MSc in Health Services Management

 

The program is designed to:

  • Prepare students and next generation of senior managers and leaders in the health sector to successfully analyze and do research in the field of health system
  • Provide graduates with appropriate skills for evaluating hospitals from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives
  • Enable students to successfully pursue the career of managing hospitals and health care facilities
  • Support graduates to do economical research in the field of hospital activities

Prerequisite Courses

Course #

Course list

Credits

01*

Medical Information Systems

1

02

Hospital Organization and Management

2

03

Principles of Healthcare Services

2

04

Health Information Technology

2

05

Budget and Financial Management in Healthcare

2

06

Management: Basics and Principles

2

07

Rules of Writing and Administrative Correspondence

2

08

Micro and Macro-Economics: Basics and Principles

2

09

Accounting Principles

2

10

Health Sociology

2

11

Marketing in Healthcare Organizations

2

12

Management of Organizational Behavior

2

*

Risk Management in Disasters & Emergencies: Basics and Principles

2

Total

25

 

* All students are required to take these courses as prerequisite courses.

In addition to the course credits, students are required to take some of the prerequisite courses with the approval of the department and the Educational Council.

Core Courses

Course #

Course list

Credits

13

Strategic Management in Health System

3

14

Health Systems in Iran & the World

3

15

Field Training (1)

2

16

Health Economics

2

17

Project Management in Health System

2

18

Case Seminar

2

19

Communication Management in Health System

2

20

Performance Management in Healthcare Organizations

2

21

Human Resource Management in Health System: Advanced

2

22

Field Training (2)

2

23

Thesis

4

Total

26

 

 

Non-Core Courses

Course #

Course list

Credits

24

Advanced English Language

2

25

Research Methods in Health Sciences

3

26

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2

27

Insurance in Health System

2

28

Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Management

2

29

Ethics and Laws in Health System: Basics

2

30

Entrepreneurship in Health System

2

Total

15

 

Students must take 6 credits of the above courses according to the subject of their theses, with the approval of their supervisors and the Educational Council.

 

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