You will advance your career in the healthcare sector with a 100% online university program that combines clinical leadership, executive vision, and strategic organizational transformation” 

Healthcare systems are going through a critical phase. This translates into prolonged waiting times, staff overload, and improper use of resources. In the midst of this reality, the role of leaders who can make informed decisions, manage multidisciplinary teams, and ensure quality care based on outcomes is of paramount importance. 

Aware of this challenge, TECH has designed this Postgraduate diploma in Medical Administration and Clinical Unit Management, aimed at transforming medical management from a comprehensive and modern perspective. Through a comprehensive curriculum, key topics such as clinical governance, strategic planning, service evaluation, and healthcare organizational models will be explored in depth. Additionally, the content will incorporate innovative management tools, economic analysis applied to clinical environments, and leadership techniques adapted to the current healthcare context. 

Furthermore, the practical approach of this academic program will be enhanced through advanced digital resources, interactive clinical cases, and real hospital management simulations. All of this will be supported by an internationally recognized faculty, combining academic expertise and executive experience in top-tier medical institutions. 

Thanks to the Relearning methodology, professionals will access a continuous, dynamic, and sustained updating process over time. From anywhere, at any time, they will be able to connect to the Virtual Campus and explore an immersive learning environment, full of audiovisual content, self-assessment exercises, and specialized readings based on scientific evidence. As an added value, International Guest Directors will share their strategic vision through exclusive Masterclasses, offering a global and up-to-date perspective on the management of clinical units across different healthcare systems worldwide. 

You will have access to exclusive Masterclasses taught by International Guest Directors, which will enrich your professional perspective to tackle the real challenges of contemporary Clinical Management” 

This Postgraduate diploma in Medical Administration and Clinical Unit Management contains the most complete and up-to-date university program on the market. Its most notable features are: 

• The development of practical cases presented by Business experts 
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice 
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning 
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

By joining this university program, you will be better prepared to make clinical and organizational decisions based on data, social impact, and measurable outcomes”

The faculty includes professionals from the business sector, who bring their practical experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

With the support of TECH, the world’s largest online university, you will transform your medical experience into a solid, relevant, and internationally-oriented managerial career” 

You will progress at your own pace in the Management and Administration of Clinical Units, in a 100% digital environment, with no fixed schedules and permanent access to updated resources and interactive content”

Leading in healthcare requires much more than clinical knowledge: it demands strategic vision, organizational mastery, and advanced management skills. Through this academic journey, you will acquire tools to design efficient healthcare structures, coordinate medical and care services, optimize processes in hospital units, and strengthen quality in outpatient areas. You will also develop competencies to lead teams, attract talent, and foster organizational cultures based on excellence. Ultimately, this university program will enable you to understand the internal logic of central and specialized services, making results-oriented decisions tailored to the real challenges of present and future healthcare institutions. 

You will address administrative and organizational conflicts in hospital settings, applying negotiation and problem-solving tools with both an ethical and technical approach” 

Module 1. Planning and Control of Health Organizations

1.1. Stakeholders in the National Health System

1.1.1. Sustainability of the National Health System
1.1.2. Stakeholders in the Healthcare System
1.1.3. The Taxpayer
1.1.4. The Patient
1.1.5. The Professional
1.1.6. Purchasing Agency
1.1.7. The Buyer
1.1.8. The Manufacturing Institution
1.1.9. Conflicts and Interests

Module 2. The Medical and Healthcare Division in the Health System

2.1. Classical Medical Management vs. Care Management

2.1.1. Classic Medical Management
2.1.2. Medical Healthcare Management

2.2. Management Information Systems and Electronic Medical Records

2.2.1. Control Panels
2.2.2. Electronic Medical Records
2.2.3. Assisted Prescription Systems
2.2.4. Other Useful Information Systems in Health Management

2.3. Continuity of Care: Integration of Primary Care, Hospital Care and Social Healthcare

2.3.1. The Need for Healthcare Integration
2.3.2. Integrated Health Organizations. Initial Bases
2.3.3. Starting an Integrated Health Organization

2.4. Bioethics and Humanization in Medical Practice

2.4.1. Current Status of Dehumanization in the Healthcare System
2.4.2. Quality Management
2.4.3. Humanizing Quality Management
2.4.4. Humanization Programs

2.5. Medical and Healthcare Management: Relations with the Nursing Division

2.5.1. Management Role
2.5.2. Active Participation Management
2.5.3. Management Objectives
2.5.4. Regulation of the Relationship Between Medical Management and Executive Management
2.5.5. Professional Management Systems

2.6. Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Healthcare Directorates, Hospitals and Health Areas

2.6.1. What is Public Health
2.6.2. Health Promotion
2.6.3. Disease Prevention
2.6.4. Foreign or International Health
2.6.5. The Challenges of Public Health

2.7. Transformation of the Healthcare Model. The Triple Objective

2.7.1. Continuity of Healthcare Strategy
2.7.2. Social Health Strategy
2.7.3. Efficiency, Health and Patient Experience

Module 3. Managing Special and Hospitalization Services

3.1. Emergency Services Management

3.1.1. Processes of Emergency Services
3.1.2. Service Planning and Control
3.1.3. Human Resources
3.1.4. Teaching in the Emergency Department

3.2. UCI Management

3.2.1. Intensive Care Definition
3.2.2. ICU. Physical Structure
3.2.3. Human Resource Allocation
3.2.4. Material Resources: Technology and Equipment Monitoring
3.2.5. ICU Without Walls and Innovation Models
3.2.6. Safety Management in the ICU Zero Projects, Quality Indicators. Information Transfer
3.2.7. Humanization in ICUs

