Module Handbook. Bachelor of Health Care Management

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1 Module Handbook Bachelor of Health Care Management Valid WS 2008 SS 2013 Proposal of the Board of Examiners presiding for Health Care Management and Nursing Management September 2007 Per order of FBR Accepted by the Senate Committee for Study and Teaching

2 Module GPM 1: Structures of Health Care Health care provision for a population is strongly influenced by the political, legal and economic framework in which it occurs, by the given societal standards and by the existing organisation and institutional structures. This module will deepen knowledge of these aspects of health care provision, bringing to bear on them problem-oriented political science, law studies and health economics perspectives. Working on selected issues students will acquire the skills needed to recognise problematic political, legal and economic situations, to analyse these critically, to access the current relevant scientific discussion, to use the available literature and to assess problem-solving approaches. Legal and institutional frameworks affecting Structures of health care, Structural features, structural principles, operating mode, and organisation and financing forms of the health care provision system, with emphasis on the statutory and private health insurance plans, Current developments in health care policy, as well as a look at structural problems in selected health care provision sectors, Relevant legal relations in the health care system, particularly in the area of patient and service law, as well as in the area of contractual relations between service provider and funding agencies, Basic issues and methods of health economics, analysis of economic problems in the health care system. Seminar, problem-oriented learning, self-directed learning. No special knowledge or skills is assumed. The module is suitable for use in the Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care Management programmes and other management oriented modules related to health. Examination form: written (proctored). Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours. 2

3 Module GM 2: Health Problems Using selected, population-based relevant health issues, students' physiological and pathophysiological knowledge is deepened and the principles of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation are updated. Furthermore, strategies are examined for accessing clinically relevant knowledge as a basis for patient-centred decision making. In addition, students learn basic natural scientific theories and their application to the human organism regulatory processes. They acquire the skills needed to flesh out a health problem using the relevant medical terminology, to research current medical knowledge on the problem, to summarise results, and to identify gaps in knowledge. They also acquire the skills needed to understand cause-effect connections between health problems and the difficulties involved in their detection, while developing a population-based perspective on health and disease. Methods of knowledge acquisition in medicine, Sources of information relevant to medical knowledge, strategies for developing medical knowledge, data sources for distribution of health problems, Aetiology and pathogenesis of population health relevant health problems, Preventive health care strategies, Early detection, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, Seminar, problem-oriented learning, self-directed learning. No special knowledge or skills is assumed. The module is suitable for use in the Bachelor of Health Care Management programmes and other Bachelor oriented programmes related to health. Examination form: oral (presentation with discussion). Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

4 Module GM 3: Scientific Reasoning and Working Working on selected issues students acquire the basic skills needed to formulate a health science issue, to read the relevant scientific literature, and to discuss their discoveries in groups. Using relevant electronic data bases, and online library resources, they learn to research scientific publications, to grasp the sense of English language abstracts and technical texts, to take part in study groups working up the state of knowledge while following the rules of scientific procedure, and to make written and oral presentations. The basic skills needed for the active use of a learning platform and other electronic communications media are learned, and knowledge of technical English is acquired or strengthened. Definitions of the terms: science, theory, empiricism, principles of scientific thinking, context-dependence of scientific knowledge, Relevance of technical terms, primary and secondary sources used by the scientific community, especially in health sciences, Scientific problems and issues, principles of editing, design methodology for scientific work, Information gathering and information processing, Reading and discussing English texts, Preparing results: how to write scientific texts according to formal, substantive and linguistic criteria, preparing scientific reports, presenting and discussing, Field relevant use of new media, scientific networks and e-learning skills Seminar and self-directed learning, supported in part by work in study groups or by e- learning No special knowledge or skills is assumed. The module is suitable for use in the Bachelor of Health Management programmes and other Bachelor programmes related to health. Examination form: written (homework). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is an oral presentation of interim work and first results. Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

