Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Health Care System (17.IMS180)

Native organizations units: No data

Type of studies	Title
Specialised Academic Studies	Engineering Management (Godina: 1, Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Upravljanje rizikom i menadžment osiguranja
Interdisciplinary	Yes
ECTS	6

Educational goal:

The objective of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge about the concept, classifications, characteristics and complexity of health care systems and ways of their reformation. During the lecture students will analyze examples of international health care systems and ways of providing services, as well as possible application of this experience in the health care system of Serbia.

Educational outcome:

Expected knowledge and skills of students are the understanding of the meanings of healthcare systems, the ability to analyze and evaluate context, content, changes and evaluation of healthcare systems, the ability to analyze the key features of the organizational structures and ability to evaluate different forms and models of financing in the health care system. Students will also acquire the skills to research and critically evaluate factors which are important for the development and functioning of health care systems as well as basic knowledge about management skills.

Course content:

Lectures include the definition of organization and financing of the health care system, an overview of global trends in the reform of health care sector, the organization of hospital health care, the organization of primary health care, the setting of priorities and healthcare costs, the fundamentals of development of health care policy and strategy, the basics of workforce planning, fundamentals of legal and economic environment of health care systems. Through practical training students will be engaged in development of the system approach in research, analyzes and assessments of performances of the national healthcare system and comparative overviews of health care systems with a focus on financing and service delivery.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, exercises and consultations.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Smith RD, Hanson K	Health systems in low and middle income countries	2012	Oxford University press	English
Majkl O’Rurk	Osnove menadžmenta u sistemu zdravstvene zaštite	2011	Ministarstvo zdravlja Republike Srbije, beograd	Serbian language
Guest C, Riccardi W, Kawachi I, Lang I	The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice” 3rd edition	2013	Oxford, UK	English
Mićović. P., Mićović I.	Zdravstveni sistem	2013	Evropski centar za mir i razvoj, beograd	Serbian language
Bjegović V, Donev D,	Health Systems and Their Evidence Based Development. A handbook for Teachers, Researchers and Health Professionals	2005	Hans Jacobs Publishing Company	English