Interprofessional Management in Health Care (Master)

• You want to develop personally and professionally by learning leadership skills and decision-making strategies, improving your communication skills and broadening your understanding of the complexity and dynamics of the health system.
• You want to expand your expertise beyond the boundaries of your own department. This will not only support your understanding of the diverse aspects of patient care, but also enrich your professional profile.
• You are interested in creating a positive working environment in which employees are motivated and professional satisfaction is supported. This will enable you to contribute to improving treatment outcomes and increasing patient satisfaction.

• Three semesters of classroom teaching and one semester for the Master's thesis
• Three days of face-to-face teaching - blocked at the university from Monday to Wednesday lunchtime
• Different examination performances to minimise the burden of examinations
• Teaching materials are available online
• Option to extend your experience with a semester abroad in the 3rd semester
• Personal contact with instructors and students in a pleasant learning atmosphere

The study programme contains twelve compulsory modules with 80 ECTS credits. In terms of content, there are three specialisations:

• Management and leadership of interprofessional teams (20 ECTS credits)

• Management and communication (10 ECTS credits)
• Interprofessional decision-making (10 ECTS credits)

• Management of interprofessional health care

• Controlling (5 ECTS credits)
• Cooperative Management (5 ECTS credits)
• Human-Technology Innovations (5 ECTS credits)
• Health law (5 ECTS credits)
• Health system design (10 ECTS credits)

• Research in the management of interprofessional health care (30 ECTS credits)

• Quantitative research methods (5 ECTS credits)
• Qualitative research methods (5 ECTS credits)
• Research project (20 ECTS credits)

In addition, students choose a module (10 ECTS credits) in the 3rd semester to specialise in their own interests, e.g.

• Strategic management in healthcare facilities
• Ethics in management
• Globalisation and health
• Environment and health
• etc.

Evidence of a completed Bachelor's degree in a study programme with a focus on Health or Nursing Management or in a health science study programme with an average grade of 2.5 or better and at least 6 months of practical work experience in a health system facility or after completing a work placement module with an average grade of 2.5 or better and at least 12 months of relevant practical work experience in a health system facility.

Anyone who has obtained a corresponding degree with a grade point average of less than 2.5 and can provide evidence of at least three years of relevant professional experience in a health system facility after graduation may be admitted. The condition for this is that it can be proven beyond doubt in an oral interview with a member of the Examination Board who holds a doctorate and another member of the teaching staff of the study programme that the aptitude for academic research in a research-oriented Master's degree programme is given. Admission to the oral interview must be applied for separately by submitting all application documents to the Examination Board.

With German educational certificates: 2 May to 30 September

With foreign educational certificates: 1 March to 30 September