dukāte I. Vadībzinības rokasgrāmata. – R., Zvaigzne ABC, 2004.
3Forands I. Biznesa vadības tehnoloģijas. SIA “Latvijas izglītības fonds”, Rīga, 2004.
4Forands I., Personālvadība. Rīga, 1997.
5Garleja R., Darbs, organizācija un psiholoģija. RaKa 2003.
6Kehre M., Peronālmenedžments uzņēmumā. Biznesa augstskola “Turība”, Rīga , 2004.
7Pettere G. Voronova I., Riski uzņēmējdarbībā un to vadība. Banku augstskola. 2003.
8Pildavs J., Kvalitātes vadības teorijas pamati. 2004.
9Praude V., Beļčikovs J. Menedžments, Rīga, Vaidelote 2001.
10Spulle Ā.A. Praktiskais personālmenedžmets. Biznesa augstskola Turība, Rīga. 2004.
Additional Reading
1„The European Health Report 2009 ” WHO Europa, 2010.
2Robbins, S.P. Fundamentals of Management. Essential Concepts and Applications / Stephen P. Robbins, David A. Decenzo. – 4th ed. – Pearson Education, Inc., Prentice Hall.
3Robbins Stephen P., Coulter Mary. Management - 8-th ed. - Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
4WHO Regional Office for Europe (2012) Moder Health Care Delivery Systems, Care Coordination and tehe Role of Hospitals. Copenhagen: WHO ROE
Other Information Sources
1International Organization for Standartdization, www.iso.org
2European Foundation for Quality Management, www.efqm.org
3American Quality Management, www.americanquality.com
4European Organization for Quality, www.eoq.org
5Institute of Quality Assurance, www.iqa.org
6Latvijas Kvalitātes asociācija, www.lka.lv