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The Health System

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
The Health System
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023
Module code: AGW23.3
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P311-0269
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for άbung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week, accumulated)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 1
Duration: 2 semester
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Examination achievement

[updated 30.10.2023]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

AGW23.3 (P311-0269) Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
AGW23.11 Health and Environment
AGW23.14 Care Management and Evidence-Based Practice
AGW23.17
AGW23.18
AGW23.19


[updated 04.09.2023]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Petra Riemer-Hommel
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Christine Dörge
Prof. Dr. Petra Riemer-Hommel


[updated 04.09.2023]
Learning outcomes:
Module 23.3.1: The Health System: The Basics
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
• be familiar with historical and current developments and reforms in the German health care system
• be able to describe the basic structure and data of the German health care system
• understand the central principles of the statutory and private health insurance system and the statutory long-term care insurance system
 
• be familiar with the central facilities and areas of care in the German health care system
• be familiar with changing requirements and their implications
• be able to justify how health care is developing in the context of demographic and structural conditions and where new fields of activity are opening up
 
 
  
• be able to interpret current health and social policy discourses
• be able to access data from the health care system
 
  
• be able to clarify socio-legal issues with addressees in a way that is appropriate for the target group
 
  
• be able to adopt a position and exert influence in the socio-political and socio-legal context
 
 
23.3.2.: Health care systems governance
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
• be familiar with various organizational and design principles of health care systems
• be able to name the players and their political options in the federal system
 
  
• be able to analyze health policy reforms and discuss their effects
• be able to recognize health-related problems and discuss them against the background of the "Health in all Policies" approach
 
 
  
• be able to take a scientifically based position on problems in health care systems and health policy issues vis-à-vis players in the health care system
 
 
  
• be able to independently and systematically access new developments in the health care sector


[updated 30.10.2023]
Module content:
Module 23.3.1: The Health System: The Basics
 
1. Historical development and foundations of the German health care system
2. Principles of social security
3. Public health insurance
4. Private health insurance
5. Social nursing care insurance
6. Current developments and reforms in the health care system
7. Central organizations and structures of outpatient and inpatient care in the German health care system
8. Relevant national and international health care policies
 
 
23.3.2.: Health care systems governance
 
• Introduction to health and social policy
• WHO systematics health care systems
• Stakeholders, interests, and trade-offs in health care systems
• “Health in all Policies”
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 3 Health


[updated 30.10.2023]
Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

[updated 30.10.2023]
Recommended or required reading:
Will be announced at the beginning of the module.

[updated 30.10.2023]
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