School of Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Ph.D in Health Policy

Remedial Courses
Course code	Course	Credits	Hour	Prerequisites
01	Health Information System	2	51
02	Health Economics	2	34
03	Disaster Risk Management, and Health Facility Safety	1	17
04	Research Methodology (1)	3	68
05	Political Science and Public Policy	2	34
06	Writing and Submitting English Articles	2	51
07	Statistics in Policy Making	2	51
Core courses(38 credits are necessary + thesis)
08	Health System and Health Service Delivery System	2	34
09	Policy Making and Health System Reforms	2	51	05
10	Health Policy Analysis	3	68	04, 05, 08, 09
11	Health Financing and Health Insurance	2	34	02
12	Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment	2	51	02
13	Research Methodology (2)	3	68	04, 07
14	Global Health	2	34
15	Methodology of Health Social Studies	2	51
16	Health Planning	2	34
17	Dissertation (Thesis)	18
Non Core courses(4 credits are necessary)
18	Organizational Management and Behavior	2	34
19	Philosophy, Ethics, Principles of Law and Legislation in Health	2	34
20	Sociology of Health	2	34

Ph.D in Health services Management

Remedial / Non core courses(at most 16 credits)
Course code	Course	Credits	Hour	Prerequisites
01	Management theories analysis	3	51
02	Advanced biostatistics	3	68
03	Professional language(1)	3	51
04	Applying computer in research	3	68
05	Micro & Macro economics	3	51
06	Basic accounting	3
07	Healthcare management & organization in Iran	3	51
08	Principles of primary healthcare	3	51
09	Healthcare appraisal	3	51
10	Hospital standards	2	34
Corse courses
11	Operational research	3	51
12	Research methods seminar	3	68	02
13	Professional language (2)	3	51	03
14	National development strategies & healthcare services planning	3	51	15
15	Management seminar	3	51
16	Educational management	3	51	01
17	Health center management & organization seminar	3	51
18	Health & insurance economics	3	51	05
19	Case study in health system management	3	51
20	Internship	3	6 months
21	Dissertation	20

Ph.D in Health Economics

Remedial Courses
Course code	Course	Credits	hour	Prerequisites
01	Medical information systems	1	26	-
02	Microeconomics	2	34	-
03	Macroeconomics	2	34	-
04	Principles of health economics	2	34	-
05	Applied econometrics	2	51	-
06	Applied mathematics in economy	3	68	-
07	Basic public health	2	34	-
08	Basic & essentials of health care services management	2	34	-
Core courses(21 credits are necessary)
09	Advanced micro & macro economics	3	68	02, 03
10	Health economics	3	68	04
11	Planning & policy making in health section	3	51	-
12	seminar	1	34	-
13	Advanced research methods in health & social sciences	3	68	-
14	Advanced econometrics	3	68	05
15	Public economics	2	34	-
16	Insurance economics	2	34	-
17	Economic evaluation of health projects	2	51	09,10
18	Dissertation	20	-
Non Core courses(9 credits are necessary)
19	Financial management in health section	3	68	-
20	International economics	3	68	09, 10
21	Pharmaceutical policy making & economy	3	68	-
22	Medical information management	3	68	-
23	Health systems appraisal	3	68	-
24	Economics of human resources In health sector	3	68	--
25	Health services marketing	3	68	-
26	Medical sociology	3	68	-

MS.c Health Services Management

Remedial courses(at most 20 credits)
Course code	Course	Credits	Hour	Prerequisites
01	English language	4	136
02	Writing rules	2	34
03	Computer applying in management	3	68
04	Basics & Principles of management	3	51
05	Basics & Principles of accounting	3	51
06	Basics & Principles of economics	3	51
07	Biostatistics & health indexes	3	68
08	Principles of health services	3	51
09	Hospital organization & management(1)	2	34
10	Hospital organization & management(2)	2	34
11	Healthcare services planning	2	34
12	Hospital standards	2	34
Base Courses
13	Research methods in health sciences	3	68	07
14	Internal & external relations in hospital	3	51
15	Iran health care organization & management	3	51
16	Health economics	3	51	06
Core Courses
17	Comparative Health & healthcare systems	3	51
18	Healthcare evaluation	3	51
19	Management & strategic planning in healthcare system	3	51	04,09,10
20	Case seminar	3
21	Apprenticeship	2
22	Internship	2
23	Thesis	4

MS.c Health Economics

Remedial courses (at most 17 credits)
Course code	Course	Credits	Hour	Prerequisites
01	Micro & Macro economics	3	51
02	Macro economics	3	51
03	Statistical methods	3	51
04	Basics of organization & management	3	51
05	Iran economics	2	34
06	English for health economics	2	34
07	Research methods in health sciences	3	51
08	Operations research	2	34
09	Health care system in Iran	2	34
10	Health care system management & organization	2	34
Base Courses (all are necessary)
11	Advanced microeconomics	3	51	01
12	Advanced macroeconomics	3	51	02
13	Applied Econometrics	3	51	01,02,03
14	Health economics(1)	2	34	11,12
15	Health economics(2)	2	34	14
16	Epidemiology & qualitative research	2	34	09,10
17	Planning & economic development	3	51	11,12
18	Demography	2	34	16
19	Health information systems management	2	34	04,15
Core Courses
26	Planning & management of health care projects	2	34	17
27	Advanced health economics	2	34	15
28	Economic evaluation of health care projects	2	34	26
29	Thesis	4

MS.c Health Technology Assessment

Remedial courses
Course code	Course	Credits	Hour	Prerequisites
01	Principles of Epidemiology (1)	2	34
02	General Concepts of Health	2	34
03	Statistical Methods in Health Research (1)	2	34
04	Health Economics	2	34
05	Medical Information Systems *	1	24	Mandatory
Core courses(27 credits are necessary + thesis)
06	Principles of Health Technology Assessment	2	34
07	Principles of Epidemiology (2)	2	34	01
08	Statistical Methods in Health Research (2)	3	51	01, 03
09	Qualitative Research Methods	2	34
10	Organizational Management and Evaluation	2	34
11	Economic Evaluation in Healthcare	2	51	04, 07, 08
12	Resource Allocation in Health System and Analysis of Technology Market	2	34	04, 06, 15
13	Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	2	51	07, 08
14	Translating Knowledge from Health Technology Assessment	1	17	06
15	Standards, Legal Regulations and Ethical Aspects of Health Technology	1	17	02, 04, 07
16	Internship *	2		All Core Courses
17	Thesis	6
Non Core courses(4 credits are necessary)
18	National Health Innovation Systems and Policies	2	34
19	Medical Equipment Technologies	2	34	04
20	Pharmaceutical Technologies	2	34
21	Hospital Technologies	2	34
22	Management of Health Information Technologies	2	34
23	Evidence-based Clinical Decision Making	2	34
24	Analysis of Health Policies	2	34

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