| Dozent/in |
Ass.-Prof. Diana Patricia Pacheco Barzallo; Prof. Armin Gemperli, PhD |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
HS241036 |
| Semester |
Herbstsemester 2024 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Gesundheitswissenschaften |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
Di, 17.09.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 01.10.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 08.10.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 15.10.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 22.10.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 29.10.2024, 13:30 - 16:30 Uhr, HS 8
Di, 05.11.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 12.11.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 19.11.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 26.11.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 03.12.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 10.12.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Di, 17.12.2024, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Do, 16.01.2025, 14:15 - 15:15 Uhr, HS 9 (Prüfung) |
| Weitere Daten |
The course is a mandatory Basic Course (1st semester). |
| Umfang |
4 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Inhalt |
Lectures will include presentations, data exercises, and discussion sessions. They will be accompanied by slides and recommended/required readings to help students follow the course and understand the topics. Every other week, the courses will include a practical session, where the students can discuss some topics in more detail and analyze data. |
| E-Learning |
All the slides and working/reading material will be posted in the e-learning platform moodle. |
| Lernziele |
After completing the module Health Systems and Services, students will understand how health care delivery services work.
To achieve the course objectives, the student will distinguish the roles of health care providers, funders, regulators, and beneficiaries and their relationships in improving health.
After completing this course, the student will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
• Know the elements and taxonomies of health care systems, their indicators, and the roles of providers, funders, regulators, and beneficiaries
• Understand theoretically why health systems have a direct impact on health and development
• Elaborate and distinguish different funding systems in health
• Understand recent challenges in health statistics and information systems
• Appraise different evaluation types of health interventions and related concepts such as health related quality of life
• Critically appraise the challenges of demographic dynamics and the need for digital health
• Identify forms of overtreatment and their threat to health systems
• Identify challenges for the health systems related to health behavior
• Understand how health technologies are developed, brought to market, and reimbursed
• Know the regulation of the health workforce specifically for Switzerland
• Comprehend the continuum of care, the role of the various settings and care providers, and its interactions
• Apprehend how health systems performance and quality of care is measured and used for the improvement of the health care system.
• Become familiar with the main elements of Swiss health care system and health system governance. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Begrenzung |
priority Master Health Sciences students |
| Anmeldung |
https://elearning.hsm-unilu.ch/course/view.php?id=744
|
| Prüfung |
60% : 60 min. written final exam +
40% : assignments and readings |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
written examination / 6 Credits
|
| Hinweise |
Teaching method(s):
The courses will present the theoretical background on which health systems are built. They will also present the most recent evidence on the topic and the challenges societies face where health systems play an important role. |
| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
diana.pacheco@unilu.ch / armin.gemperli@unilu.ch |
| Material |
There is no specific textbook for the course, but some chapters indicated as supporting material from different sources may be useful as a complement to the lecture notes. Otherwise, we mostly rely on original sources such as scientific journal articles and working papers. Readings and additional materials will be made available in the e-learning platform before their discussion in class. |
| Literatur |
Required and recommended readings will be indicated during class and made available in the e-learning platform. |