5 Module GPM 4: Economic Decision Making in Health Care Systems The module supplements basic knowledge of health economics and provides the economic fundamentals needed for management in health care facilities. The frame of reference is the St. Galler Management Model, where management theory is understood as a form of applied social science which deals with the design, management and development problems found in organisation contexts. The focus is on the acquisition of science-based economic knowledge for management decisions and on acquiring the initial skills needed to conduct research. Concepts of economic evaluation and its application, measurement of benefits and costs, justice concepts in health care, The St. Gallen management model in health facilities: enterprise as a system, basic categories, workplace as the subject of business administration studies, socioeconomic significance, Economies and the economic principle, economic indicators, sustainability, Operational objectives and target systems: meaning, forms and relations of interdependence, Constitutive decisions: location decisions, legal forms, joint ventures and business combinations (such as practice networks, medical care centres), Added value: basic structure of the operational service process, effectiveness and efficiency, provision of integrated services, value chain according to Porter, basic principles of production and cost theory, costs and revenues, break-even analysis, Investment and finance: concept and types, investment analysis, investment decisions, term financing, objectives of financial decisions, financing, short-and longterm financing, leverage, financing rules, External and internal accounting: tasks, basic concepts, accounting, balance sheet, profit and loss account, cost element, cost centre and cost unit accounting, Management and auditing: basic tasks and forms of managing and auditing, basic principles of organisation and human resources management, Fundamentals of strategic marketing: business strategies, market participant strategies, marketing tools strategies, Fundamentals of operative marketing: tools, marketing mix and marketing auditing. Seminar and self-directed learning, supported in part by work in study groups and by e- learning No special knowledge or skills is assumed. The module is suitable for use in management oriented study programmes in the health field. Examination form: oral examination Module offered once a year, duration one semester

6 Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours. Module GPM 5: Health Inequalities Social inequality in health chances is a central theme of public health, and a prime example of the contradictory relationship between health and society. In the module students learn to distinguish, by means of secondary data analysis, among various Health Inequalities, to understand the sociological and health-sociological theories that seek to explain these, and to develop intervention strategies. The salutogenesis model is discussed as a possible integrative model which can serve as a basis for intervention strategies. Social construction of gender, age, migration, disability, health, illness and care, theoretical implication of the terms 'social disadvantage,' 'difficult social situation' and 'diversity,' Data sources for social epidemiology, social indicators, procedures for the identification of social inequality, Examination of living conditions and health using the example of gainful employment and poverty/wealth as health promoting and disease causing factors, work as the management of difficult health and social problems, relative and absolute poverty as indicators of health chances, Conceptions of health and disease, health consciousness, health behaviour, and health action and social differentiation, Theories of social inequality and health inequality, explanatory power of various theories, Health care provision and social inequality of health chances, Salutogenesis model, intervention strategies. Seminar, workshops, self-directed learning, supported in part by e-learning. Knowledge and skills at the level of the Health Sciences or Nursing Sciences Scientific Reasoning and working modules (GM 3 or PM 3), or equivalent skills, are required. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care Management programmes and in all Bachelor programmes related to health. Examination form: written examination (homework). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is the active participation in the module, attested to by term papers, seminar, journals or written reports. Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

7 Module GM 6: Social Research Methods Students gain a basic understanding of testing hypothesis and hypothesis-generating, quantitative and qualitative research design of empirical research, and the field-appropriate use of these research methods in the health sciences. Also covered are the individual steps in the research process and the rules of data collection, data analysis and data evaluation. By means of examples, students will also learn selected methods of data collection and analysis that are often needed in the health sciences, such as observation and survey (standardised and non-standardised) and the application of statistical methods. The relation between theory and practice, Research process and research approaches, research design and investigation forms, planning and conducting empirical studies, Selected approaches to quantitative social research, operationalization and measurement, Selected approaches to data collection and analysis methods for qualitative research: grounded theory, ethnography, phenomenology, Data collection, data analysis and data evaluation for quantitative and qualitative research, interviews, observation, document-/content analysis, conversation analysis, action research, case studies, Methods and procedures for data processing, evaluation and analysis: descriptive and analytical/closing procedures, including for example the use of SPSS and ATLAS.ti, Ethical and data protection issues in the social science research process. Seminar, internship, self-directed learning, supported in part by e-learning. Knowledge and skills at the level of the Scientific Reasoning and Working module (GM 3) are required. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Management programmes and in all Bachelor programmes related to health. Examination form: written examination (proctored). Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

