Governance, Innovation and Knowledge in Healthcare

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The methodology includes lectures, audiovisual materials, cases, and classroom discussions. It seeks to promote active and participatory learning to understand the contents addressed and their application to developing innovative health solutions that are socially relevant, responsive to people's expectations, and have better outcomes.The knowledge assessment is done by written work (70%) and a correspondent presentation and discussion in the class (30%).

Learning Outcomes

Develop knowledge and understanding of the concepts of governance, innovation and knowledge management applied to the health context at different levels of decision making (macro, meso, micro). The methods, instruments and tools analyzed can be used in different scenarios for health innovation in health policies and healthcare organizations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Governance, health governance, corporate governance, hospital governance, integrated governance and clinical governance.

- Innovation, innovation in the public sector and innovation in healthcare; Anticipatory Innovation Governance.

- Knowledge management, knowledge applications, knowledge management tools, knowledge management in healthcare.

- Integrated framework for healthcare innovation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Víctor Manuel dos Reis Raposo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
In-class presentation: 30.0%
Research work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Dalkir, K. (2023). Knowledge management in theory and practice. 4^th Edition, MIT press.

Grenier, C., & Oiry, E. (2021). Altering Frontiers: Organizational Innovations in Healthcare. John Wiley & Sons.

Kanegaonkar, R., & Tysome, J. (2023). Medical Innovation: Concepts, Delivery and the Future of Healthcare. CRC Press.

Raposo V. Governação hospitalar: uma proposta conceptual e metodológica para o caso português. Coimbra: FEUC, 2007. 2 vol.

Siddiqi, S., Mataria, A., Rouleau, K. D., & Iqbal, M. (2022). Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries: Textbook for Public Health Practitioners. Cambridge University Press.

Para além da bibliografia geral aqui indicada será fornecida bibliografia complementar para cada um dos temas abordados nas plataformas de aprendizagem./In addition to the general bibliography indicated here, a complementary bibliography will be provided for each topic covered in the learning platforms.