HMAN5190 ¨C Health System Coordination: Policy Analysis and Implementation

Course content

This course combines policy analysis with the study of coordination challenges in health systems. Students will learn to analyze the entire policy process from formulation to implementation, with particular focus on coordination challenges between different actors and levels within health systems. The course covers both theoretical perspectives and practical tools for understanding and improving coordination in health systems.

The course is structured in three main modules:?

Module 1: Policy Process and Coordination Challenges

• Theoretical perspectives on the policy process

• Implementation models and barriers

• Coordination challenges in complex health systems

• Impact of financing and organizational models on coordination

• Multi-level governance in health systems

Module 2: Coordination Models and Approaches

• Care coordination across service boundaries

• Interprofessional collaboration and teamwork

• Digital coordination and e-health solutions

• Patient-centered coordination models

• Regional collaboration networks

• Primary-specialty care coordination

• Public-private coordination mechanisms

Module 3: Evaluation and Impact Analysis

• Evaluation designs for coordination interventions

• Impact analysis of policy implementation

• Measuring coordination outcomes

• Cost-effectiveness of coordination models

• Implementation challenges and success factors

• Policy feedback and adaptation processes

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain different theoretical perspectives on policy processes with focus on coordination

• Identify structural and organizational factors that create coordination challenges

• Describe various models for coordination in health systems

• Explain how financing and organizational models affect coordination

• Recognize cultural and professional barriers to coordination

• Understand multi-stakeholder dynamics in health policy implementation

Skills

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Analyze policy processes with particular focus on coordination aspects

• Develop proposals for coordination models adapted to different contexts

• Design evaluations of coordination interventions

• Conduct impact analyses of coordination initiatives

• Identify implementation challenges and propose solutions

• Apply stakeholder analysis to coordination problems

Competence

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Diagnose and solve coordination problems in health organizations

• Communicate with different professions and actors about coordination challenges

• Contribute to policy development that promotes better coordination

• Evaluate the effectiveness of coordination interventions

• Navigate complex multi-stakeholder environments

Admission to the course

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

• Health Economics, Policy and Management (master)

• European Master in Health Economics and Management (master)

• other relevant master programmes upon application

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: Theoretical foundation and international examples.

Group work and case studies: Students work with real coordination problems from Norwegian and international contexts.

Seminars and presentations: Student presentations and discussions.

Examination

Individual written examination

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

• Eu-HEM: English

• HEPMA: Questions in English. Answers in Norwegian, Swedish. Danish or 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.

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