8 Module GPM 7: Organisation, Human Engineering and Labour Law Students will learn to understand and work with the basic categories and concepts of organisation (human engineering), organisation theory, project management, industrial and organisation psychology, and professional and labour law, and be able to critically reflect on and evaluate what they have learned in order to be able to analyse and design workplace structures and processes in various kinds of health care institutions. Working on selected prepared issues students will acquire the skills needed to recognise problems related to organisation, human engineering and labour law, to critically reflect on these, to access current scientific discussion by using available literature and data sources, as well as being able to assess proposed solutions to problems and how to implement these in their work. Basic principles of organisation and work organisation, Concepts from labour sociology and psychology, and their practical relevance, Work design and humanisation, assessment of work, working conditions, work stress, and health risks, Task structure, task differentiation, and organisation integration, Organisation concepts, organisation theory and organisation change theories, and their relation to practice, Basic principles of professional and labour law, Forms and techniques of project management. Seminar, forms of problem-oriented learning, self-directed learning. Knowledge and skills at the level of the Modules: Structures of health care (GPM 1), Scientific Reasoning and working in the Nursing or Health Sciences (PM 3/GM 3) and Economic Decision Making in Health Care Systems (GPM4), or proof of equivalent skills, are required. Applicability of the Module The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care Management programmes and in all management oriented Bachelor programmes related to health. Examination form: oral examination (with thesis paper). Frequency and duration of Module Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

9 Module GM 8: Health Promotion Strategies Health promotion may be based on the definition advanced by the WHO, where it is understood as a process that enables individuals and communities a greater degree of selfdetermination with respect to their health. The module provides the skills and knowledge needed to plan, implement and evaluate promotion measures in accordance with the Public Health Action Cycle. Theoretical basis: empowerment and participation process in their association with the model of salutogenesis, health action and living conditions: Conceptual Basis: strategies and concepts of 'old' and 'new' public health, complementary strategies for promoting health, Public Health Action Cycle, policy papers, Actors: institutions and other framework conditions of health promotion in national and international context, Target groups: implementation of gender issues, health promotion in different life situations, strategies for reducing health inequalities, Settings: structures and procedures in settings (examplary), Assessment and surveillance: forms, methods and significance of health monitoring, demand analysis, Policy development: opportunities, limits, risks associated with health targets, political processes, Levels of intervention and forms of interventions, criteria of successful interventions, chances of implementation of interventions Quantitative and qualitative methods for evaluating health promotion programmes, significance and range of findings, health promotion outcomes research. Seminar, interactive approach with the use of forms of project-based learning, self-directed learning, in groups or e-learning based. Knowledge and skills at the level of the modules Health Problems (GM 2), Health Inequalities (GPM 5), Scientific Reasoning and Working (GM 3) and Social Research Methods (GPM4), or proof of equivalent skills, are required. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Management programmes and in all management oriented programmes related to health. Examination form: oral examination (presentation). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is the active participation in the module, attested to by term papers or presentations.

10 Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours. Module GM 9: Clinical Decisions and Evidence Evidence based medicine (EbM) or evidence-based practice (EbP) means basing decisions in the clinical care of individual patients on the best possible external evidence derived from systematic research, on individual clinical expertise, and on patient wishes and needs of patients. In this module students acquire the skills needed to search evidence related to selected health care science issues, to understand the emergence of clinical decisions, and to reflect critically the health care policy and economic contexts of EbM. Clinical research and clinical decision making processes, Concepts and history of EbM / EbP, the Cochrane Collaboration and institutions of Health Technology Assessment, evidence criteria, health policy and economic in the light of the EbM debate, Clinical questions, systematic search and critical appraisals of studies, Study design in clinical research, meta-analysis, systematic reviews and HTA, Health economic evidence, Procedures for developing guidelines, Advantages and limits of EbM. Seminar, internships and self-directed learning, in part supported by e-learning. Knowledge and skills at the level of the module Social Research Methods (GM 6), as well as completion of Health Inequalities (GPM 5), Health Problems (GM 2) and Scientific Reasoning and Working (GM 3), or proof of equivalent skills, are required. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Management programmes and in all management oriented Bachelor programmes related to health. Examination form: written examination (homework). Total workload: 300 hours, with 108 contact hours and 192 self-directed learning hours.

