Master in Health Economics
| 116916 | |
| Res. No. 008615 of May 28, 2024 for 7 years | |
| Modality | Hybridized by concentration |
| Three weeks of 60 contact hours per semester | |
(first semester 2025) |
From march 25 to april 11 |
| 3 Semesters | |
| 45 | |
| 15 | |
| 7.5 SMMLV | |
| Title that Grants | Master in Health Economics |
| School of Public Health | http://saludpublica.univalle.edu.co |
Why study the Master in Health Economics?
The Master's Degree in Health Economics at Universidad del Valle offers comprehensive training in a flexible three-semester format, designed for professionals seeking to influence decision-making in the health sector. With a concentration approach, which combines three weeks of face-to-face classes with independent work assisted by technologies, this master's degree allows students to acquire solid knowledge without neglecting their work commitments.
The Master's Degree in Health Economics at the Universidad del Valle has a high-quality teaching staff from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, and the Faculty of Health. This multidisciplinary team of experts in economics, public health, and social policies guarantees rigorous and updated training. Professors are committed to academic excellence and research, allowing students to acquire theoretical knowledge and cutting-edge methodological tools. This strengthens the capacity of graduates to face the challenges of the health sector, contributing with innovative and evidence-based solutions that improve the well-being of communities.
The Master's Degree in Health Economics has the mission of training masters with solid knowledge in economics and health to influence decision-making in the health sector that contributes to improving the well-being of the population. The institutional values will allow the graduate to act with social and ethical commitment, in order to contribute to the region in the construction of a fair and democratic society.
In 10 years, the Master in Health Economics will be a high-quality Academic Program with an interdisciplinary approach recognized at the regional and Latin American level, for its ability to transcend borders for the analysis and search for solutions to health problems related to social dynamics. and economical.
The Academic Master's Program in Health Economics at the Universidad del Valle was created in 2023, through Resolution 032 of August 16, 2023, with the objective of training professionals capable of influencing decision-making that contributes to the well-being of the population for the construction of a just and democratic society.
At the time of its origin, the program was intended to satisfy the regional and Latin American needs related to the population, and it was projected to be recognized at the regional, national and Latin American level as a high-quality academic program with an interdisciplinary approach with the ability to transcend frontiers for the analysis and search for solutions to health problems related to social and economic dynamics
The Master's program in Health Economics is characterized among the university offering by the development of economic evaluation projects in health, as well as by its focus and lines of action in Public Policies and Health Systems, Asset Management and Health services.
The Master's Degree in Health Economics arises from the need to review and analyze health systems, which are recognized as the social and organized response of the States to the felt, expressed and demanded health needs of the population.
This notion, in continuous construction, reflects the importance for States that their health systems respond in a fair and equitable manner to the demands for health care, through cross-sectoral public policies that understand and coherently integrate the multidimensional order. and multi-causal of economic problems, management and organization of health. Thus, the responses of the health system are determined by the social order, the political system and the government plans that direct the actions, resources and targeting of the finite resources available.
Train a master's degree in Health Economics with solid knowledge in Economics and Health to influence decision-making that contributes to the well-being of the population for the construction of a fair and democratic society.
- Promote social sensitivity based on ethical principles for the application of conceptual and methodological elements of health economics in search of solutions to problems in the sector.
- Promote interdisciplinary and intercultural critical analysis for the construction of participatory, equitable and efficient solutions in accordance with social contexts and dynamics.
- Strengthen the capacity for interdisciplinary collaborative work at different levels of action in the health sector for the understanding and analysis of health determinants and health interventions.
- Create academic spaces that will allow you to acquire knowledge, skills and operational tools to solve different problems in the health sector.
Professional Profile
The Master in Health Economics will have the capabilities to:
- Contribute to the decision-making processes around the efficiency and allocation of resources, so that they contribute to the improvement of population health, especially those with greater vulnerability.
- Formulate health interventions and technologies that allow strengthening and improving management in public and private entities regarding population health goals, with efficiency and equity.
- Evaluate the dynamics of markets and health systems, so that situations that may affect the scope of health results are identified and solutions are proposed in this regard.
Occupational Profile
The Master in Health Economics may work in different fields of action, whether national or regional for Latin America and the Caribbean, within institutions, organizations and public and private entities such as:
- National and subnational governments of Latin American countries.
- Multilateral organizations that guide actions in depth, research and development related to health economics, such as the WHO/PAHO, the Inter-American Development Bank-IDB, the OCDEC, the ECLAC and other organizations operating in social policy in Latin America.
- Knowledge networks such as the Ibero-American Right to Health Network, the national drug-surveillance network of Colombia, the World Bank's Saluderecho Network, among others..
First Semester - Total Credits: 14
- Fundamentals in Public Health – 3 Credits.
- Macroeconomics and Public Policy – 4 Credits.
- Methods I – Credits 3.
- Health Microeconomics – 4 Credits.
Second Semester -Total Credits:15
- Health Systems and Services – Credits 3.
- Health Economic Evaluation – Credits 4- Credits 3.
- Methods II – Credits 3.
- Deepening Seminar I – Credits 2.
- Deepening Elective I – Credits 3.
Third Semester - Total Credits: 16
- Deepening Elective II – Credits 3.
- Deepening Elective III – Credits 3.
- Deepening Seminar II – 10 Credits.
- Possess a professional title.
- Accredit professional and investigative activities.
- Complete the registration form correctly and accompany it with the documents required by the Universidad del Valle for registration in Postgraduate programs.
- Present interview.
- Fill out the "Degree Application" form.
- Enlarged photocopy of the Identity document.
- Photocopy of Diploma or Undergraduate Degree Certificate.
- Graduate Card Application Form.
- Original Payment Receipt "Grade Rights".
- Peace and Safe.
- Take an English proficiency exam.
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