Medicine and Surgery

By the end of the course, the student must: • know the basic types of healthcare systems in the world, with their main strengths and weaknesses; the financing mechanisms of healthcare both at macro-level (healthcare systems) and micro-level (hospital and other healthcare organizations); the main tools of management control in the healthcare organizations; • know how to use basics of management control in the healthcare organizations; • develop an attitude to adopt professional behaviors in accordance with the principles of equity, effectiveness and efficiency and the objectives of the national, regional and local healthcare planning; develop a critical thinking in terms of global health, taking into account that many health problems spill over national boundaries.