11 Module GPM 10: Human Resources Management The work done by professionals in the health care system accounts for the greatest proportion of both costs and added value. The relationship with patients/clients, as well as economic efficiency, depends on the organisation and quality of the human labour in health care institutions. It is necessary, therefore, to seek ways and means to get the most out of the potential found in staff, and to bring this potential to bear on the changing conditions and requirements obtaining in health care institutions. There is a need for an optimised and renewed strengthening of management and leadership skills in all health care institutions. Therefore students should be provided with the skills and knowledge needed to deal with personnel and organisation management tasks with a theory-based practice. Human resources policy and strategic-oriented human resources management, employers branding, organisation of personnel departments, areas of responsibility within operational human resources management, staffing plans, staffing recruitment and selection, job evaluation, wages and salaries, compensation design for employees and managers, work hours arrangements, goals, types of personnel layoffs and their corresponding measures, job references, Organisation change: causes, significance, objects of change, their shapes, and forms of resistance, concepts of organisation development (OD): objectives, characteristics, methods and tools (models of process consulting), building blocks of a learning organisation and its paradoxes, Goals, phases tools and concepts for human resources development and evaluation, Human resources management in health facilities: origins, establishment and functions of personnel management, basic structure of management relationships, trust and motivation in personnel management, leadership and groups, resolving conflicts, human images of leadership and management styles, instruments of leadership: leadership principles, appreciation and criticism, run about goals, appraisal interview, Aspects of gender mainstreaming in personnel decisions, observance of the AGG (German Anti-Discrimination Act). Seminar, self-directed learning. Successful completion of module GPM 4 (Economic Decision Making in Health Care Systems) or equivalent skills is required. Knowledge of content from GPM 7 will be built on (Organisation, Human Engineering and Labour Law). The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care Management programmes and in all management oriented programmes related to health Examination form: written examination (homework) Module offered once a year, duration one semester Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning hours.

12 Module GPM 11: Consumer Health Information and Shared Decision Making Shared decision making on the part of consumers and health care professionals with respect to prevention, treatment and care assumes, on the one hand, that consumers have access to a reasonable amount of information and, on the other, that health care professionals are able to understand the consumers` situation. In this module students acquire the skills needed to design, according to the criteria of completeness, comprehensibility and reliability, interactive consumer based information, at the same time they will develop a theoretically based competency in understanding consumers' situations. The possibilities and limits of the concept of 'shared decision making' will also be analysed. The 'shared decision making' concept, Theoretical basis for consumers` unending work in managing illness, theory of illness trajectory, examples from empirical research, Managing illness and consumer information within contexts created by individual biographies and living conditions, taking gender, culture and social situation into account, Process of preparing and reviewing media related and quality checked information while ensuring participation of patients affected and experts, Ideas for integrating media supported information in health care provision concepts, Patient satisfaction and complaints management, Examples of areas of action in the field of consumer information. Seminar, self-directed learning, project oriented learning, guest lecturers, or excursions to consumer information activities. The module assumes knowledge and skills equivalent to the modules Clinical Decisions and Evidence (GM9 or PM9) and Health Inequalities (GPM 5). The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care Management programmes, as well as in Bachelor programmes for nursing and physiotherapy, and in all management programmes related to health care professions and health. Examination form: written examination (homework related to project results). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is the active participation in project groups and a midterm presentation in the Seminar group. Total workload: 300 hours, with 108 contact hours and 192 self-directed learning and group work hours.

13 Module GM 12: Workplace Health Promotion The aim of the module is to provide students with the skills needed to plan, implement and evaluate workplace health promotion plans, using scientific knowledge and methods, as well as knowledge drawn from practical experience. The module also covers national and international standards, and reflects the question of further developing the concept of workplace health promotion. Sources of physical, psychological and social stress, demands and resources in working life, Foundations and principles of workplace health promotion, project management and quality management in workplace health promotion, Examples of practices found in regional and international contexts, applications for small and micro enterprises, new forms of work and service companies, Deepened understanding of social science basic principles in the context of work, unemployment and health, as well as in organisation and interventions in organisation Quality requirements and development needs in relation to such aspects as gender mainstreaming, globalisation and operational micro-politics, Safety, integration of occupational safety, workplace health promotion, Strategies and methods of analysis (corporate health monitoring, primary and secondary data, employee surveys and job analysis), intervention (health circles, behavioural and situational prevention), evaluation, Methods of participation, process and project management, health circles. Seminar with elements of project oriented learning, excursions, self-directed learning, in part in group work, in part under e-learning direction. The module assumes knowledge and skills equivalent to the module Organisation, Human Engineering and labour Law (GPM 7), as well as successful completion of modules Social Research Methods (GM 6) and Health Inequalities (GPM 5), or proof of equivalent knowledge and skills. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Management programmes, as well as in Bachelor programmes relating to management issues in health care institutions or health promotion programmes. Examination form: oral examination (poster presentation and discussion). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is the active participation in the module attested to by work paper or report. Module offered once a year, duration one semester Total workload: 300 hours, with 108 contact hours and 192 self-directed learning and group work hours.