3.3. Surgical Unit Management

3.3.1. The Surgical Unit. Physical Structure, Organization and Channels
3.3.2. Coordination of Operating Rooms. Surgical Performance and Operation Indicators Surgical Scheduling. Performance Improvement
3.3.3. Calculation of Human Resources in a Surgical Department
3.3.4. Material Resource Calculation: Surgical Block Sizing and Operation
3.3.5. Safety Management in a Surgical Department. Surgical Checklist. Surgical Hand Washing
3.3.6. Asepsis and Sterilization in Operating Rooms. Environmental Monitoring of the Operating Room

3.4. Management of Hospitalization Units

3.4.1. What are Hospitalization Units
3.4.2. Requirements of Hospitalization Units
3.4.3. Importance of Leadership in the Hospitalization Units
3.4.4. Human Resources, Continuing Education, Teaching and Research
3.4.5. Patients and Companions
3.4.6. Processes: Strategic, Operational and Structural
3.4.7. Hospitalization Unit Indicators
3.4.8. The Role of Primary Care and Other Healthcare Facilities
3.4.9. Management by Objectives and Improvement

3.5. Other Units and Special Services

3.5.1. Alternatives to Conventional Hospitalization: Day Hospital (DH)
3.5.2. Alternatives to Conventional Hospitalization: Day Hospital Units Integrated in Other Units
3.5.3. Alternatives to Conventional Hospitalization: Home Hospitalization
3.5.4. Alternatives to Conventional Hospitalization: Short-Stay Units

Module 4. Management of Central Services

4.1. Admissions and Clinical Documentation Services

4.1.1. Admissions and Clinical Documentation Services
4.1.2. Bed Management
4.1.3. Medical Record Archive
4.1.4. Digitization and Indexation
4.1.5. Metadata Definition

4.2. Management of Radiodiagnostic Services

4.2.1. Radiology Service Definition
4.2.2. Structure and Organization of the Diagnostic Radiology Service
4.2.3. Radiological Information Systems (RIS)
4.2.4. Radiological Request Circuit
4.2.5. Patients’ Rights
4.2.6. Teleradiology

4.3. Laboratory Management

4.3.1. Pre-Analytical Phase
4.3.2. The Analytical Phase
4.3.3. Pre-Analytical Phase
4.3.4. Point-Of-Care Testing (POCT)

4.4. Hospital and Primary Care Pharmacy Management

4.4.1. Planning and Organization of Pharmacy Services: Physical Structure, Organization and Channels
4.4.2. Human and Material Resources. Different Competencies and Functions
4.4.3. Procurement Management and Pharmacotherapy Management Process
4.4.4. Hospital Dispensing Systems: Plant Stock, Unit Dose, Automated Systems
4.4.5. Sterile Medication Preparation Area: Hazardous and Non-Hazardous
4.4.6. Pharmaceutical Care to Outpatients and Ambulatory Patients
4.4.7. Primary Care Pharmacy and Healthcare Coordination in Pharmacotherapy

4.5. Hospitality, Complementary and Volunteer Services Management

4.5.1. Hospital Food
4.5.2. Linen Service
4.5.3. Hospital Volunteering

Module 5. Management of Transversal and Primary Services

5.1. Primary Healthcare

5.1.1. Primary Healthcare Resolution Capacity
5.1.2. Community Care: Health Programs
5.1.3. Emergency and Continuous Care. PAC Model and Special Emergency Services Model

5.2. Complex-Chronic Patient Management

5.2.1. Chronicity Care Models
5.2.2. From the Strategy for Chronic Care to Chronic Patient Management
5.2.3. Chronicity and Social Healthcare

5.3. Experiences in Patient Empowerment: The Active Patient, Patient School

5.3.1. Patient Empowerment and Nursing Input
5.3.2. Peer Support
5.3.3. Self-Care and Self-Care Support
5.3.4. Health Education and Self-Management Education
5.3.5. Self-Management Programs. Characteristics
5.3.6. Self-Management Programs. International Experiences

Module 6. Management of Outpatient Services

6.1. Outpatient Services Management: Day Hospitals and Outpatient Clinics

6.1.1. Organization and Operation of the Day Hospital
6.1.2. Oncohematology Day Hospital Management
6.1.3. Organization and Management of Outpatient Clinics

6.2. Out-of-Hospital Emergencies Management

6.2.1. Historical Evolution
6.2.2. Emergency Coordination Centers
6.2.3. Human Resources and Skills. Team Involved
6.2.4. Coordination With the Rest of the Care Network Structures
6.2.5. Emergency Quality Indicators
6.2.6. Planning for Disasters. Managing a Disaster

6.3. Home Care: Models

6.3.1. Home Hospitalization Types and Concepts
6.3.2. Criteria for Patient Selection
6.3.3. Calculating and Managing Human and Material Resources
6.3.4. Palliative Care at Home. Techniques and Patient Selection
6.3.5. Family Support and Bereavement Management
6.3.6. Managing Primary Caregiver Overload. Family Claudication

6.4. Mental Health, Addictive Behavior and Social Work

6.4.1. Introduction to Mental Health
6.4.2. Comprehensive Care
6.4.3. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Procedures Common to All Devices
6.4.4. Transversality and Continuity of Care in the Healthcare Setting
6.4.5. Social Work

Thanks to this comprehensive curriculum, you will learn to link medical management with organizational strategy to create value in every clinical and executive decision”