Hey all,
So after only a short weekend break (I think many of us could have used a week-long break) the time came to start the second semester, the spring term of my MSc. This module we’ll be following five different courses, one of which will last the whole semester, and the other four half a semester. I now following Health Economics, Management Challenges, and Managing Change and Innovation. Let me give you a brief overview of what it’s about:
Health Economics: as the name already says so, you will be studying economics. Mostly related to health care, but also a lot of wider applicable topics such as supply and demand curves. It’s an interesting course, but since I have no background in economics at all, I find it quite challenging. The HE class not only consists of International Health Management students, also the Public Health MSc students are following this course. This means that we are all put in new groups. In these groups we need to economically evaluate a certain health care initiative, like a certain operation or drug for example.
Management Challenges: a very dynamic course in which you mostly focus on case studies about health care management issues and how you would go about solving them. These lectures last for 2.5 hours, which is half an hour longer than ‘normal’ lectures. On the 8th of February, we will visit Kingston Hospital to interview health care professionals and managers. At the end of the day we will have to present our findings about a certain topic to our class mates and the health care professionals. These presentations are on different topics, my group for example has to present on improving the patient experience.