14 Module GPM 13: National and International Health Care Concepts The concepts of overuse, underuse and misuse are applied to concrete examples in health care, sources of health care provision deficits are identified, and strategies for overcoming these provision deficits are evaluated. The collection, evaluation and interpretation of information about structures of health care, as well as scientifically sound assessments of the transferability of provision schemes used internationally and the application of international standards to the German health care provision context, serve to train skills needed in the management of new forms of health care and in organisation for the relevance of new health care provision schemes. Overuse, underuse and misuse of structures of health care, Organisation, institutional and financial causes of health care provision deficits, International health care concepts: managed care USA and Switzerland, International health care provision schemes II: general practitioner models, Social security legal framework for the development of new health care provision schemes in Germany, New health care provision schemes in Germany as lighthouse projects: disease management programmes, GP-centred care, integrated care, medical care centres, clinical pathways, Business management of new health care provision schemes and strategies: auditing, evaluation, and quality management. Seminar and self-directed learning The module assumes knowledge and skills equivalent to the module Structures of Health Care (GPM 1) and Economic Decision Making in Health Care Systems (GPM 4). The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Nursing Management or Health Care management programmes, as well as in Bachelor programmes relating to health care provision issues. Examination form: oral examination (with presentation or thesis). Total workload: 300 hours, with 144 contact hours and 156 self-directed learning.

15 Module GM 14: Research Project Working on selected problem areas in health care management students expand and deepen their skills at solving problems and developing solutions, at gathering relevant information in a methodologically appropriate manner, at deriving scientifically sound decisions from this information, at taking into account all relevant societal, scientific and ethical knowledge, and at shaping their own independent learning processes. The ability to take responsibility in a team, to formulate subject-related positions and solutions, to defend these with arguments, and to talk with experts and lay persons are also strengthened. The content of the project may be chosen from the following topics: Management in health care institutions, or Management in health care services (population based), or Health promotion/health care management in settings. Each year at least two topics are offered for choice. There may be more interventional or more research-oriented projects (applied research) offered. Project oriented learning, group work, self-directed learning. The modules Scientific Reasoning and Working (GM 3) and Clinical Decisions and Evidence (GPM 9) must be successfully completed, or proof of equivalent skills and knowledge must be provided. Depending on the project topic, the successful completion of other modules in semesters 1-4 may be required. The module is suitable for use in the Bachelor of Health Care Management programme. Examination form: oral examination (with poster or presentation). Prerequisite for admission to the examination is the regular, active participation in group work and the presentation of a project report. Module offered once a year, duration two semesters, including semester break Credits: 15 Total workload: 450 hours, with 108 contact hours and 342 self-directed learning and group work.

16 Module GM 15: Professional Practice in Health Care In order to facilitate decisions about career choices or further study after the Bachelor degree, the module offers students the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the various professional fields in health care management and to work out a suitable skills profile that is geared to the practical requirements of the various professional fields as well as to their individual experience and strengths. This objective requires a personalised, tailored combination of required and elective modules, involving: Individual mentoring, creation of a personal profile, application training, practice, reflection, Internships at home or abroad, or research internships, or solving a management problem in individual professional practice, Lecture series on the fields of health care management and/or advanced language course and/or an approved seminar on the development of individual skills profile. Seminar, lectures with guest lecturers, internship, self-directed learning. Requirements for participation At least 90 credits from modules in semesters 1-4 must be successfully completed. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Care Management programme. Examination form: written examination ('diary,' reflection of experience), Pass/Fail assessment only. for admission to the examination includes proof of at least 200 hours of relevant individual practice (5 weeks full-time, or part-time equivalent), active participation in mentoring and practice reflection (possible at a cooperating university abroad), proof of at least 30 hours of relevant training, and active participation in panel discussion on the status and development prospects of professional practice. Total workload: 300 hours, with 66 contact hours at the university (or possibly at a cooperating university or other approved educational institution), 200 contact hours in professional practice, 34 hours self-directed learning.

