Last modified: 22 May 2019 17:07
The course aims to instill knowledge but, much more importantly, stimulate students’ thinking about the major challenges within different health systems and the options for the health services management. Furthermore, it aims to take a genuinely international perspective on health care, providing knowledge of different health care systems and encouraging comparison and critique. It covers a wide variety of topics including an overview of the health systems around the world, the effects of social inequalities on health inequalities and their repercussions for social policy and issues of public health policy towards tobacco, alcohol and obesity.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will contain the following (indicative) content: *Leading, innovating and communicating in international healthcare; *International health policy; *Comparative key health systems and health system models; *Managing rural and peripheral health systems; *Key factors driving international health system evolution and change: redesign, quality and performance management, finance, marketing, demographics; *Managing in the healthcare pharmaceutical and technology industries and managing pharmaceuticals and technologies in health systems; *Managing in and for turbulent situations - disasters, emergencies and pandemics.
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Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1 3-hour examination (60%); continuous assessment (40%) consisting of a graded presentation (10%) and an essay (30%).
There are no assessments for this course.
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