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Organisation of Health Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:25.03.2022 08:54:03
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_686 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gunta Bēta | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepaja, 24/26 Rinku Street, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire basic knowledge of the principles of health care organization. To create an idea about the place and role of the chosen profession in health care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The health system in the world and Latvia. Principles of the organisation and management of health care. Main international and Latvian health policy documents. Legal bases for the healthcare system; principles for the financing of health care. Types of organisation structures, changes in structure, setting up an effective organisation structure. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Management of organizational resources (material and intangible), control efficient use of resources. Analysis of organisation errors, transfer of experience to the organisation, analysis of future competencies. Principles for human resource management in health care. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Personnel forecasting and planning. The decision-making process and methods. Adoption of alternatives in the decision-making process. Adoption of a group of decisions. Regulatory documents regulating the professional activities of masseur. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | External control of the healthcare organisation. Quality management: characterisation, overview of quality levels and quality systems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students are preparing a 2 presentation, a subject relevant to the profession to be studied, based on the topics discussed: basic health policy values, documents. Development of health care. Healthcare legislation. Organisational structure of Latvian State health care. Documentation regulating the work of a physician's assistant. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 2 presentations (40% + 40% = 80%) Participation in the discussion 20%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knows the internationally accepted core values on which health policy is based; the main international and Latvian health policy documents. Will be aware of the organisation and financing of health care, social assistance and education systems, rehabilitation service financing models and public and private (client) responsibility in this area. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Identify the necessary provision of professional aspects of a medical assistant in the organizational structure and management of the Latvian state health care | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to plan and organize a masseur job and a workplace, working independently or in a team. Will be able to comply with the requirements of the regulatory enactments in the field of medical treatment. Be able to organise their activities professionally according to the professional standard. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nacionālais veselības dienests | ||||||||
| 2 | Justin A. Ramirez. Public leadership. 2011 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | MK Nr. 60 Noteikumi par obligātajām prasībām ārstniecības iestādēm un to struktūrvienībām | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ārstniecības likums; Veselības aprūpes pakalpojumu organizēšanas un samaksas kārtība | ||||||||
| 2 | Veselības aprūpes finansēšanas likums | ||||||||
| 3 | World Health Organization | ||||||||
