European Master in Sustainable Regional Health Systems

The European Master in Sustainable Regional Health Systems is a two years long interdisciplinary programme of 120 ECTS that aims to give vision, knowledge and tools to develop and manage coherent health systems that contribute both to health and sustainable regional development in their regional communities.

Increasing role of regions in the European Union, Health problems transcending national borders  and the ongoing debate on active citizenship, invites essential  to contribution to regional development agendas that help achieve the goals of the Lisbon agenda (growth, employment, competitiveness) while protecting the environment, strengthening social cohesion and promoting a high level of health among population.
The academic activity in Health Management is already highly sophisticated and a number of courses have similar philosophies and modules. However most programmes do not consider policy issues such as the socio economic situation of each country, and non of them approaches the topic of health management and planning on a regional level.

European Master in Sustainable Regional Health Systems aims to fill the gap in Health Management by approaching the theme of health system management and planning on a regional level.  This Master promotes the benchmarking of the different health system models helping to construct the comprehensive health system management and planning, including both, health care and promotion, as well as the interrelation between health and socio-economic areas. It aims to spread out the European model of health promotion and health planning, sustainability and the role of health system in social cohesion and strengthening of social capital.

1 st Semester  (September-January) 
The Introduction workshop (5 ECTS) - Universidad de Deusto (Spain)
Core modules (25 ECTS)
     Entrepreneurial mindsets, 
     Managing sustainability,
     Critical skills set
  
2 nd Semester  (February-July) 

Management Modules (30 ECTS)- Corvinus university of Budapest (Hungary)
     Trade off between equity and efficiency, 10 ECTS 
     Delivering progressive health systems, 10 ECTS
     Strategic asset management, 10 ECTS

3rd Semester (September-January) – Specialization modules (30 ECTS)

  Patient safety and quality issues- University of Verona (Italy)   
     Quality and the consumer, 10 ECTS         
     European health legislation processes, 10 ECTS   
     Managing innovation, 10 ECTS

Social aspects of health care- Vilnius University (Lithuania)
     Sociological perspectives on population health, 10 ECTS
     Health advocacy, 10 ECTS
     Managing innovation, 10 ECTS
    

A university degree in Sociology, Psychology, Law, Political Science, Anthropology, History, Medicine, Social Work, Social Education, Nursing, Public Health etc, that they want to specialize in the scope of the health.

Candidates are required to have a recognized qualification in the language of instruction of the university that they plan to attend. Knowledge of languages of the place of study is an asset.

A sufficient score of one of the following English language certificates (TOEFL, First Certificate, IELTS).

Statement of intent. Applicants must submit a statement of intent indicating why the Master’s is relevant for future carrier.