On completion of this module scholars are able to describe and discuss the structure and operation of the Irish healthcare system and to contextualize it with reference to other European systems and health care provision worldwide. They become familiar with…
Topic: Healthcare Policy and Systems
Perspectives on Population Health and Health Services Research- Linking Context and Methods
This introductory module prepares scholars to describe and discuss the major determinants of health and disease in the population and assess the impact of health services on population health. On completion scholars are able to describe the burden of disease…
Financial Management
This module is designed to provide students with theoretical and practical financial foundations. The module provides an overview of the nature and structure of a financial management unit within a medium-to-large organisation, and covers the work of internal audit and…
Information and Operations Management
This composite module combines insights into two key organisational processes in modern-day healthcare organisations: those relating to the management of information and those relating to the management of operations. Those seeking to improve the performance of healthcare organisations devote considerable…
Health Economics
This module looks at the role of economic principles in understanding behaviour of users and providers of healthcare, in setting priorities and in financing access to care. It starts with some examination of economic concepts and goes on to consider…
Human Resources and Health
The module will deal with the importance of human resources in health care delivery, planning and management of human resources, challenges facing the Health sector workforce and major human resource for health issues. Module Content Human resources and health an…
Health Policy & Systems
This module aims to provide students with a greater appreciation of health policy and systems at the global and local level in both humanitarian and development contexts. The module examines the range of factors that shape and determine health policy…
Surgical Oncology and Health Economics
This module will cover the main topical areas in Health Economics including health systems, policy and econometrics. As more expensive tailored and targeted therapies come onto the market, the question of affordability in the public healthcare system is fast becoming an important…
Research Methods Applied to Healthcare
This module is designed to build upon the student’s existing knowledge and skills in relation to the critique and utilisation of research. More specifically it offers a critical perspective in both the interpretation of evidence for practice and the application…
Healthcare Marketplace; Economics of Healthcare
This module focuses on the lifecycle management of medicines. It describes the legal and ethical principles governing communication between the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals and. It examines the provision of product information within the healthcare marketplace by a pharmaceutical…