ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
The Master's degree in Health Law provides students with a common foundation of fundamental knowledge in health law (medical law, ethics, professional conduct, bioethics, hospital law, liability, etc.).
These "fundamentals" are complemented by an approach that focuses on the cross-disciplinary skills required for an understanding of the health, social, and medical-social sectors (health economics, administration, management and governance, financing, social responsibility and sustainable development in health, quality and safety, human resources, international health law, etc.).
The skills acquired open up numerous career opportunities within healthcare institutions and administrations, professional organizations (federations, associations, URPS, etc.), and specialized law firms.
Objectives
The knowledge and skills acquired at the end of the first year of the Master 1 in Health Law, Law and Governance track, enable graduates to consider career prospects and specialization in companies and institutions in the health, social, and medico-social sectors, or to pursue further studies in a Master 2 program.
The second year of the Master's program, specializing in Health, Social, and Medical-Social Institutions Law, allows students to consolidate their foundations in civil, administrative, and health law, focusing their knowledge on the field of healthcare and caregiving. It also aims to provide each student with theoretical knowledge and practical scenarios in order to make them operational as quickly as possible on a professional level. To this end, students benefit from courses in management, governance ethics, etc. Through the legal perspective and managerial approach taught, students will ultimately gain a comprehensive overview of their future professional activity, enabling them to develop a strategic vision of healthcare governance. The objective of this program is therefore to enable students to quickly enter the workforce upon graduation. It also allows them to pursue doctoral studies.
Know-how and skills
Holders of a Master's degree in Health Law, Law and Governance track:
- Mastery of the fundamentals of health-related law.
- Knowledge of the issues and rationale behind health policy and governance.
The holder of the second year of the Master's degree:
- Understands the challenges and rationales of institutions and services in the health, social, and medico-social sectors
- Has a command of written and oral expression in both professional and academic contexts
- Has a command of the structure of the health, social, and medico-social sectors at the international, national, regional, departmental, and local levels
- Has a command of the challenges and rationales of quality and risk management in the health, social, and medico-social sectors
- Understands the issues and logic of health and solidarity at the international and community levels
- Mastery of the regulatory framework and administrative procedures in the health, social, and medico-social sectors
- Knowledge of the economic and financial organization of a health institution as well as a social or medico-social institution or service
- Mastery of languages (English/Spanish)
- Has a good understanding of the issues and logic of litigation relating to health and social services
- Has a good understanding of the issues and logic of human resources and human resources management
- Has a good understanding of the issues and logic of ethics in the health, social and medico-social sectors
- Is familiar with the issues and logic of strategy and governance in the health, social and medico-social sectors.
- Mastery of management tools
Organization
Special facilities
Special access to the Digital Library of Health Law and Medical Ethics (BNDS)
M2 :
In addition to the seminar phases, the program is supported by an e-learning platform that allows students to review seminars, receive educational support, access teaching materials, and contribute to a forum for discussion between students or between students and speakers.
Special access to the digital library on health law and medical ethics (BNDS)
Program
Select a program
Master's Degree in Law and Governance of Healthcare Institutions
SEMESTER 1
> FUNDAMENTAL DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
Medical and Health Professions Law (33 hours of lectures / 4C + 15 hours of tutorials / 2C)
Bioethics (33 hours of lectures / 4C + 15 hours of tutorials / 2C)
Public Health Law (10 hours of lectures / 2C)
> COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
EU Social Protection (33 hours of lectures / 4C)
EU History of Medical Law (22 hours of lectures / 3C)
EU Law of Social Assistance and Social Action (33 hours of lectures / 4C)
EU Ethics and Professional Conduct (33 hours of lectures / 4C)
> LANGUAGE SKILLS
EU Language (8 hours of lectures + 12 hours of tutorials) 1C
> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Digital skills - In-depth documentary research (4.5 hours of tutorials)
Joint workshops in association with M2 students
Legal monitoring: case law and legislative news; specialized press review;
Professional integration workshops; assistance with the preparation of scientific events.
