Leadership and Manegement in Health

Objectives

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Program

1. MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE

1.1 Concept and functions.

1.2 Health organizations.

1.2.1 The hospital as an open system.

1.3 Manager skills.

1.4 Effective organizations.

1.5 Organizational structures and functioning.

1.6 Coordination mechanisms.

2. ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

2.1 Administration Science.

2.2 Historical overview of the theory of organizations.

2.3 Management Cycle and Functions.

2.4 Levels of management.

2.5 Effective Management.

3. EVOLUTION AND TRENDS OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Functions of health administration.

3.2 The health care market.

3.3 Quality in health.

3.4 Customer satisfaction.

4. HEALTH PLANNING

4.1 Health planning.

4.2 Mission and objectives.

4.3 Types and levels of planning.

4.4 Stages in the health planning process.

5. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH

5.1 Effective leadership. The internal communication.

6. MANAGEMENT IN NURSING

6.1 Organization of the work and methodologies of work of the nurses.

6.2 Systems of classification of patients.

6.3 Management of materials and equipment - Nurses' responsibilities.

6.4 Performance evaluation of nurses

6.5 Challenges to nursing management. Analysis of the Regulation of the Profile of Competences of Nurse Manager of the Order of Nurses.

7. ENTREPRENEURSHIP

7.1 Concept.

7.2 Profile of the entrepreneur

7.3 Entrepreneurship in health

Teaching Methodologies

This curricular unit is developed in theoretical classes, theoretical-practical classes and practical classes. Taking into account the principles of adult education and training and the philosophy underlying the Bologna Process, centered on the student, will be mobilized through theoretical and practical sessions, expository, participatory and active methodologies.

In the first phase the teacher will expose the main ideas and contents of the themes of the programme, in interaction with the students, where the various themes and sub-themes related to the themes of management and leadership in health are explored.

The teacher will make use of various media to communicate, in order to strengthen and make more efficient the acquisition and mobilization of knowledge, namely texts, powerpoint presentations and practical exercises.

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