Health Sciences

The Alma Mater Europaea - ECM graduate Health Sciences program trains current and future health professionals from a variety of disciplines by developing and enhancing research, evaluative and planning skills.

Current challenges facing health care systems worldwide offer a wide array of opportunities for health sciences professions to improve approaches to health care. Guided and mentored by the Alma Mater Europaea - ECM faculty, you will develop strong research skills and discover new knowledge and novel ways of solving problems. In the second year of the study program students choose a specialty from four modules: Physical therapy, Nursing, Public health or Integrative health sciences.

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Courses

HEALTH SCIENCES CURRICULUM – 1st YEAR

  Course ECTS
Total per year 60
Total per study program 120
1. semester
1 Research, research methods and statistics 10
2 Ethical approach and communication skills in health care 10
3 Public health 5
4 Quality and safety in health care 5
Total 30
2. semester
5 Health legislation with emphasis on patient rights 5
6 Preventive methods in health care 10
7 Mental health 10
8 Health care demography 5
Total 30

HEALTH SCIENCES SYLLABUS – 2nd YEAR

  Course ECTS
Total per year 60
Total per study program 120
3. semester
9 Scientific writing and qualitative research methods in health care 10
10 Mandatory course from selected module 1 5
11 Mandatory course from selected module 2 5
12 Elective course 1 5
13 Elective course 2 5
Total 30
4. semester
14 Elective course 3 5
15 Master thesis 25
Total 30

MODULAR COURSES

  MODULE Physical Theraoy – mandatory courses  
1 Rehabilitation 6
2 Manual medicine and manual therapy 6
  MODULE Nursing - mandatory courses  
1 Healthy lifestyle education 6
2 Modern patient treatment theories from the nursing perspective 6
  MODULE Public health - mandatory courses  
1 Healthy lifestyle education 6
2 Public health epidemology 6
  MODULE Integrative health sciences – mandatory courses  
1 Integrative and complementary medicine forms 6
2 Scientific approach in integrative health sciences 6

ELECTIVE COURSES FOR ALL MODULES

  ELECTIVE COURSES  
1 Stress in health care and supervision 5
2 Modern approaches in the field of geriatric health care 5
3 Employee career development and coaching 5
4 Health care system and processes management 5
5 Complementary forms in health care 5
6 Acupuncture and traditional chinese medicine 5
7 Information – quantum technology in health care 5
8 Body and mind medicine 5
9 Rehabilitation 5
10 Manual medicine and manual health care 5
11 Healthy lifestyle education 5
12 Modern patient treatment theories from the nursing perspective 5
13 Public health epidemology 5
14 Scientific approach in integrative health sciences 5
15 Integrative and complementary medicine forms 5
16 Selected sections from human functional anatomy 5
17 Integrative oncology 5

 

Faculty

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Associate Professor Helena Blažun Vošner has completed her pre-doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University, she completed her first doctorate at the University of Maribor in the field of Organization and Management, and the second at the University of Eastern Finland in the field of Health Sciences. Her research interest is focused on the development of health sciences, quality of health services, health informatics. She is the author of numerous scientific and professional articles, many of which have been published in journals with a high impact factor. She has participated in numerous international, national and bilateral projects, currently participating in the AWARE, SRiP-PMiS, Integrated Home Care and EU STAMINA projects. Assoc. prof. ddr. Helene Blažun Vošner is also a member of the SRiP-PMiS Program Council, and she is also a reviewer of numerous journals with an impact factor.

Advantages

Most experts agree that major advances in the improvement of health in the future will not come from new medical breakthroughs or cures, but rather from the broader development and application of population-based prevention programs. The Alma Mater Europaea - ECM master's program in Health sciences aims to develop a dynamic, vital, and productive community of future leading health sciences professionals.

All our lectures are filmed and e-learning supported. You can watch them in live stream and re-run them at home as many times as you like.

Employability

The Alma Mater Europaea - ECM master’s program in Health sciences prepares graduates for roles in a wide variety of public and regulatory agencies, in profit and not-for-profit private health agencies, and in health services research. Career opportunities are available in settings such as:

  • Hospitals and health centers
  • General and specialized clinics
  • Health resorts
  • Healthcare institutions
  • Research institutions
  • Retirement facilities
  • DURATION: 4 semesters / 2 years
  • CREDITS: 120 ECTS
  • TITLE: Master of Health Sciences
  • LOCATION: Slovenia
  • START DATES: October

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