Leading International Health Care

Course Code

BU5545

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Prof. David Newlands

Pre-requisites

Students must be registered for International Healthcare Management or International Health and Management.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

The course will contain the following (indicative) content:
*Leading, innovating and communicating in international healthcare;
*International health policy;
*Comparative key health systems and health system models;
*Managing rural and peripheral health systems;
*Key factors driving international health system evolution and change: redesign, quality and performance management, finance, marketing, demographics;
*Managing in the healthcare pharmaceutical and technology industries and managing pharmaceuticals and technologies in health systems;
*Managing in and for turbulent situations - disasters, emergencies and pandemics.

Structure

2 one hour lectures and one two hour seminar per week

Assessment

Three hour examination (50%); continuous assessment (50%)