About the Program
It consists of ten courses (3 hours per week) and master's project work (Total 90 ECTS). The normal duration of this program is 2 semesters, the maximum duration is 3 semesters.
Program Objectives & Goals
Objectives
- To train well-equipped health professionals who are able to develop the necessary policies to meet the health care needs of all healthy/sick individuals within the modern health system or to ensure the effective and efficient operation of previously developed national health policies.
- To train graduates who can closely follow the developments in national and international areas and establish their relations with health services and health policies, and develop products or services that are beneficial to the society by adapting current knowledge to their profession.
- To train professionals who can work as a manager in institutions that benefit the society by conducting scientific studies in the field of health management, who try to produce and share by contributing to scientific knowledge and literature in the field, to fulfill their social and professional responsibilities, to make projects, develop or develop projects.
- To train entrepreneurial, team spirit, analyst, and synthesizer science experts in health management who can take initiative in planning, management, delivery, and financing of health services.
- To raise health professionals who are not only dependent on academic life, but who can combine academic and practical life with high impact factor on society, or who can develop studies.
- To train health management scientists who are able to identify the problems in the health system and eliminate the deficiencies in the system through evidence-based management techniques, who provide reliable data flow to decision-makers on this issue.
Program Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
- In terms of effective, efficient, fair, and equal production of health services, human resources management in health institutions, management of health institutions, organizational management, and governance, marketing of health services, use of accounting and financial information in health institutions, ensuring the active use of the health economy in health institutions in the country. To be able to develop and deepen the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and to have a multidisciplinary approach to understand the interaction between these fields
SKILL
- A strategic thinker who can take responsibility at every level in a proactive manner in the planning, organizing and supervising the services carried out both by individual efforts and teamwork in ensuring the effective and efficient provision of health services in all areas of the country, and who can evaluate together from the most general to the most specific or from the most specific to the most general, Developing leadership competencies that can adapt themselves to the public with effective solutions
COMPETENCE
- Making analyzes, making inferences, and taking initiative in a way that can combine the knowledge and skills acquired during health management education with personality traits, develop new perspectives for existing problems in their field, and apply effective solutions in the light of current scientific knowledge.
- Effective communication and good humor, which are indispensable for service delivery in health institutions, successfully implementing and managing competence features in social areas, establishing good relationships with others
- In today's modern world, where medical information and technology are constantly changing, following up-to-date information that can respond quickly and rationally to changing needs, constantly renewing itself and bringing modern and contemporary approaches even to outdated problems and constantly improving it
- To be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of health management effectively, by observing social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values, as a competent scientific expert in solving problems that require competence in providing fast, effective, fair, and equal delivery of health services at all levels, and in developing policies.
- In terms of effective, efficient, fair, and equal production of health services, human resources management in health institutions, management of health institutions, organizational management, and governance, marketing of health services, use of accounting and financial information in health institutions, ensuring the active use of the health economy in health institutions in the country. To be able to develop and deepen the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and to have a multidisciplinary approach to understand the interaction between these fields
- A strategic thinker who can take responsibility at every level in a proactive manner in the planning, organizing and supervising the services carried out both by individual efforts and teamwork in ensuring the effective and efficient provision of health services in all areas of the country, and who can evaluate together from the most general to the most specific or from the most specific to the most general, Developing leadership competencies that can adapt themselves to the public with effective solutions
- Making analyzes, making inferences, and taking initiative in a way that can combine the knowledge and skills acquired during health management education with personality traits, develop new perspectives for existing problems in their field, and apply effective solutions in the light of current scientific knowledge.
- Effective communication and good humor, which are indispensable for service delivery in health institutions, successfully implementing and managing competence features in social areas, establishing good relationships with others
- In today's modern world, where medical information and technology are constantly changing, following up-to-date information that can respond quickly and rationally to changing needs, constantly renewing itself and bringing modern and contemporary approaches even to outdated problems and constantly improving it
- To be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of health management effectively, by observing social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values, as a competent scientific expert in solving problems that require competence in providing fast, effective, fair, and equal delivery of health services at all levels, and in developing policies.