SEMESTER 2
> FUNDAMENTAL DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
EU Hospital Law (33 hours of lectures / 4C + 15 hours of tutorials / 2C)
EU Medical and Hospital Responsibilities (33 hours of lectures / 4C + 15 hours of tutorials / 2C)
Pharmaceutical Law (10 lectures / 1 seminar)
> COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
EU Criminal Health Law (30 hours of lectures / 3 credits)
EU International Health Law (33 hours of lectures / 3 credits)
- Introduction to International Health Law (11 hours of lectures)
- European Health Law (11 hours of lectures)
- International Approach to Bioethics (11 hours of lectures)
Course Unit: Economic and Managerial Environment of Health (33 hours of lectures / 4 hours of tutorials)
- Introduction to Health Economics (16 hours of lectures)
- Management of Healthcare Institutions (17 hours of lectures
Course Unit: Medical and Hospital Thinking (25 hours of lectures / 2 hours of tutorials)
> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (5C)
EU Professional integration (internship)
Or
Research thesis
Optional
EU Hospital law
6 creditsEconomic and managerial environment of health
Health Criminal Law (ST)
EU Medical and hospital liability
6 creditsEU International Health Law
3 creditsMedical and hospital thinking (ST)
Professional skills
Choose one of two options:
Internship
5 creditsMemory
5 credits
Pharmaceutical law (ST)
1 credit
Master's Degree in Law and Governance of Healthcare Institutions
SEMESTER 3
> SKILLS STRATEGY FOR HEALTHCARE STRUCTURES
(National approach – healthcare and medical-social establishments – & international approach – NGOs)
EU Strategy in healthcare establishments – healthcare, social, and medical-social (60 hours of lectures / 8 credits)
EU Issues, rationale, and strategy for humanitarian action (18 hours of lectures / 4 credits)
> QUALITY, SAFETY, RISK MANAGEMENT SKILLS
EU Quality, safety, risk management in health and social care establishments (60 hours CM / 8C)
EU Management of international health crises and disasters (18CM / 4C)
> BASIC SKILLS IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW
EU Basics of domestichealth law (40 hours CM / 3C)
EU Basics of international and humanitarian health law (20 hours/2C)
> LANGUAGE SKILLS
EU Languages: English (12 hours CM / 1C)
SEMESTER 4
> HUMAN RESOURCES SKILLS IN HEALTHCARE, SANITATION, SOCIAL, AND MEDICAL-SOCIAL FACILITIES
EU Human Resources (60 hours of lectures / 10 credits)
> HEALTH LAW LITIGATION SKILLS
EU Litigation (60 hours of lectures / 10 credits)
> SKILLS IN ETHICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
EU Ethics and Management (30 hours of lectures / 5C)
> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 5C
EU Research thesis
Research seminars (40 hours)
Or
EU Research thesis (3C) + Student engagement (2C) /(40 hours)
EU Professional integration
(Apprenticeship contract or professional training contract + activity report or tutored project) or international exchange (University of Sherbrooke, Quebec).
The Fundamentals of International and Humanitarian Health Law
2 creditsQuality, safety, risk management in institutions
Languages
International health crisis and disaster management
4 creditsHealthcare facility strategy - health, social
The basics of domestic health law
Issues, rationale, and strategy of humanitarian action
4 credits
Professional integration
Choose 1 or 2 from 2
Litigation
Human resources
10 creditsEU of choice
5 creditsChoose one of two options:
Memory/Commitment
Memory
3 creditsStudent engagement
Memory
5 credits
Ethics and management
5 creditsResearch seminar
Admission
Target audience
Holders of a Bachelor's degree in Law (120 ECTS) and through training also accessible as part of continuing education, VAE (validation of acquired experience) and VAP (validation of prior learning).
Recommended prerequisites
Knowledge of healthcare system financing (social law), strong legal background (civil and administrative law), internship or employment in the healthcare or medical-social sector.
And after
Gateways and reorientation
Possible reorientation by applying for administrative competitive examinations (EHESP, EN3S), bar school entrance exams, and admission to doctoral programs.
Professional integration
Director in health, social, and medico-social establishments
Association leaders, patient representatives, health mediators
Specialized lawyer (subject to access to CAPA)
Corporate lawyer
Manager in various healthcare establishments or companies (pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, mutual insurance companies)
Legal assistant
Legal writer
Human resources and social services manager
Quality manager, public health sector (public establishment manager, health agency manager)
Executive assistant in a healthcare, social services, or medical-social services establishment