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Summer School in Health Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:27
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VVDG_036 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Health Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Olav Goetz | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The summer school is implemented in the 2nd semester of the 1st study year. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The summer school is implemented as a study practice and its purpose is to combine students' theoretic knowledge with the study of specific health cases using data analytical methods. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Theoretical aspects of Process Management, Data Analysis, Modelling and Simulation in health care | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Data anlysis methods | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Defining the case and its research methods | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Analytical group work | Classes | 8.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Presentation of group work | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the summer school, students get acquainted with the analytical methods of health management and their application, perform a specific case analysis in groups and, at the end, present the results of the group's work to a wider audience. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The evaluation of the group's work consists of: Presentation in power point format according to the previously specified content (50%); Argumentation and presentation (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student acquires knowledge: • confirmation of theoretical knowledge in the relevant healthcare field; • selection of analytical methods for the analysis of a specific case • practical skills in case analysis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student acquires skills: • in the application of theoretical knowledge in the analysis of a specific case • in the selection and application of appropriate analytical tools and analysis methods for the case study • in organizing and implementing group work. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student acquires competence: • practical skills in health case analysis • in justifying, arguing and presenting the results of analytical work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Flessa, et al. (2013). Resent Research on Health Care Management | ||||||||
| 2 | Harrel, Lange. (2001). Healthcare Simulation Modelling and Optimization using MedModel | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Managing change in the NHS The NHS Service Delivery and Organisation. (2001) | ||||||||
