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HEL-3020: Health economics and leadership Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
The subject Organisation and Management will highlight the circumstances determining approaches to staff and potential consequences. In one of the gatherings, visiting lecturers will be discussing their practical managerial experiences.Norwegian will be the language used in classes but reading material and assignments will be in English.
Required Previous Knowledge:Basic Public Health Module, (Statistics, Epidemiology, and Prophylaxis) and a course in elementary statistics | Contents
The course provides a general introduction to health care economy, with an emphasis on alternative financing and utility and cost analyses. We will discuss private versus public health care; hospital economy including price per piece versus lump sum allocation; various kinds of economic analyses as aids to align priorities and various means of assessing public health. Basic organisation and management theories will be covered, and we will particularly look into how these theories may be applied to health care analysis. Research on working environment will be presented, and we will discuss management problems in public service systems. Additionally, we will make a point of utilizing the student''s experiences from practical management. | Form of teaching
Partly netbased by using ClassFronter. Three gatherings which are mandatory consisting of lectures, seminars and group works. | Compulsory teaching
Obligatoriske samlingerInnlevering av hjemmeoppgaver | Assessment
Home assignment and portfolio assessment graded on the scale A-E. | Examination semester
Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Student advisor Jorunn S. Myklebust, phone 77644824. e-mail: jorunn.myklebust@ism.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
See: http://uit.no/134/4668/ | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Course overlap
HEL-3020 -H03 10 sp | Homepage
http://uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/folkehelsevitensk/
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=HEL-3020-1 |
Teaching autumn 2005
Tre obligatoriske samlinger på 4, 4 og 3 hele dager. Hjemmeeksamen over to dager i uke50: mand 12. og tirsd 13. des.
Oppstart Mandag 29. aug. kl. 1015, MH-bygget, rom L11.233
Responsible teacher:Prof. Jan Abel Olsen | | Forelesning/seminar | Ansv. leder Prof. Jan Abel Olsen
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