HMAN5160 ¨C Integrated Care Models

Course content

In many countries more emphasis has now been placed on developing models for integrated care. A common feature of these models seems to be a wish to better coordinate care, and thereby save on healthcare costs. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of different types of integrated care models, and carefully evaluate what can be gained by these types of interventions.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

You will know:

• Which feature of a funding system, organizational system and clinical organization creates coordination problems for the patient?
• How do different countries react to these problems and which reforms are implemented in different care systems?
• How do different service provider systems affect services, including: access, availability and flexibility, care continuity and co-ordination of care, consumer satisfaction, and quality and cost outcomes?

Skills

You will learn:

• How to develop care models for chronically ill patients, such as persons with COPD, diabetes and heart failure
• The competencies needed for organizing and delivering these types of services/care.
• The principles of evaluating the effects of different integrated care models.

General competence

You will attain:

• Understanding of the coordination problems in health care organizations
• Knowledge of how the coordination problems can be handled

Admission to the course

This course is only available for students at the following master programmes:

Health Economics, Policy and Management (master's two years)

European Master in Health Economics and Management (master's two years)

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Teaching

Lectures, student presentations, excursions.

Examination

Term paper

Participation, which must be passed in order to get a grade.

Mandatory assignments must be approved in order to sit for the exam.

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Language of examination

For students at Eu-HEM: English

For students at HEPAM: The examination set will be given in English. Answers can be given in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

For Eu-HEM students:

An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimate absence (usually illness) in January and August. If you are entitled to a re-sit you must contact the student advisor via email no longer than one week after the result of the exam has been published.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.