17 Module GPM 16a: Quality Management Systems in Health Care Quality management systems are highly relevant for the health sector and are part of statutory obligations. The module provides the qualifications students need to be able to introduce a quality management system in the sense of a continuous improvement process into a health care facility and to administer it, to be able in particular to recognise errors and problems, to be able to analyse them and come up with possible solutions, and to be able to practice error prevention. Definition of quality in science, research and philosophy, quality categories according to Donabedian, quality concept in standards and regulations, the application of the concept of quality to health care, Operational tasks of quality management in health facilities, Deming cycle (PDCA), quality planning, managing, assurance and promotion, Process management: concept of process, process types and structuring, optimization of processes, limits of process organisation, Process management by ISO 9000 standardisation, ISO standardisation and their interpretation, process model of ISO standards, evaluation and documentation of quality assurance measures, TQM by self-assessment: EFQM and KTQ models, Legal and liability issues in quality assurance and development, Auditing and certifying QM systems in health care facilities, Seminar, project oriented group work on case studies, self-directed learning. Requirements for participation Good knowledge of health care provision structures equivalent to modules Structures of Health Care (GPM 1) and Economic Decision Making in Health Care (GPM 4) must be demonstrated. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor programmes aimed at training health professionals or management oriented programmes relating to health care. Examination form: oral examination (with presentation). Prerequisite for admission to examination: presentation of current student progress status. Total workload:300 hours, with 108 contact hours and 192 hours self-directed learning.

18 Module GPM 16b: Educational Theory for Nursing and Health Care Careers The skills needed to design a theoretical or practical lesson in the context of vocational education, continuing education and advanced training. Education policy, law and planning for health care professionals, Training and professional socialization, Theories of learning, knowledge, skills, education and training, Teaching skills, especially action-oriented teaching and teaching nursing, Methods of needs analysis and evaluation, Methods for facilitating learning processes, Planning and implementation of, and reflection on, lessons, Auditing visits to teaching and learning processes. Seminar with elements of project oriented learning, auditing visit, self-directed directed learning. No special knowledge or skills is assumed. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor programmes for Nursing Management, Health Care Management, and Nursing, as well as for all Bachelor programmes relating to health care. Examination form: oral examination. Prerequisite for admission to the examination is proof of an auditing visit to a teachinglearning process in vocational education, training or further education in the field of nursing and health care, and the design of a teaching unit. Total workload: 300 hours, with 108 contact hours, 20 hours auditing visit and 172 hours self-directed learning.

19 Module GPM 16c: Elective Module A health care management relevant module of 10 ECTS may be studied at a cooperating partner university or a module from the current elective modules offered in the department. Examples of possible topics: Marketing in health care, Auditing in the health care system, Health promotion in settings, Health education theory, Mental health, Violence prevention. Examination form: oral examination. Prerequisite for admission to the examination is proof of current student progress. Module offered once a year, duration one semester Total workload: 300 hours, with 108 contact hours and 192 hours self-directed learning.

20 Module GM 17: Health Research The bachelor thesis will provide evidence that the student has the skills necessary to engage in independent scientific work. The thesis topic must be relevant for the management of health care facilities, or management in health care, or health promotion. The thesis must be completable within a 360 hour work period (approximately 9 weeks). The thesis issue should be developed as much as possible in connection with the module Study Project (GM 14) or Career Guidance in Health Care Management (GM 15). The bachelor thesis must meet the following requirements: Have a rationale for the questioning and its relevance to health management, Have a rationale for the methodological approach, the latter must be appropriate to the topic, Present the state of knowledge or research on the topic, Contain a comprehensible explanation of the findings and conclusions of the thesis, Be in compliance with all criteria governing a scientific work, Document in an appendix (possibly electronic) all data collected or used. Requirements for abstracts and exposés, structuring a work, scientific writing, Selecting a topic and providing a rationale for questioning of a scientific thesis, Empirical and theoretical work, research design and method selection, Critical phases in the work process, Presentation and discussion of research results, Implications for practice and theory. Seminar and self-directed learning. Successful completion of the modules, Scientific Reasoning and Working (GM 3), Social Research Methods (GM 6) and Clinical Decisions and Evidence (GM 9). Successful completion of a further module from semesters 1-4 may also be required. The module is suitable for use in Bachelor of Health Care Management programmes. Examination form: written (thesis) and oral (presentation). The written exam counts for 2/3 of the overall assessment. Credits: 15, 10 ECTS are awarded for the Bachelor thesis Total workload: 450 hours, with 36 contact hours and 414 hours self-directed learning.