Master in Health Management
Education objectives
The Master Course in Health Management aims the acquisition of advanced scientific knowledge and skills to the study and research in the domain of health management.
General characterization
DGES code
694
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Mestre
Access to other programs
Access to a 3rd cycle
Coordinator
Paulo Alexandre Faria Boto
Opening date
29-09-2020 (to be confirmed)
Vacancies
35
Fees
Schedule
Year 1
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory Curricular Units [24 ECTS]
1st Year
Fundamentals of Public Health 4
Epidemiology 4
Statistic 4
Health Economics 4
Methods of Social Investigation in Health 4
Health Policies and Management 4
Conditional Options [minimum 23 ECTS]
Health Management 5
Hospital Resources Management 6
Performance Evaluation within Health Organizations 5
Law and Ethic in Health 4
Strategy and Marketing 4
Financing and Financial Analysis 5
Health Organizations Production 5
Health Quality 5
Free Options [minimum 13 ECTS]
2nd Year
Dissertation 60
Total ECTS 120
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
1.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
9543 | Health Economics | 4.0 |
429 | Epidemiology | 4.0 |
306 | Statistics | 4.0 |
9516 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 4.0 |
Options | ||
9513 | Pharmacy Utilization Analysis in Portugal | 4.0 |
9618 | Auditoria em Saúde | 4.0 |
9334 | Bioethics and Health Management | 3.0 |
9568 | Health Communication | 3.0 |
9657 | Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos | 4.0 |
9359 | Economics and Health Policy | 4.0 |
9480 | Financing and Health Contracting | 4.0 |
9419 | Information and Knowledge Management in Health I | 4.0 |
9545 | Gestão de Recursos | 6.0 |
9546 | Gestão em Saúde | 5.0 |
9344 | Integrated Disease Managment | 4.0 |
9577 | Global Health | 4.0 |
9495 | Saúde Ocupacional | 3.0 |
9358 | Tabagismo Prevenção e Cessação | 4.0 |
2.º Year | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
5085 | Dissertação | 60.0 |