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Project Management in Health Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2023 13:49:51
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_292 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Public Management | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Tauriņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Anniņmuižas bulvāris 26a, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In management, communication, health care. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote acquisition of knowledge about project management in health care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Types and classification of projects. Project idea. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Project goals and objectives, setting thereof. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Project activities, description thereof. Development of the project activity plan. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Project manager, duties and responsibilities. Personnel involved in the project, drawing up a job description. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Project manager, duties and responsibilities. Personnel involved in the project, drawing up a job description. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Development of a motivation programme for the personnel involved in the project. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Project risks. Identification and evaluation of risks. Measures to mitigate and prevent the impact and likelihood of risks. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Promotional and marketing activities within the project. Communication. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Organisational culture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Project costs. Project benefits. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Project analysis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student independently studies the literature offered in the study programme, prepares a summary of the obtained information. Prepares and presents a project in health care. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Lecture and class attendance (20%), independent work (40%) and presentation (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will have acquired knowledge: - about the basics of project management, the principles of work organisation; - about the basic principles of project planning and stages of implementation; - that allows to understand and analyse problems in the process of project implementation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to: - participate in the process of organisation and implementation of health care projects; - plan project processes, financial attraction opportunities and organise the work of the involved persons, evaluate risks of the project. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student will be able: - develop and implement projects related to health care. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Juris Uzulāns. Projektu vadība. Rīga: Jumava, 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Viesturs Reņģe. „Mūsdienu organizāciju psiholoģija". Rīga: apgāds Zvaigzne ABC, 2007. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Project Management Institute | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Project Management Institute | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rokasgrāmata par projektu vadīšanu 2013. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.esfondi.lv | ||||||||
