Health System Management (mk_067)
About Study Course
Objective
The aim of the study course is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge of modern healthcare system management – its goals, objectives and basic principles of formation, as well as major topicalities in planning, management and provision of healthcare services.
The course is focused on the health system and development of health policy. Students will learn about the health system framework, its types and elements that are based on the approach and recommendations of World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international organisations. Upon successful completion of the course, students will understand operational principles of health systems, the nature of reforms and development trends.
Prerequisites
Modern management theories and strategic management.
Learning outcomes
Doctoral students are able to demonstrate that they are familiar and understand the most current healthcare systems, their functions and goals, aims of health policy, principles and processes. They are able to demonstrate that they are familiar with the management of health systems and are able to identify key actors in the health sector and their interactions, analyse the types of health systems and their key features, and understand the workforce resources, technologies and service provision in health sectors.
Doctoral students are able to interpret health policy and health system goals independently; to explain how health systems are organized and managed by applying a comparative analysis in evaluation of various health systems and to make proposals for solving problems in healthcare systems.
Doctoral students are able to evaluate the importance of healthcare systems in improving the health level of population and to find different health policy recommendations for specific health systems based on an independent and critical analysis.
