HMPD 320Governance in Health Care

The course examines the multiple levels of governance in healthcare systems, including theory, dynamics, approaches, dysfunctions, and challenges. The objectives of the course are to: (1) introduce students to governance and accountability at the organizational, clinical, national, regional, and global levels (2) convey an understanding of governance and accountability of different healthcare structures; and (3) examine actors roles, responsibilities, interactions and challenges at each level of governance, including the international; (4) Factual interaction with principal stakeholders to grasp the governance decision making process and the operation inside concerned institutions. This course will assist students in understanding the theory and practice of governance and accountability of healthcare. What does governance at different levels mean; how these levels are interrelated; how this operates in the real world; what are the implications of the existing challenges to achieving change – represent issues among the key questions that will be explored in this course.