Universidade Portucalense – Infante D. Henrique

Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique is a cooperative higher education and scientific research establishment

Post-Graduate Degree Clinical Fundamentals for Hospital Management

DURATION

6 months

ECTS

30

VACANCIES

25

REGIME

post-labour

FORMAT

hybrid

LANGUAGES

PT

DURATION

6 months

ECTS

30

VACANCIES

25

REGIME

post-labour

FORMAT

hybrid

LANGUAGES

PT

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Providing hospital managers with clinical knowledge
  • Achieve gains in efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness in the management of hospital institutions
  • Increasing the quality of services provided to patients
Presentation

With this postgraduate training, the aim is to provide hospital management with specific clinical concepts that facilitate and increase coordination between the different health professions in the governance of health institutions. The ultimate purpose of this training is to obtain gains in efficiency, effectiveness and effectiveness in the management of hospital institutions with increases in the quality of care provided to patients and, consequently, in their levels of satisfaction.

This course aims to provide hospital managers or administrators with clinical knowledge that will help them make daily economic decisions. The health sector in general, and medicine in particular, are characterised by technical specificities that require specific training. Since hospital managers or administrators have to make decisions on a daily basis that involve specific clinical knowledge, it is of the utmost importance that they have this knowledge.

Why choose this course?

At the end of the course the trainee will be able, among other things, to:

  • Apply and understand the meaning of medical concepts inherent to each of the specialities in the field of healthcare management, with an impact on decision-making;
  • Acquire skills in articulating management and clinical concepts in the specialities included in the curricular programme;
  • Acquire skills in understanding and using clinical concepts in the different areas of intervention;
  • Identify, from a management perspective and for the various specialities, the different types of pathologies, procedures, therapies, prostheses and endoprostheses, MCDTs and other clinical acts;
  • Apply and use clinical concepts and principles in the day-to-day activity of governance in healthcare units.
Target Group
  • Hospital managers and administrators;
  • Professionals responsible for managing hospital services;
  • Professionals who work or intend to work in the field of Hospital Management with the aim of deepening their knowledge and clinical procedures.
Objectives

To provide hospital management with specific clinical concepts that facilitate and increase coordination between the various health professions in the governance of health institutions.

The ultimate aim of this training is to achieve gains in efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness in the management of hospital institutions with increases in the quality of care provided to patients and, consequently, in their levels of satisfaction.

 

Skills to be acquired

  • Skills in articulating management and clinical concepts in the specialities included in the curriculum, relating to Pathologies, Acts, Procedures, Interventions, MCDTs, Medicines, Coding, Clinical Trials.
  • Skills in understanding and using clinical concepts in the different areas of intervention.
Expected timetable

Academic Calendar

From 25th October 2024 to 29th March 2025

The sessions take place simultaneously in person and online

Planned timetable

Thursdays and Fridays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm

Application Phases

1st Phase: 25 March to 22 July – Early Bird
2nd Phase: 23rd July to 18th October

Diploma or Certificate Awarded
A certificate of attendance will be issued to participants who have attended at least 75% of the course. A Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Foundations for Hospital Management will be awarded to participants who have passed all the course units.
Post-Graduate and Advanced Formative Offer
Scientific Areas
Scientific Area Compulsory ETCS Optional ECTS
BS
Business Sciences
8
-
L
Law
0.8
-
E
Economics
2
-
HLS
Health and Life Sciences
18.9
-
IST
Information Systems and Technologies
0.5
-
Study Plan
Total course hours
120h
Total number of ECTS
30

Part I | 34h

A brief description of the health system in general and hospital institutions in particular. Analysis and evaluation of the results of hospital institutions, particularly in terms of the quality of services provided to patients.

Module I N. Contact hours 3 ECTS
The health system: structures and processes
4
Health Financing as a Quality Driver
4
The scarcity of resources in health and its ethical challenges
4
Module II N. Contact hours 2 ECTS
Definition and management of clinical quality indicators
4
Health outcomes at the patient level – a new paradigm
4
Module III N. Contact hours 1.5 ECTS
Integrated Responsibility Centers in the new Legal Regime for Hospitals
4
Referral Networks and Reference Centers
2
Module IV N. Contact hours 2 ECTS
Quality in Communication and Clinical Information
4
Healthcare Marketing
4
Module V N. Contact hours 1 ECTS
Clinical coding – process optimization
2
Clinical Informatization
2
Module VI N. Contact hours 4 ECTS
Research and Clinical Trials
4
Module VII N. Contact hours 2 ECTS
Clinical quality and patient safety processes
8

Part II | 62h

Ambulatory and Day Hospital; Medical Patient Area; Surgical Patient Area; Women and Children; Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine; MCDTs

Module IX N. Contact hours 3 ECTS
Medicine for the Critically Ill
4
The pediatric area and neonatology
4
The women's clinic
4
Module X N. Contact hours 2.5 ECTS
Organization and management of the Operating Room
4
Hospitalization and consultation of surgical specialties
6
Module XI N. Contact hours 6 ECTS
Clinical areas of procedures and interventions (MCDT’s)
6
Imaging and Laboratory Medicine
6
Prostheses and Endoprostheses
12
Module XII N. Contact hours 1 ECTS
Health Networks and Care in the Portuguese Health System
4

Part III | 8h

Team Leadership and Performance – combining methodologies and collaborative strategies for project ideation and development.

Module XIII N. Contact hours 2 ECTS
Leadership and Team Performance
8

Micaela Pinho

Coordinator of the Postgraduate degree Clinical Foundations for Hospital Management

Miguel Gouveia Brito

Coordinator of the Postgraduate degree Clinical Foundations for Hospital Management

DEM/ Department of Economics and Management

Postgraduate degree Clinical Foundations for Hospital Managementr
(pg.fcgh@upt.pt)

Price List
Application 100€
School Insurance 36€
Tuition Fee 2050€
Early Bird: 10% discount on tuition fees for 1st intake applications
Tuition fee (single instalment - 3% discount)

or

Tuition fee (6 instalments) 1x345€ + 5x341€
1st instalment on registration , 5 instalments by the day 5th of each month
Admission Requirements
Candidates must have degrees in the following areas:
  • Health ;
  • Management;
  • Economy;
  • Right
  • All Professionals who wish to acquire knowledge in this area.
Application period
  • 1st Phase: 25th March to 22nd July – Early Bird
  • 2nd Phase: 23rd July to 18th October
Contacts

DEM/ Department of Economics and Management

Post-Graduate Degree Clinical Fundamentals for Hospital Management
(pg.fcgh@upt.pt)

Admission Office

Questions about the application can be sent to:
email (ingresso@upt.pt) or
phone (800 270 201)

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