HEALTH MANAGEMENT - THESIS

About the Program

-It consists of seven courses (3 hours per week), graduate seminar, and thesis study (120 ECTS total). The normal duration of this program is 4 semesters; the maximum duration is 6 semesters.

- Students, who completed course phase, submit a thesis proposal with the thesis form to the Institute, before starting their theses. After their proposals approved by the Institute, they can start their theses.

- Students enrolled in thesis master programs in the Institute of Social Sciences must fulfill the following conditions before their graduation.

The student who is enrolled in a graduate program must fulfill at least one of the following conditions in order to graduate.

  1. Two papers presented at national or international scientific meetings,
  2. An article published in a peer-reviewed/ indexed journal, accepted for publication, or received a DOI number,
  3. Two papers presented at Social / Science symposiums organized by IZU.
Program Objectives & Goals

Objectives

  1. It is to train well-equipped health professionals who can develop the policies necessary to meet the health care needs of all healthy / diseased individuals within the contemporary health system or that can ensure the efficient and efficient functioning of previously developed national health policies.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

  1. 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, in order to produce health services in an effective, efficient, fair and equal manner. 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, which is fed by the most up-to-date information internal and external information sources at the point of marketing the Anatolian blessings of our country such as health tourism in the best way abroad

SKILL

  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

COMPETENCE

  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.
  2. In today's modern world where medical knowledge 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  1. 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, in order to produce health services in an effective, efficient, fair and equal manner. 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, which is fed by the most up-to-date information internal and external information sources at the point of marketing the Anatolian blessings of our country such as health tourism in the best way abroad
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. In today's modern world where medical knowledge 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. 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
  6. 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.
Subject-Specific QualificationsProgramme Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical / Conceptual
  • Lisans düzeyi yeterliliklerine dayalı olarak, aynı veya farklı bir alandaki bilgilerini uzmanlık düzeyinde geliştirir ve derinleştirir.
  • Alanının ilişkili olduğu disiplinlerle etkileşimi açıklar.
  • 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, in order to produce health services in an effective, efficient, fair and equal manner. 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, which is fed by the most up-to-date information internal and external information sources at the point of marketing the Anatolian blessings of our country such as health tourism in the best way abroad
SKILL
Cognitive / Pratical
  • Alana ilişkin bilgileri çalışanlar ve ekip arkadaşlarına aktarabilme becerisine sahiptir.
  • Alana ilişkin bilgileri analitik ve sistematik olarak analiz etme, yorumlama ve değerlendirme becerisine sahiptir.
  • Karar, uygulama ve davranışlarında alana ilişkin edindiği bilgileri kullanmak suretiyle verileri yorumlayabilme, analiz edebilme, sorunları tanımlayabilme ve çözüm önerileri getirebilme becerisine sahiptir
  • 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
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility
  • Örgüt/Kurum için vizyon, amaç ve hedef belirler.
  • Proje yürütücüsü ya da katılımcısı olarak proje hedeflerine uygun sorumluluk alır.
  • Alana ilişkin uzmanlık gerektiren konularda bir çalışmayı bağımsız olarak gerçekleştirir.
  • 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.
Learning Competence
  • Edindiği bilgi ve becerileri eleştirel olarak değerlendirir.
  • In today's modern world where medical knowledge 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
Communication and Social Competence
  • Alanı ile ilgili edindiği bilgi ve beceriler düzeyindeki düşüncelerini ve önerilerini ilgililere yazılı ve sözlü olarak aktarır.
  • Alana ilişkin çalışma yapanlarla iletişim kurar.
  • Bir yabancı dili en az Avrupa Dil Portföyü B2 Genel Düzeyinde kullanarak sözlü ve yazılı iletişim kurar.
  • Çalışma alanlarına ilişkin veri giriş ve analizlerini yapabilecek düzeyde bilgisayar yazılımı, bilişim ve iletişim teknolojilerini ileri düzeyde kullanır.
  • 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
Field Specific Competence
  • Örgütün/Kurumun paydaşlarıyla ilişkilerini analiz edebilme ve etkin biçimde yürütür.
  • Alana ilişkin yapılacak çalışmalarda özgünlük ve katkı sağlar.
  • Örgüt/Kurum, iş ve toplumsal etik değerlere uygun davranır.
  • Sosyal hakların evrenselliği, sosyal adalet, kalite ve kültürel değerler ile çevre koruma, iş sağlığı ve güvenliği konularında yeterli bilince sahiptir.
  • 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.
Relationship Between Programme Learning Outcomes and Objectives
KNOWLEDGEOBJECTIVET%
Theoretical / ConceptualO1O2O3O4O5O6
1Human 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, in order to produce health services in an effective, efficient, fair and equal manner. 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, which is fed by the most up-to-date information internal and external information sources at the point of marketing the Anatolian blessings of our country such as health tourism in the best way abroad 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔30%100,00
SKILLOBJECTIVET%
Cognitive / PraticalO1O2O3O4O5O6
1A 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 ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔30%100,00
COMPETENCEOBJECTIVET%
Competence to Work Independently and Take ResponsibilityO1O2O3O4O5O6
1Making 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 ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔30%100,00
Learning CompetenceO1O2O3O4O5O6
1In today's modern world where medical knowledge 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 ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔30%100,00
Communication and Social CompetenceO1O2O3O4O5O6
1Effective 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 ✔ 5 VH ✔ 4 H ✔ 4 H ✔ 5 VH ✔ 4 H ✔27%90,00
Field Specific CompetenceO1O2O3O4O5O6
1To 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. 4 H ✔ 4 H ✔ 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔ 4 H ✔ 5 VH ✔27%90,00
NUMBER OF PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES (6)666666--
WEIGHT292929292929--
PERCENTAGE%96,67%96,67%96,67%96,67%96,67%96,67--
CONTRIBUTION LEVEL - HIGH [4] (H)111111
CONTRIBUTION LEVEL - VERY HIGH [5] (VH)555555

