Course: Management and Economics in Healthcare

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Course title Management and Economics in Healthcare
Course code KKO/K7MED
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mandysová Petra, doc. MSN, Ph.D.
  • Medunová Gabriela, Mgr. MBA, DBA
Course content
Introduction to the course, strategy and management in healthcare. Management tools. Basic economic terms for management. Financial aspect of healthcare. Management and leadership. Personnel management Process management and process analysis. Change and change management. Structural and procedural aspects of the health care system and their impact on health care assessment. Quality and risk management in a healthcare facility. Marketing of a healthcare facility. Internal communication in an organization. Crisis management in healthcare. Strategic analyses, the system environment of health care in the Czech Republic Managerial communication and teamwork.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to allow students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of management and economic activities necessary for providing health care.
Students know how to manage mid-level healthcare staff (the functions of nurses in charge and ward managers) or special areas of health care management such as controlling, management, quality management, management tools supporting efficient decision-making and direction.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of mandatory participation in lectures and seminars. Fulfillment of the assigned written work. Completion of a written test or oral examination according to the decision of the subject guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • Blažek, Ladislav. Management : organizování, rozhodování, ovlivňování. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4429-2.
  • BRABCOVÁ, I.; BÁRTLOVÁ, S. Management v ošetřovatelské praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015.
  • Cejthamr, Václav. Management a organizační chování. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3348-7.
  • HEKELOVÁ, Z. Manažerské znalosti a dovednosti pro sestry. 1. vyd., Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4032-4.
  • HOLÁ, J. Interní komunikace v teorii a praxi. Univerzita Pardubice, 2017.
  • HOLÁ J., MORAVCOVÁ M., HLAVÁČKOVÁ E., ČERVENKOVÁ Z. Management kompetencí v ošetřovatelství. Pardubice. 2024.
  • Klímová, Marie. Management zdravotnických služeb. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7394-777-4.
  • PLEVOVÁ, I. a kol. Management v ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • POKORNÁ, A. a kol. Management nežádoucích událostí ve zdravotnických zařízeních - metodika prevence, identifikace, analýza. 1. vyd., Praha: Grada, 2019. ISBN 978-80-271-0720-9.
  • Slouka, David. Vedení a marketing malých zdravotnických zařízení . Praha: Grada Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0469-7.
  • SYNEK, M. A KOL.:. Manažerská ekonomika. 4. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.


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