Overview
Healthcare is currently faced with a myriad of issues. An aging population requires more complex healthcare provision. This increased complexity challenges the affordability, accessibility and quality of healthcare. As a response, more collaboration is required within and between healthcare organizations. To strategize a network for success, it is necessary to know about strategy for healthcare networks and how to form an effective mode of governance. In this course you will learn about strategy and governance in networks and will design social science research on healthcare networks. You will gain rich insights into the collaboration in intra- and interorganizational networks.
Indeed, policymakers increasingly urge organizations to form collaborative networks to solve the complexities related to these developments in healthcare. However, it is difficult for policymakers to monitor the quality and functioning of these collaborative networks. This is problematic because these collaborative networks often do not achieve their goals.
A certain form of governance is necessary to align goals, stimulate activities, and prevent or solve conflicts. But what form of governance is most fitting under what conditions? And how do governance and structure affect collaboration. To strategize a network for success, it is necessary to know about the strategy for healthcare networks and how to form an effective mode of governance.
This course teaches skills in R and RStudio, concerning the packages xUcinet and iGraph for analysis and visualization of organizational networks in healthcare.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand current theories (and their history) on strategy in networks;
- Design a social science research approach to collect (e.g. observation, interviews or surveys), analyze and report data on healthcare networks;
- Assess bottlenecks in the functioning of a network, related to its network structure, based on reflection with scientific theories;
- Apply organizational theory on networks and collaboration in a healthcare context.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- skills in R and RStudio, concerning the packages xUcinet and iGraph for analysis and visualization of organizational networks in healthcare.
- Healthcare nerworks
- Governance
- Social Science Research
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 7 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Public Health Health Administration Occupational Health and Safety View 8 other Short Courses in Health Administration in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
Our target audience is advanced Bachelor's and Master's students in Social Sciences, Business or Economics, as well as professionals with a background in and/or at least an undergraduate course in (inter)organizational networks and/or healthcare. No prior knowledge of social network analysis is required. This course can be combined with the Econometrics of Networks course if students would like to learn (advanced) network analysis.
Tuition Fee
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International
785 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 785 EUR per year during 7 days. -
National
785 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 785 EUR per year during 7 days.
- Students, PhD students and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner: €525
- Students at Partner Universities of VU Amsterdam: €680
- Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam: €785
- Professionals: €995
Living costs for Amsterdam
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.