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Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management – (M.Sc.)
Maastricht University
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
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| Application Deadline: | Start in 1 September: July (non-EEA: April). | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,713 ≈ € 12,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Maastricht / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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This programmes aims to educate healtcare professionals who can initiate, develop and manage healthcare innovations.
How can we implement homecare technologies effectively and efficiently? How can we optimise the respective involvement of state and private players in healthcare? How best to guarantee universal access to a fair package of health services? And how to maintain quality while containing costs? The key to all these issues is the need for innovation. Gaining new knowlegde, applying existing knowledge in a new way, developing new tasks and activities - this programme brings together both theory and practice in its focus on innovation. And it does so on all possible levels, from micro -to macro-level, from individual organisations to national healthcare systems, from patient relations to the process of caretaking. You learn how to analyse situations in which innovations are needed, come up with innovative solutions, implement and manage these solutions, and critically evaluate and improve them. The programma also emphasises the importance of practical, hands-on training in conducting your own research. This a one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme taught in English.
Contents
Types of teaching (in year 1):
- theory: 0%
- practice: 0%
- self study: 0%
Programme internationalization:
- Studying abroad is optional.
This programme has a workload of 60 ECTS.
Courses:
Economics of Healthcare(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Innovation and Quality Management of Health Services(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Healthcare Governance, Ethics and Law(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Patient Logistics in Healthcare(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Research Methods(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Internship & Thesis(18 ECTS):
Course type: graduation
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Managing Organisational Change and Implementing Clinical Innovation in Healthcare Settings(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Financial Management of Healthcare Organisations(6 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Successful applicants must have one of the following:
- a bachelor´s degree issued by a Dutch or a non-Dutch university in a relevant domain;
- a bachelor´s degree issued by a non-university institute in the Netherlands. This programme should be equivalent to at least four years of nominal study time (240 ECTS points).
- a bachelor´s degree issued by a non-university institute in Belgium in a relevant domain. This programme should be equivalent to at least three years of nominal study time (180 ECTS points)
- a bachelor´s degree issued by a University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Austria or Switzerland in a relevant domain. This programme should be equivalent to at least three years of nominal study time (180 ECTS points), and is accredited by one of the following accrediting institutes: Germany: AHPGS, ACQUIN, AQAS, ZevA; Austria: FHÖ; Switzerland: QAQ
In addition, successful candidates who hold a bachelor´s degree issued by a non-university institute or a University of Applied Sciences in a relevant domain must satisfy the following three requirements:
- sufficient scores on the `Methodology and Statistical´ examination;
- sufficient scores on an essay;
- sufficient scores on a Letter of Expectation.
Non-EU students must submit a score on the IELTS or TOEFL test (not older than five years at the start of the programme). Applicants are eligible for exemption provided they submit proof of `sufficiency´ in their English-language training, e.g. if English is their native tongue or if English language skills were tested before, for instance during their preliminary training at high school.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
Accreditation
- Maastricht University programmes all approved by the Dutch Ministry of Education and accredited by the Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO), the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation
- The UM School of Business and Economics (SBE) internationally accredited by the renowned AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, making it one of a few international schools with all three accreditations. The bachelor's and master's programmes in International Business offered at SBE also received in 2010 the NVAO "certification of internationalisation".
- Bachelor's programme in European Public Health accredited by the German Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge im Bereich Gesundheit und Soziales (AHPGS)
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