Health Management

This specialisation in health management provides a comprehensive overview of key concepts related to healthcare management and decision-making. It covers a wide range of topics, including ethical leadership in healthcare, legal frameworks in healthcare, social and healthcare systems in international comparison, quality and process management, and health economics. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to prepare decisions in the healthcare sector and to make well-founded, ethically reflected decisions that take into account the legal framework of the healthcare system. The programme provides a solid foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge to help students understand the specifics of healthcare management.

Target group

This certificate programme in Healthcare Management is designed for healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and individuals who want to develop their knowledge and skills to become the next generation of healthcare leaders. This programme provides participants with a comprehensive understanding and the tools to understand, navigate and influence the economic and political dimensions of healthcare. Participants will acquire the fundamentals and concepts to assume responsibility in the management of healthcare organisations.

Graduates

understand the challenges and importance of ethical reflection in dealing with ethical dilemmas in the healthcare sector;
have knowledge of key legal frameworks in healthcare and their links to organizational interests;
can analyse and compare the structure, effectiveness and efficiency of different international healthcare systems and compare them;
understand and apply the basic concepts of quality and process management in healthcare;
understand the economic principles and processes in healthcare and their influence on sustainable health.

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Katharina WechselbergerOffice Management

+43 512 2070 - 2101katharina.wechselberger@mci.edu

Your way to success

Find out all the details you need to make your decision here:

What awaits you?

The certificate course is organized on a part-time basis and follows a didactic concept that is specially tailored to the needs of working decision-makers.

Relevant expertise on modern health management is taught in 5 modules. Topics taught include ethical leadership, legal frameworks and social and healthcare systems in international comparison.

At the center of your studies are 8 attendance days & 8 online weeks. Please also plan extra time for five projects, to be completed as part of selected modules and your final paper.

More information on costs & teaching principles can be found here.
Detailed schedule on request.

Course Assessment

The following achievements are to be provided:

Project Work: serves the transfer of learning & implementation into the professional practice and deals with approaches to solutions.
Final Thesis: deals with operational problems and approaches to solutions.
Final Examination: presentation of the Final Thesis, discussion and feedback.

Who awaits you?

Scientific Management

Ass. FH-Prof. Ayman Fouda, PhD
MCI Lecturer in the Department of Social, Health & Public Management Innsbruck / Tyrol

Faculty (excerpt)

Michael Wörndle, PhD
Consultant at Accenture GmbH Wien

Dr. iur. Lukas Staffler, LL.M. (London)
Research Fellow at the University of Zurich / Switzerland
Member (Prof. Avv.) of the RAK Bolzano / South Tyrol

Michelle Falkenbach, PhD
Technical Officer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Brussels / Belgium

Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Barbara Friesenecker
Senior physician at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Anaesthesia and General Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck / Tyrol

Recognition of Credits

The MCI certificate programs have been designed to meet the highest international quality standards. They are continuously assessed by internal and external bodies.

All business-related MCI study programs have been accredited by the renowned Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

The certificate course can be counted towards selected Master Degree Programs.

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