CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

HCM519

Course Code: HCM519
Semester: First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

First Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Şahin Kavuncubaşı

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain some basic information and ability related to the structure and mechanism of health care organizations,
Gain basic information and ability related to practice

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

To gain some basic information and ability related to the structure and mechanism of health care organizations.

Course Description

This course is designed to explain some topics about the structure of health system, its relations with other social systems, the organization and functions of health care business and role structures of health care management.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Health and health systems
2^nd Week	Health care services and health care organizations
3^rd Week	Utilization of health care services and basic features of an effective health care service
4^th Week	Hospital organizations
5^th Week	Functions of hospitals
6^th Week	Health care managers
7^th Week	Structural design of health care organizations
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Human resources management in health care organizations
10^th Week	Managerial and clinical information systems
11^th Week	Strategic management in health care organizations
12^th Week	Performance management in health care organizations
13^th Week	Quality management
14^th Week	Productivity management
15^th Week	Productivity management

Recommended or Required Reading

Kavuncubaşı, Ş. Hastane ve Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi. Ankara: Siyasal Kitapevi
Hayran, O., Sur, H. Hastane İşletmeciliği. İstanbul.
Seçim, H. Hastane Yönetimi ve Organizasyonu. İstanbul: İ.Ü. İşletme İktisadı Enstitüsü.
Shortell, S.M., Kaluzny, A.D. Essentials of Health Care Management. Delmar Publisher

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	2	25
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	10	140
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	15	15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	10	20
Article	8	6	48
Total Work Load			288
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.6
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6		X
K7
K8