5 ECTS credits
135 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023457ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor ‘Interdisciplinary Program in Healthcare Innovation’ moet men : Geslaagd zijn voor alle opleidingsonderdelen van de bachelor FW.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences
Educational team
Dimitri De Bundel (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
40 contact hours Lecture
5 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
5 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course consists of:

  • 5 Sessions of online lectures and debates on challenges and future transformations of medicine and healthcare systems.

Fridays in February and March, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Zoom webinars and recordings

The course content changes yearly and will be communicated by the I3h team. An example of typical course content is as follows:

    • Module 1 - Collaboration for innovation
    • Module 2 - Patient-centred clinical research
    • Module 3 - Healthcare Economics & Management
    • Module 4 - Sustainable Development - Universal access to health
    • Module 5 - Other big health challenges
  • 1 Meet the expert day, giving students a chance to interact with healthcare leaders
    1 Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: ULB Erasme Campus
  • 1 interactive workshop: The life cycle of drug development: board game
    1 half-day Saturday (AM or PM): Online via Zoom
    Mandatory for participants following the certificate track - Optional for other participants
  • 1 interactive workshop: Negotiating Intellectual Property agreements
    1 half-day Saturday (AM or PM): ULB Erasme Campus
    Mandatory for participants following the certificate track - Optional for other participants
  • Particpants following the certificate track will also participate in a case study group work on a selected topic for which they will prepare a mini-dissertation.
Course material
Digital course material (Required) :
Additional info

Slides and pre-reading materials are provided by the I3h team.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The objective of the course is to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals to be able to face new challenges of precision patient-centric practice. Students will be provided with a basic knowledge and a holistic vision of the complex processes that translate scientific advances into novel standards of care.

The course consists of interactive sessions led by experts from academia, public health organizations, private companies and patient representatives. Through lectures, quizzes, workshops and an online learning platform students can achieve competencies which address a variety of scientific, business, management and social issues.

The students are expected to gain insight into the topics covered during the course including:

  • The main strategies and tools for the prevention and treatment of disease states;
  • The main types and principles of healthcare systems worldwide;
  • The basic principles of healthcare economics and management;
  • The multiple steps and key principles in the development of health technologies;
  • The basics of data and knowledge generation in healthcare;
  • The new innovation models and career opportunities in healthcare.

The students understand the need for interdisciplinarity and convergence of medicine, life sciences and physical sciences, engineering and management, from basic research to patient-centric care, including (pre)clinical research, development of medicines and medical devices, healthcare organization, management and economics.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen schriftelijk with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Written (online) exam outside of the examination period.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written (online) exam outside of the examination period.

Optional quizzes as self-evaluation tool (no score granted)

 

Potential to obtain the ‘Certificate in Healthcare Innovation’ upon defending a group work (Case Study) and participation in 2 workshops (Negotiation skills & Business Plan)

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Drug Development: AR without officinastage (only offered in Dutch)