3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4021352FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Electronics and Informatics
External partners
Universiteit Gent
Educational team
Pascal VERDONCK (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

27 contact hours Lecture
18 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Prepare biomedical engineering students for leadership roles in health care organisations (government, health care institutions, hospitals, MedTech companies)

18 lectures

•  Leadership styles and models (2)

•  Change management in health care (2)

•  Vision of WHO and international health care systems (2)

•  Belgian health care system and its governance (2)

•  Quality systems in companies and accreditation in hospitals (3)

•  Introduction to bioethics (3)

•  Introduction to health economics (4)

 

Additional info

Information available at the website of the Ghent University: https://studiegids.ugent.be/2017/EN/studiefiches/E015590.pdf

Learning Outcomes

General competences

Information available at the website of the Ghent University: https://studiegids.ugent.be/2017/EN/studiefiches/E015590.pdf

Grading

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

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

  • exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Information available at the website of the Ghent University: https://studiegids.ugent.be/2017/EN/studiefiches/E015590.pdf

Additional info regarding evaluation

Information available at the website of the Ghent University: https://studiegids.ugent.be/2017/EN/studiefiches/E015590.pdf

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 Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)