Analysing Health Systems: Lessons From COVID-19 Online Certificate Course
Holborn, United Kingdom
DURATION
6 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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TUITION FEES
USD 2,866
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Develop a technical understanding of health system performance and responses, specifically through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 has tested the resilience of health systems around the world. Not only has the pandemic shown that global systems are unprepared for health crises of this nature, but it has also revealed other pre-existing failures in providing reliable and equitable care to people around the world. Why have there been more cases and deaths in some countries compared to others? How much of this difference is due to the countryโs health system?
This six-week Analysing Health Systems: Lessons From COVID-19 online certificate course from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has been designed by faculty from the Department of Health Policy at LSE. Their aim is to influence and improve how health policy and systems are designed, implemented, and evaluated through multidisciplinary research and teaching. These experts have made substantive contributions to health planning and delivery on the global stage.
The course explores the many ways the pandemic has challenged the structure of existing health systems โ these effects range from financial losses and disparities in healthcare quality and coverage to failings in institutional and health system governance. Through the lens of COVID-19, youโll develop the tools and expertise to critically evaluate the performance of health systems, and examine the reasons why some were better prepared than, and outperformed, others. On this course, youโll gain a technical understanding of health system performance and response, learn to identify and understand the systematic issues experienced around the world, and determine the actions required to improve these structures.
An Online Education That Sets You Apart
This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals who've already had the opportunity to:
- Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a world-leading social science university, entirely online and in your own time.
- Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.
- Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.
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Is this course for you?
This course is designed to provide medical and public sector professionals with the tools to measure and monitor healthcare service delivery, analyse past response frameworks, and better prepare for future health crises. Civil servants, policymakers, researchers, and advisors will gain fresh insights and perspectives related to health system performance to help improve the analysis and development of related policy. Hospital directors, healthcare administrators, and public health specialists will benefit from validating their existing experience and engaging with an international cohort of peers. Senior managers and those in positions of leadership will enhance their ability to take charge in future pandemic situations.
Program Outcome
You'll walk away with:
- A nuanced understanding of the social, political, and policy structures that influence the readiness of health systems to deal with pandemics.
- The ability to technically assess health system performance by leveraging data integration to better manage current and future healthcare needs.
- An analytical view of the impact of COVID-19 on health systems, and how factors such as resource constraints and funding influence a global response.
- A comprehensive toolkit of the strategies and tactics required to reshape health systems and facilitate high-quality care.
Curriculum
Over the duration of this online short course, youโll work through the following modules:
- Module 1: Introduction to COVID-19 politics and policy
Contextualise national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic within a broader political landscape and examine the value of a multidisciplinary approach to pandemics. - Module 2: Inequitable suffering
Examine how societies produce unequal health outcomes, and how they may be reinforced or disrupted by pandemic-response policies. - Module 3: The health and economic consequences of COVID-19
Learn about resource constraints and funding arrangements in the healthcare system, and how countries have balanced health and economic concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic. - Module 4: A comparative perspective on assessing the COVID-19 health system impact
Learn how to critically interpret and assess the comparisons that are made between health systems, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. - Module 5: Healthcare quality and the impact of COVID-19
Learn about quality in healthcare, and the ways care provision and quality have been rethought due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Module 6: Health system surveillance
Learn about monitoring and assessing health system performance, and explore the potential of data integration for managing healthcare needs.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
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