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Health Care Logistics, 6 credits
Vårdlogistik, 6 hp
TNSL09
Main field of study
LogisticsCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Krisjanis SteinsDirector of studies or equivalent
Erik BergfeldtEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 50 hRecommended self-study hours: 110 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | |
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| 6KFTL | Air Transportation and Logistics | 4 (Spring 2017) | 2 | 1 | Swedish | Norrköping, Norrköping | E |
| 6KLOG | Civic Logistics | 4 (Spring 2017) | 2 | 1 | Swedish | Norrköping, Norrköping | C |
Main field of study
LogisticsCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G2XCourse offered for
- Air Transportation and Logistics
- Civic Logistics
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Courses in logistics management, optimization, simulation. Cost-benefit analysis.Intended learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to provide students with knowledge in how to apply both qualitative and quantitative methods for design and analysis of patient flows, material flows and information flows in health care. After completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Describe the care process as a whole, including the decision making process and what information and systems support is required for decision making.
- Understand and explain the consequences of inefficiencies in the care process
- Account for main problem areas in health care logistics
- Describe which modelling and solution methods are used for the discussed problem areas and apply a selection of these methods, such as simulation and optimization
Course content
- Administration of health care
- Care process - actors and activities
- Health care logistics - concepts and definitions
- Quality and performance measurement in care processes
- Resource allocation and capacity planning
- Simulation of patient flows
Teaching and working methods
Lectures discuss fundamental concepts and issues in health care logistics and introduce methods for modelling and analysis.
Hand-in assignments, which partly are solved with help of special software, aim to illustrate how methods discussed in lectures can be applied to specific problems in health care.
Examination
| UPG1 | Hand-in assignments | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 2 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskapDirector of Studies or equivalent
Erik BergfeldtExaminer
Krisjanis SteinsCourse website and other links
http://www2.itn.liu.se/utbildning/kurs/index.html?coursecode=TNSL09Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 50 hRecommended self-study hours: 110 h
Course literature
Utdelat material (aktuella artiklar och rapporter) samt valda delar av följande böcker: Jan Vissers & Roger Beech (2005) ”Health Operations Management: Patient Flow Logistics in Health Care”, Routledge Daniel B. McLaughlin & Julie M. Hays (2008) ”Healthcare Operations Management”, Health Administration Press Randolph W. Hall, (Ed.) (2006) ”Patient Flow: Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery”, Springer| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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| UPG1 | Hand-in assignments | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 2 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Utdelat material (aktuella artiklar och rapporter) samt valda delar av följande böcker:
Jan Vissers & Roger Beech (2005) ”Health Operations Management: Patient Flow Logistics in Health Care”, Routledge
Daniel B. McLaughlin & Julie M. Hays (2008) ”Healthcare Operations Management”, Health Administration Press
Randolph W. Hall, (Ed.) (2006) ”Patient Flow: Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery”, Springer
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.6 Operating |
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
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| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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