Management in Healthcare Master's program

The healthcare sector is one of the most important industries in the European economy and is also a "job engine" with excellent individual career development prospects. Whether in prevention or health care or in companies, e.g. in occupational health management - the employment opportunities for our graduates are as diverse as the industry itself. 

Are you looking for a special Master's in Healthcare Management? 

Then Görlitz is the right place for you! You can expect not only small groups and lecturers who are always available, but also course content adapted to the respective subjects for each matriculation with highly topical social references and modern didactic methods. Synergy effects between the subjects and independent project-based work are at the forefront of the course

The course teaches economic and business knowledge, management skills and, above all, health science and health economics knowledge and skills in a targeted and application-oriented manner. The existing specialist knowledge is expanded qualitatively and quantitatively with new focal points and applied in practice.

The Master's focuses on occupational health management and risk management and controlling in hospitals. 

You can expect the following specializations:

Health sciences:

Why do people stay healthy, what are risk factors, how can prevention be achieved? These are some of the questions addressed in the module. Reference is always made to setting aspects (risk groups in different contexts) and health policy aspects. Systemic and salutogenetic approaches in the health sciences, health promotion and prevention in different phases of life as well as approaches to changing behavior and relationships in health contexts and health communication are dealt with in depth. 

Prevention, integral health management and research seminar:

How can health be promoted in the company setting, where are the stumbling blocks when introducing a BGM and what does all this have to do with me? The basics of OHM are developed in various modules and individual aspects are implemented in practical projects. New management theories are transferred adaptively to the aspects of healthy leadership. In the individual examination of aspects of personal health behavior, insights become tangible and comprehensible.

Social psychology and communication:

Students acquire in-depth knowledge of the connection between cognitive, emotional and action determinants in basic, but also in health-relevant situations and structures. The multi-causal interactions between the individual, social action and social structures are analyzed on the basis of theory and against the background of current events and applied to health science practice. The focus on communication is trained in a separate module through practical exercises and feedback as a soft skill.

Health economics:

How much effectiveness is needed in healthcare and how can this be achieved? What methods exist for measuring benefits and how can health economic analyses be carried out? These and other questions are covered in the health economics modules. There is also a special focus on teaching leadership theories and project management. 

Market-oriented corporate management

The module answers questions relating to the alignment of operational activities with market requirements and deals with strategic and operational marketing planning, e.g: How can corporate or business models be innovatively developed taking into account predictors and paradigms of market-oriented strategic corporate management? What are the basic principles, framework conditions and objectives of healthcare marketing? How can corporate and marketing objectives be mapped using a balanced scorecard? 

Personnel management

The specific requirements of innovative and modern personnel work are dealt with. From personnel requirements and management to employee motivation and salary setting, the basics of personnel management are taught. The current challenges in the healthcare sector and the resulting challenges for personnel management are discussed. Aspects of change processes are made comprehensible and tangible in a simulation game. 

Clinical risk management

Students will be able to transfer the basic principles of certain risk processes to everyday working life. They have become familiar with the risk and error potential in hospitals and are able to identify and evaluate risks through suitable measures and develop proposals for measures to minimize them.

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences is the right place for anyone looking to study in a family atmosphere. Health science and health economics issues as well as innovative management strategies form the core of the "Management in Healthcare" Master's degree course. Through a variety of projects, initial encounters with cooperation partners are created, learned theories are tested in practice and current topics are discussed. The lecturers at the university are all fair and give every student the chance to achieve a good result. Everyone is given the opportunity to discover and strengthen their own resources. The small working groups offer plenty of room to try things out for yourself and grow beyond your limits. 

In addition to student duties, there is of course enough time to enjoy student life and spend time with fellow students in one of the city's cozy cafés, do sports at Lake Berzdorf or relax and spend unforgettable evenings together. The city of Görlitz is known for its beautiful old town and is also very popular as a film set. Who knows, maybe you'll meet a movie star here soon!   

There is a wide range of employment opportunities, which is why this is just a small list of the places where our previous graduates have found opportunities: 

• Health insurance companies
• University nursing research
• vocational academy
• Company health management
• public health department
• Hospital controlling and MLQM
• Blood bank
• Personnel administration
• Executive positions in management
• Assistant to the management / board of directors
• Company health management
• Corporate planning/organization
• Accounting and controlling
• Medical controlling
• Quality management
• Project management
• PR/public relations/marketing
• Human resources/management Finance
• Self-employment as a team start-up
• Self-employment as an individual start-up

In three exciting semesters, content is not only taught but also brought to life - through practical exercises, group work, business games and discussions. A key focus is the transfer into practice. This is ensured through numerous contacts with practice partners and, above all, through corresponding projects. The Master's thesis is written in the fourth semester. 

Admission to this consecutive Master's degree program requires a Bachelor's or Diplom degree in health management, health economics, health sciences, sports sciences or a medical or therapeutic degree program with at least 180 ECTS points (credit points).