Master's Degree in Health Management
UDIMA - Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
Key Information
Campus location
Languages
Spanish
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
12 months
Pace
Part time
Tuition fees
EUR 5,460 / per course *
Application deadline
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* price of the complete master's degree in a single payment
Introduction
Presentation
Starting from the premise that the current economic, political and social situation, which is increasingly complex and globalized, raises a problem whose resolution requires deep technical and practical knowledge, knowledge of professional management systems, which make it possible to make the use of resources profitable. increasingly scarce is notorious and is reflected in the three aspects that are enunciated in the epigraph.
Attending succinctly to the evolution that health management has registered in the three main levels (academic, scientific and professional) as a consequence of the large number of different processes, although interconnected, tending to examine and analyze a changing reality in order to give explanations on the same, we will come to the conclusion that all this has been produced in response to very specific needs derived from specializations of the scientific and professional work of health managers. The most significant examples include the labor economy, the health economy, the education economy, the transport economy, etc.
The University Master's Degree in Health Management is an official degree whose study plan is published in BOE number 75 of March 28, 2012.
Addressed to
The University Master's Degree in Health Management is aimed preferably at Graduates, Graduates or Diplomas in:
- Graduates in Health Sciences.
- Business Studies.
- Business Management.
- Economy.
However, those students who are not graduates or graduates of these degrees or do not accredit specific training in economics and business, must take a series of training supplements called "Specific Complements to Health Management" to lay the foundations of financial management . For these students, these training supplements are mandatory, and may be done prior to the start of the Master or simultaneously with it (see table of training supplements in the "Study plan" tab).
It is about developing in students, whose university degrees are from the Branch of Health Sciences or Social and Legal Sciences (except those who have training in the field of economics or business), the fundamental knowledge of business management that will subsequently allow them to understand, acquire and develop the specialized knowledge of Health Management, based on a prior and optimal preparation that allows them to achieve each and every one of the competencies established in the Master.
Main objective of the Master
This training program has been designed so that the student masters all the necessary knowledge that will enable them to carry out adequately and with guarantee of success a work of management, advice and evaluation of this type of institutions of the Health Sector, both in the global field of the institution, as in any of its functional areas: department or clinical service, economic-financial management, strategic direction, human resources, quality, logistics, etc., facilitating its integration into a single European labor market.
Through the study of the didactic units and the realization of the evaluation and learning activities, the future professional acquires the necessary tools to carry out their work by applying their knowledge. This allows the development of essential skills in professional life such as teamwork, problem analysis, search and communication of solutions, negotiation and decision-making.
This general objective can be broken down into the following specific learning objectives:
That students understand and deepen their knowledge of:
- The main methods, tools and techniques that facilitate learning and work in online situations for professionals in the health environment in the 21st century.
- The Organization of the National Health System, its objectives, regulatory regulations and the management of health centers and services, together with knowledge of the main aspects of Strategic Management of Health Organizations, both in its "macro" (planning) and " meso ”(managerial) and as“ micro ”(clinical management), both in the public and private sectors.
- The different models, techniques, methods and tools for financial analysis and cost-benefit specific to clinical and hospital management.
- The different models, methods, tools and indicators that make it possible to establish the hospital case-mix to carry out an adequate analytical management and establish the evaluation models of Health Centers and Services and, in particular, of Healthcare Centers in Primary Care and Specialized Care.
- Those management disciplines, which are not specifically specific to the Health Sector, have in their methodologies, techniques, tools and / or applicable regulations, a double dimension: that of the Health Sector and the common one with other Organizational Management and Management systems in other areas.
- The personal values and behaviors that should characterize the “how to” of health professionals in the 21st century: Emotional Intelligence, Time Management, Organization of Meetings, Public Speaking, Negotiation Techniques, Manager's Deontology, Leadership and Motivation, Teamwork, Interpersonal Communication, Knowledge Management, Corporate Social Responsibility.
Participation in the development of the processes of Health Management, both at the level of design, implementation and maintenance of health management policies (strategic, clinical-financial management, hospital management, process management, HR, risk prevention , logistics, quality management, purchasing, etc.) consistent with the characteristics and activity of the organization.
Teaching system
UDIMA training model is based on distance education, making intensive use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to facilitate the educational process.
UDIMA learning evaluation system contemplates carrying out and, where appropriate, overcoming different types of activities. The percentage weights established to evaluate the activities of each subject will be described in detail in the file of each module or subject contained in the teaching planning and will be established from the maximum and minimum established in the following table:
Participation in learning activities | ≥ 10% |
Controls | ≥ 10% |
Continuous Assessment Activities (AEC): | ≥ 20% |
Face-to-face final exam | ≤ 60% |
TOTAL | 100% |
In all subjects, the student is monitored academically through the qualification of didactic activities based on the characteristics of the European Higher Education Area.
Methodology
The UDIMA methodology is based on a distance learning system that promotes continuous assessment and "learning-by-doing" in an environment of closeness, accessibility and real-time interaction between the teacher and the student, through information technologies. and communication.
The teaching-learning process is developed through Virtual Classrooms in which students have at their disposal a Teaching Guide with the planning of the subject. The teaching methodology ensures the acquisition of knowledge and professional and personal skills through a continuous assessment system embodied in didactic activities, self-assessment questionnaires and a final face-to-face exam.
To promote the study and training of the student, the following training actions are developed:
- Study the Didactic Units through the didactic material made available to the student and designed for online study: manuals, books, articles and other bibliography related to the subjects under study.
- Develop educational training activities through assumptions, practical cases and questionnaires, using the tools of online teaching platforms.
- Carry out activities that involve the search and management of information.
- Prepare studies, reports, projects that launch professional skills.
- Offer a tutorial action at the permanent disposal of the student that allows a correct teaching-learning process, using follow-up strategies such as online or telephone tutorials.
- Develop an evaluation process in continuous action that allows the reorientation of the learning process.
- Carry out curricular and extracurricular internships in specialized centers to achieve the professional skills of the degree.
- Promote research capacities through didactic strategies such as project formulation, data analysis, study of results, drawing of conclusions and handling of bibliography.
- Develop oral presentation skills and defense of academic papers using the possibilities of office automation teaching tools.
Professional outings
- Coordination of teams and planning of services.
- Budget management.
- Logistics and purchasing organization.
- Quality evaluations.
- Management and direction of any type of health and social health institution.
- Plan and manage health center and services.
- Direction and preparation of health development projects.