* T: Total, %: Percentage

O1 — It is to train well-equipped health professionals who can develop the policies necessary to meet the health care needs of all healthy / diseased individuals within the contemporary health system or that can ensure the efficient and efficient functioning 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: 4 = High 5 = Very High
Contribution Level: H = High VH = Very High
Contribution Level: ✔ = Has contribution
Teaching Methods

Demonstration Technique, Question and Answer Technique, Brainstorming Technique, Problem Solving Technique, Voice Reading Technique

Assessment Methods

Open-ended and closed-ended Questioning Method, Homework Method, Presentation Method, Article Writing Method

Degree and Level Awarded

Graduates of the Department of Health Management are graduated as "Health Management Scientists". It is graduated at the master's level with a thesis.

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,

-Get at least 55 points from ALES (EA point type),

-The courses of this program are given at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Halkalı campus.

Graduation Requirements

A Master's program with a thesis consists of at least seven courses, a seminar course, and a thesis study, with a total of not less than twenty credits. The seminar course and thesis work are non-credit and evaluated as successful or unsuccessful. The master's program with a thesis consists of at least eight courses including the seminar course and a total of at least 120 ECTS credits, provided that it is not less than 60 ECTS credits for an academic year. The student has to register for the thesis each semester starting from the semester following the appointment of an advisor.

Recognition of Prior Learning

The courses taken from the graduate programs of another university are evaluated by the Department of Exemption Commission, 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 medical representatives in pharmaceutical companies.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates of the Health Management Master's program can enter the Health Management Doctorate Programs if they meet the necessary requirements.