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Relationship Between Programme Learning Outcomes and Objectives
| KNOWLEDGE | OBJECTIVE | T | % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical / Conceptual | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | In terms of effective, efficient, fair, and equal production of health services, human resources management in health institutions, management of health institutions, organizational management, and governance, marketing of health services, use of accounting and financial information in health institutions, ensuring the active use of the health economy in health institutions in the country. To be able to develop and deepen the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and to have a multidisciplinary approach to understand the interaction between these fields | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| SKILL | OBJECTIVE | T | % | ||||||
| Cognitive / Pratical | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | A strategic thinker who can take responsibility at every level in a proactive manner in the planning, organizing and supervising the services carried out both by individual efforts and teamwork in ensuring the effective and efficient provision of health services in all areas of the country, and who can evaluate together from the most general to the most specific or from the most specific to the most general, Developing leadership competencies that can adapt themselves to the public with effective solutions | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| COMPETENCE | OBJECTIVE | T | % | ||||||
| Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | Making analyzes, making inferences, and taking initiative in a way that can combine the knowledge and skills acquired during health management education with personality traits, develop new perspectives for existing problems in their field, and apply effective solutions in the light of current scientific knowledge. | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| Communication and Social Competence | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | Effective communication and good humor, which are indispensable for service delivery in health institutions, successfully implementing and managing competence features in social areas, establishing good relationships with others | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| Learning Competence | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | In today's modern world, where medical information and technology are constantly changing, following up-to-date information that can respond quickly and rationally to changing needs, constantly renewing itself and bringing modern and contemporary approaches even to outdated problems and constantly improving it | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| Field Specific Competence | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | O6 | |||
| 1 | To be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of health management effectively, by observing social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values, as a competent scientific expert in solving problems that require competence in providing fast, effective, fair, and equal delivery of health services at all levels, and in developing policies. | 5 VH ✔ | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 0 - | 5 | %16,67 |
| NUMBER OF PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES (6) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| WEIGHT | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| PERCENTAGE | %100,00 | %0,00 | %0,00 | %0,00 | %0,00 | %0,00 | - | - | |
| CONTRIBUTION LEVEL - NONE [0] (-) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| CONTRIBUTION LEVEL - VERY HIGH [5] (VH) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
* T: Total, %: Percentage
O1 — To train well-equipped health professionals who are able to develop the necessary policies to meet the health care needs of all healthy/sick individuals within the modern health system or to ensure the effective and efficient operation of previously developed national health policies.
O2 — To train graduates who can closely follow the developments in national and international areas and establish their relations with health services and health policies, and develop products or services that are beneficial to the society by adapting current knowledge to their profession.
O3 — To train professionals who can work as a manager in institutions that benefit the society by conducting scientific studies in the field of health management, who try to produce and share by contributing to scientific knowledge and literature in the field, to fulfill their social and professional responsibilities, to make projects, develop or develop projects.
O4 — To train entrepreneurial, team spirit, analyst, and synthesizer science experts in health management who can take initiative in planning, management, delivery, and financing of health services.
O5 — To raise health professionals who are not only dependent on academic life, but who can combine academic and practical life with high impact factor on society, or who can develop studies.
O6 — To train health management scientists who are able to identify the problems in the health system and eliminate the deficiencies in the system through evidence-based management techniques, who provide reliable data flow to decision-makers on this issue.
Contribution Level: 0 = None 5 = Very High
Contribution Level: - = None VH = Very High
Contribution Level: ✔ = Has contribution None
Teaching Methods
Demonstration Technique, Question and Answer Technique, Brainstorming Technique, Problem Solving Technique, Voice Reading Technique
Assessment Methods
Asking Open and Closed-Ended Question Method, Homework Method, Presentation Method, Manuscript Printing Method
Degree and Level Awarded
Graduates of the Department of Health Management are graduated as "Health Management Scientists". It is graduated at the Master without Thesis level
Admission Requirements
-To be a graduate of Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,
-ALES score requirement is not required.
-The courses of this program are given at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Halkalı campus.
Graduation Requirements
It consists of ten courses of thirty hours and graduate project work. (Total 90 ECTS) The normal duration of completing this program is 2 semesters and the maximum duration is 3 semesters.
Students who successfully complete their credit courses and term project and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and above are awarded a master's degree without thesis.
Recognition of Prior Learning
The courses taken from the graduate programs of another university are evaluated by the Exemption Commission of the Department, if deemed appropriate, the courses are accepted and the student is exempted from the relevant course. For exemption from courses, course contents must match and credit and ECTS accounts must match.
Employment Opportunities
Health Management Scientists have the opportunity to work as managers at the lower, middle, and upper levels in public and private health institutions. If they meet the necessary conditions in Higher Education Institutions, they have the opportunity to be employed as academic staff. They have the opportunity to be employed as assistant experts or experts in the Social Security Institution, the Ministry of Health, in institutions that produce and sell medical devices. They have the opportunity to be employed as a medical representative in pharmaceutical companies.
Access to Further Studies
Graduates of the Health Management Non-Thesis Master's program can transfer to the Health Management Master's Program with Thesis if they meet the requirements.
