Study plan for Healthcare Leadership

Specialized Professional Studies (60 ECTS)

Healthcare leadership for the future healthcare sector (30 ECTS) - Competence goals

Upon the successful completion of the module: 

• You understand different leadership theories and can discuss and evaluate them from a critical and reflective scientific manner as the basis for original thinking. 
• You can select suitable data in order to enhance interprofessional teamwork and development
• You show specialized problem-solving skills that are required in the healthcare sector to develop projects and lead people and procedures. 
• You articulate a personal and authentic leadership style that enhances collaboration and communications in complex healthcare settings, preparing yourself to lead and develop complex, unpredictable and new strategic approaches.

This module contains the following courses:

• Healthcare Leadership 10 ECTS
• Change Leadership 5 ECTS
• Health Technology 5 ECTS
• Service Design in Healthcare 10 ECTS

Optional studies (15 ECTS) 

Students can choose relevant courses at European Qualifications Framework (EQF) 7 level at Arcada or any other higher education institutions. All optional courses must be approved by the degree programme director as part of the study plan, to ensure that they align with the set competences of the master's degree programme. Students can thus take part in designing their own study plan, based on their existing skills, interests, and objectives.
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Specialized Research Studies ( 45 ECTS)

Research studies (45 ECTS) - Competence goals

Upon the successful completion of the module:

• You can define, choose, argue for and adapt specialized concepts, methods and data related to your specialized knowledge about your own area.
• You can adapt and use them as the basis for your own individual thinking and/or research.
• You can independently solve demanding problems in a creative way within research and/or innovative operations and thereby develop new knowledge and ways of working.
• You can apply and integrate knowledge from different areas.
• You can argue for and follow ethical principles in research.

This module contains the following courses:

• Research Methodology 5 ECTS
• Advanced Methodology 10 ECTS
• Master Thesis 30 ECTS