Study Plan

1th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 4 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 597 Scientific Research Methods CompulsoryTurkish30037.53
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
BLS 002 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
BLS 003 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
Total:12001230,012,0

1th Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 533 Biostatistics CompulsoryTurkish30037.53
SAY 511 Microeconomics Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 513 Hospital Administration Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 515 Epidemiology  Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 516 Comparative Health Politics Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 517 Comparative Health Systems Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 519 Health tourism Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 521 Information Systems in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 523 Logistic Management in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 524 Management and Organization in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 525 Occupational Health and Safety Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 527 Cost Accounting in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 529 Health Marketing Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 531 Econometrics in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 535 Health Economics and Finance Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
Total:450045112,545,0

2nd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 5 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 501 Graduate Seminar CompulsoryTurkish20027.52
SAY 533 Biostatistics CompulsoryTurkish30037.53
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
BLS 002 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
BLS 003 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
Total:14001437,514,0

2nd Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 510 Financal Management in Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 512 Medical Accounting Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 514 Health Information Technologies Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 516 Comparative Health Politics Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 518 Accreditation and Quality in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 520 Macroeconomics Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 522 HRM in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 524 Management and Organization in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 526 Strategic Management in Health Institutions Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 528 Health Law Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 529 Health Marketing Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 530 Multi Criteria Decision Making and Health Management Applications Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
SAY 532 Sağlık Teknolojilerini Değerlendirme Departmental ElectiveTurkish30037.53
Total:39003997,539,0

3rd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 1 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 500 Master's Thesis ThesisTurkish0000600
Total:000060,00,0

4th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 1 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 500 Master's Thesis ThesisTurkish0000600
Total:000060,00,0

5th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 1 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SAY 500 Master's Thesis ThesisTurkish0000600
Total:000060,00,0

Course Load Summary

TPLHECTSCr.
Grand Total (Number of Courses: 12)260026247,526,0
Compulsory Course Total (Number of Courses: 3)800822,58,0
Elective Course Total (Number of Courses: 6)18001845,018,0
Course TypeNumber of CoursesRatio (%)
Zorunlu Ders325,00
Seçmeli Ders650,00
Bölüm Dışı Seçmeli Ders00,00

T: Theory, P: Practice, L: Laboratory, WCH: Weekly Course Hours, ECTS: European Credit Transfer System, Cr.: Credit

Core Area Distribution
Core AreaTotal ECTSRatio (%)
Health88.551.3%
Business and Administration40.523.5%
Health95.2%
Social and Behavioural Science7.54.3%
Engineering and Engineering Trades7.54.3%
Law63.5%
Mathematics and Statistics63.5%
Computing3.82.2%
Mathematics and Statistics2.31.3%
Humanities1.50.9%
Course Category List

Compulsory Courses

CourseECTSRatio (%)
SAY 501 - Graduate Seminar7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 597 - Scientific Research Methods7.5
46 - Mathematics and Statistics%80
72 - Health%20

Elective Courses

CourseECTSRatio (%)
SAY 511 - Microeconomics7.5
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%100
SAY 513 - Hospital Administration7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 514 - Health Information Technologies7.5
48 - Computing%50
72 - Health%50
SAY 515 - Epidemiology 7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 516 - Comparative Health Politics7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 517 - Comparative Health Systems7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 518 - Accreditation and Quality in Health Institutions7.5
72 - Health%100
SAY 519 - Health tourism7.5
34 - Business and Administration%50
72 - Health%50
SAY 521 - Information Systems in Health Institutions7.5
34 - Business and Administration%100
SAY 522 - HRM in Health Institutions7.5
22 - Humanities%20
72 - Health%80
SAY 523 - Logistic Management in Health Institutions7.5
34 - Business and Administration%100
SAY 524 - Management and Organization in Health Institutions7.5
34 - Business and Administration%40
72 - Health%60
SAY 525 - Occupational Health and Safety7.5
52 - Engineering and Engineering Trades%100
SAY 526 - Strategic Management in Health Institutions7.5
34 - Business and Administration%50
72 - Health%50
SAY 527 - Cost Accounting in Health Institutions7.5
34 - Business and Administration%30
72 - Health%70
SAY 528 - Health Law7.5
38 - Law%80
72 - Health%20
SAY 529 - Health Marketing7.5
34 - Business and Administration%50
72 - Health%50
SAY 535 - Health Economics and Finance7.5
34 - Business and Administration%30
46 - Mathematics and Statistics%30
72 - Health%40
Gülay EKİNCİ
Doç. Dr.

Gülay EKİNCİ

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