Study Plan
1th Semester
Number of Compulsory Courses: 5 Number of Elective Courses: 0
| Code | Course Name | Type | Language of Instruction | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAY 597 | Scientific Research Methods | Compulsory | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 001 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 002 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 003 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 004 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Total: | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 37,5 | 15,0 | |||
1th Semester Elective Courses
| Code | Course Name | Type | Language of Instruction | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAY 509 | Health Economics | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 511 | Microeconomics | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 513 | Hospital Administration | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 515 | Epidemiology | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 516 | Comparative Health Politics | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 517 | Comparative Health Systems | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 518 | Accreditation and Quality in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 519 | Health tourism | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 521 | Information Systems in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 523 | Logistic Management in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 524 | Management and Organization in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 525 | Occupational Health and Safety | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 527 | Cost Accounting in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 529 | Health Marketing | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 531 | Econometrics in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 535 | Health Economics and Finance | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Total: | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 120,0 | 48,0 | |||
2nd Semester
Number of Compulsory Courses: 5 Number of Elective Courses: 0
| Code | Course Name | Type | Language of Instruction | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLS 001 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 002 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 003 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 004 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| BLS 005 | Departmental Elective Course | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Total: | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 37,5 | 15,0 | |||
2nd Semester Elective Courses
| Code | Course Name | Type | Language of Instruction | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAY 510 | Financal Management in Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 512 | Medical Accounting | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 514 | Health Information Technologies | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 516 | Comparative Health Politics | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 518 | Accreditation and Quality in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 520 | Macroeconomics | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 522 | HRM in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 524 | Management and Organization in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 526 | Strategic Management in Health Institutions | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 528 | Health Law | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 530 | Multi Criteria Decision Making and Health Management Applications | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| SAY 532 | Sağlık Teknolojilerini Değerlendirme | Departmental Elective | Turkish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Total: | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 90,0 | 36,0 | |||
3rd Semester
Number of Compulsory Courses: 1 Number of Elective Courses: 0
| Code | Course Name | Type | Language of Instruction | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAY 503 | Master's Project | Project | Turkish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Total: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,0 | 0,0 | |||
Course Load Summary
| Course Load Summary | T | P | L | H | ECTS | Cr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Total (Number of Courses: 11) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 90,0 | 30,0 |
| Compulsory Course Total (Number of Courses: 1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7,5 | 3,0 |
| Elective Course Total (Number of Courses: 9) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 67,5 | 27,0 |
| Course Type | Number of Courses | Ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Zorunlu Ders | 1 | 9,09 |
| Seçmeli Ders | 9 | 81,82 |
| Bölüm Dışı Seçmeli Ders | 0 | 0,00 |
T: Theory, P: Practice, L: Laboratory, WCH: Weekly Course Hours, ECTS: European Credit Transfer System, Cr.: Credit
Core Area Distribution
| Core Area | Total ECTS | Ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 92.3 | 53.4% |
| Business and Administration | 36.8 | 21.3% |
| Social and Behavioural Science | 15 | 8.7% |
| Engineering and Engineering Trades | 7.5 | 4.3% |
| Law | 6 | 3.5% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 6 | 3.5% |
| Computing | 3.8 | 2.2% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 2.3 | 1.3% |
| Humanities | 1.5 | 0.9% |
| Health | 1.5 | 0.9% |
Course Category List
Compulsory Courses
| Course | ECTS | Ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| SAY 597 - Scientific Research Methods | 7.5 | |
| 46 - Mathematics and Statistics | %80 | |
| 72 - Health | %20 |
Elective Courses
| Course | ECTS | Ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| SAY 509 - Health Economics | 7.5 | |
| 31 - Social and Behavioural Science | %100 | |
| SAY 511 - Microeconomics | 7.5 | |
| 31 - Social and Behavioural Science | %100 | |
| SAY 513 - Hospital Administration | 7.5 | |
| 72 - Health | %100 | |
| SAY 514 - Health Information Technologies | 7.5 | |
| 48 - Computing | %50 | |
| 72 - Health | %50 | |
| SAY 515 - Epidemiology | 7.5 | |
| 72 - Health | %100 | |
| SAY 516 - Comparative Health Politics | 7.5 | |
| 72 - Health | %100 | |
| SAY 517 - Comparative Health Systems | 7.5 | |
| 72 - Health | %100 | |
| SAY 518 - Accreditation and Quality in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 72 - Health | %100 | |
| SAY 519 - Health tourism | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %50 | |
| 72 - Health | %50 | |
| SAY 521 - Information Systems in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %100 | |
| SAY 522 - HRM in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 22 - Humanities | %20 | |
| 72 - Health | %80 | |
| SAY 523 - Logistic Management in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %100 | |
| SAY 524 - Management and Organization in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %40 | |
| 72 - Health | %60 | |
| SAY 525 - Occupational Health and Safety | 7.5 | |
| 52 - Engineering and Engineering Trades | %100 | |
| SAY 526 - Strategic Management in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %50 | |
| 72 - Health | %50 | |
| SAY 527 - Cost Accounting in Health Institutions | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %30 | |
| 72 - Health | %70 | |
| SAY 528 - Health Law | 7.5 | |
| 38 - Law | %80 | |
| 72 - Health | %20 | |
| SAY 529 - Health Marketing | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %50 | |
| 72 - Health | %50 | |
| SAY 535 - Health Economics and Finance | 7.5 | |
| 34 - Business and Administration | %30 | |
| 46 - Mathematics and Statistics | %30 | |
| 72 - Health | %40 |
Doç. Dr. 
gulay.ekinci@izu.edu.tr 0212 692 89 94
gulay.ekinci@izu.edu.tr 0212 692 89 94 Research Areas Sağlık Ekonomisi ve Finansmanı, Klinik Araştırmaların Yönetimi, Sağlıkta Ekonometrik Değerlendirmeler, Sağlıkta Yapay Zeka Uygulamaları