eLearning Course in
Essential Concepts in Financing for Health Systems
This course carries 3 credits
Certificate issued by the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences & Technology, Bengaluru
(1 credit = 15hrs of student investment time)
For the eFHS.2022-A Batch
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Health financing is a key building block of a health system. In their efforts to reach universal health coverage, governments across the globe are introducing various health financing reforms, shifting from pure tax based or insurance-based mechanism to a more mixed form of financing. In this current scenario, competency in health financing is an important asset for both professionals and policy makers. Unfortunately, one of the major challenges faced by low and middle income countries is the lack of human resource with the required expertise in health financing. It is to bridge this gap that IPH is launching an e-learning course on Health Financing. This course is organized and taught by Dr. N. Devadasan ,an expert on health financing with experience from the grass root level to policy level in this subject. He is a visiting faculty in many universities and is also a member of various committees on health financing.
Happy participants world-wide
4 Module | 4 Months | Tutor guided
Modules
Module-1
- Introduction to Health financing
- Mechanisms of financing
- Health Financing indicators
Module-2
- Introduction to health insurance
- Types of health insurance
- Indicators of health insurance
- Strength and weakness of health insurance
Module-3
- Introduction to tax based financing mechanism
- National health accounts
- Strength and weakness tax based financing mechanism
Module-4
- Medical Savings Account
- User fees
- Donors
- Conclusion/Consolidation of the health financing
Uniques of eFHS
Objectives of the course
Health financing aims to build the competency of participants in describing, implementing and analyzing a health financing system or scheme. At the end of this course, the participants will be able to describe a health financing scheme in a structured manner, implement a scheme in their region and will be able to analyse the performance of a scheme and suggest corrections.
Course Syllabus
The course consists of 4 modules, all of which are compulsory. The minimum student investment time of 4 hours per week is expected for successful completion of each module.
Recommended Background
The course is beneficial for students of public health, public health professionals, implementers of HF schemes and policy makers. Anybody with a master’s degree and interested in health financing can apply.
Instructors
N Devadasan
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Vamsi Krishna
Coordinator
B L Himabindu
Contributor
Aneesha Ahluwalia
Contributor
Key features
Study time
3-4 hour/w
Moodle mobile app
Learn on the go
Language
Live interaction
Peer learning
Certificate
Gamification
FAQ
What is the language of instruction in the course?
What is the course fee?
Health Financing course fee:- 17,700
How many hours per week am I expected to put in?
What is the duration of the course?
The course is of 4 months duration.
Will I be provided a mentor for the course?
What are the class timings?
Who can take Health financing courses?
Will I get a certificate for this course?
Yes. You will get a Certificate issued by the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences & Technology, Bengaluru provided that you fulfill all the requirements of the course which includes timely completion of the assignments, final tests, and a project. This course carries 3 academic credits.
Are there any placement options after the course?
Since it is a short certificate course we do not have a dedicated placement cell for this course. However all the details of students enrolled in the course will be updated in the IPH database and any job opportunities that might arise in the future at IPH will be intimated to the alumnus via email and those who are interested can apply.
