The First-level short specialisation degree in Coordination of Health Professions provides the required skills for the role of Health Planning Coordinator, in order to constantly improve the quality and provision of human, structural and technological resources of a company.

The course tackles two thematic areas: healthcare management and professional development, and it meets the requests of Law no. 43 of 01/02/2006, which provides for training through a “Level 1 Master’s Degree in Management for the coordinating functions of the relevant area”, as mandatory title for healthcare professionals to work in the coordination function.

The purpose of the Second-level short specialisation degree is providing the competencies to:

  • Coordinate the resources to achieve the objectives assigned to the Unit/Service;
  • Adopt methods to develop professional quality within the Unit/Service;
  • Assess the productivity of the organizational processes and of the professional resources assigned.

The course units of the First-level short specialisation degree in Coordination of Health Professions help to develop autonomy of judgement in assessing the objectives, roles, activities and organizational methods of corporate structures; communication skills to promote the organizational development of healthcare professional services; the ability to learn methods useful in promoting, coordinating and managing projects and continuous (professional and organizational) quality improvement processes related to healthcare professional aspects.

The First-level short specialisation degree, now in its 16th edition, provides state-of-the-art competencies to coordinate healthcare professionals, in light of the long experience and feedbacks from students, professionals and professors.

The faculty includes expert professionals, directors and coordinators, scholars and experts in management, organizational quality and managerial processes.

The First-level short specialisation degree in Coordination of Health Professions qualifies attendees to work as coordinators in the healthcare professional area, according to national contracts.

It is addresses solely to professional figures with a diploma/degree in the healthcare professions listed in the admission notice.

A diploma/Bachelor’s degree in one of the relevant healthcare professions is a mandatory requirement for the admission.

The First-level short specialisation degree in Coordination of Health Professions is divided in eight modules, as described below:

Module 1: Healthcare organization, programming and economy

Analysis and assessment of healthcare systems. Corporate operations: economic and financial dimensions. The balance model. Cost analysis: basic concepts and techniques. Funding systems.

Module 2: Healhcare profession management

Organizational analysis and planning. Coordination methods and techniques. Human resource management: processes and methods. Leadership. Training in the operating unit. Planning and implementing changes into the operating unit.

Module 3: Responsibility and coordination

Ministerial decrees describing healthcare professional profiles. National collective agreement for the healthcare sector. Coordination responsibilities. Integration between professional activities and medical documentation. Protection of professional secrecy and privacy. Relationships with legal authorities. Assessment of criminal liability. Civil liability and related insurance profiles. Disciplinary liability

Module 4: Applied professional methodology

The role and practice concerning the operating processes. Professional quality as the framework to integrate method, technique and science. User and service classification methods. Organizational and process context analysis tools and models; assessment and comparison tools and models for organizational choices and decisions aimed at professional development.

Module 5: Theory of human motivation at work

The main scholars and their models to understand motivation to professional commitment and use it as element to develop the overall organizational quality and the organizational sentiment in particular.

Module 6: Bioethics

Medical practice ethical analysis methods. Ethical questions in intensive care, long-term treatments and palliative care. Ethical committees for medical practice.

Module 7: Healthcare indicators and healthcare quality statistics

Demand/accessibility indicators. Activity indicators. Resource indicators. Outcome indicators. Applications to relevant corporate phenomena for healthcare professions. Efficiency, effectiveness and performance indicators. Healthcare quality project indicators.

Module 8: Health planning and programming

Elements of epidemiological methodology. Local community epidemiological profile. Safety and health in work places – high risk profile. Information and control systems in the healthcare unit. Architecture of the healthcare information system and decision-making process. Corporate database use methods to originate user and health profiles.

Students will be supported during the entire Second-level short specialisation degree. Attendees will be able to participate in a series of interesting events, such as conferences, seminars, workshops, held by national and international experts, as well as meetings organized with other Second-level short specialisation degree on common topics.

Attendees will complete their Traineeship on their chosen professional context, with a specific educational project. Purpose of the Traineeship is putting the competencies acquired in the classroom in practice, and developing contextualized managerial skills. In particular, it is aimed at developing competencies in 3 macro-areas:

  • Production process programming and control;
  • Human resource management;
  • Human resource management and training.

During the First-level short specialisation degree, students will be supported by the relevant Administration Office, which will coordinate attendees, professors and traineeship referrals/units. Every traineeship will have a dedicated tutor who will plan the educational activities and act as point of reference for the student. Students will have the chance to discuss the different situations with their tutors, during personal meetings. The tutor is a highly specialized figure in coordination of health professions. The direction, professors and tutors have direct relationships with the Second-level short specialisation degree’s students and are available to find solutions, listen to any need or doubt, suggest alternatives and methods to overcome any difficulties in reconciling family-work with study, in-person attendance and traineeship requirements. Lastly, the First-level short specialisation degree provides an actual higher education university experience, focused on professional Coordination.

The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2023/24 will be published on the Italian page of this First-level short specialisation degree according to the timing provided in the Call.

Information

Health, environment and territory
29/09/2024
70%
60
80
€ 1.627,50
€ 1.000,00
Find the admission titles in the selection notice 23/24.

FAQ

The selection will be carried out a few days after the call for enrolment has been closed, with a multiple-choice test only if the applications exceed the number of spots available.

Every applicant will provide their resume and a summary sheet with self-declaration of their titles.

The sum of the test score and the title assessment will be used for the final ranking.

The minimum requirements to access the First-level short specialisation degree in Coordination of Health Professions are a Diploma/Bachelor’s Degree in one of the 22 healthcare professions, or, alternatively, a Regional School Diploma with high school diploma/upper secondary school diploma, or equivalent titles.

Lessons will be held in-person, usually from mid-November 2023 to the end of July 2024, distributed in one day a week (up to 10 academic hours). A 70% attendance is mandatory for each module, while 100% attendance in mandatory for the traineeship. Traineeship times and schedule can be agreed directly with the coordinator, during the traineeship. Traditional lessons are integrated with teamwork, peer reviews, feedbacks on papers, comparison of papers, which make up for a high percentage of active in-class learning; moreover, the First-level short specialisation degree also includes additional thematic seminars with healthcare and professional experts.

The First-level short specialisation degree’s educational plan – as established by the State-Region Agreement of 1 August 2007 – provides for a mandatory training of at least 500 academic hours, alongside Unit/Service coordinators. The program distributes this traineeship in two 94-hour stages (60 minutes each) in two different operating units or services (corresponding to 125 academic hours), or, alternatively, in a single 188-hour stage (60 minutes each) in one operating unit or service (corresponding to 250 academic hours), to be done between March and August, indicatively. The actual traineeship hours will be divided between stage and project work. The traineeship is assessed by the tutor coordinators and the stage references; at the end of each stage, a written stage report will be required.

The final exam consists in the presentation and discussion of the project work, with audio-visual supports before a committee. The project work comprises the final dissertation (drafted in small groups), including the analysis, assessment and suggestions for improvement of a specific professional field/context. Generally, the exam takes place in September. The stages and project works range from direct experiences in day-to-day operations related to the coordination role and function, to the development of organizational analysis aimed at identifying the elements that could be improved within an operating unit/service. The final assessment includes the end-of-course and stage scores.