Law - Political science - Administration, Health

Master's degree in law and governance of healthcare establishments

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

The Master's degree in health law provides a common foundation of fundamental knowledge in health law (medical law, ethics, deontology, bioethics, hospital law, liability, etc.).

These "fundamentals" are complemented by the cross-disciplinary skills needed to understand the health, social and medico-social sectors (health economics, 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 a wide range of career opportunities within healthcare establishments and administrations, professional bodies (federations, orders, URPS, etc.) and specialized law firms.

Read more

Objectives

The knowledge and skills acquired at the end of the first year of the Master 1 Health Law, Law and Governance specialization, enable graduates to envisage professional prospects and specialization in companies and institutions in the health, social and medico-social sectors, or to continue their studies in Master 2.

The second year of the Master's program, Health, Social and Medical-Social Establishment Law, enables students to consolidate their grounding in civil, administrative and health law, by focusing their knowledge on the field of care. It also aims to provide each learner with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed to become operational as quickly as possible on a professional level. To this end, students benefit from courses in management, governance ethics and other areas. Through the legal perception and managerial approach taught, the learner will ultimately have a global view of his future professional activity, enabling him to gain a strategic vision of healthcare governance. The aim of this training program is therefore to enable students to enter the workforce quickly on completion of their studies. It also enables students to continue their studies at doctoral level.

Read more

Know-how and skills

The holder of the 1st year Master's degree in Health Law, Law and Governance specialization :

- Masters the fundamentals of healthcare law.
- Knows the issues and rationale behind healthcare policies and governance.

The holder of the 2nd year of the Master :

- Knows the issues and rationale behind health, social and medico-social sector establishments and services
- Has a good command of written and oral expression, both professional and academic
- Understands how the health, social and medico-social sectors are structured at international, national, regional, departmental and local levels, departmental and local levels
- Understands the issues and logics of quality and risk management in the health, social and medico-social sectors
- Understands the issues and logics of health and solidarity at international and Community levels
- Understands the regulatory framework and administrative procedures in the health, social and medico-social sectors social and medico-social sectors
- Knows the economic and financial organization of a healthcare, social or medico-social establishment or service
- Has a good command of languages (English/Spanish)
- Has a good command of the issues and logic of litigation in the healthcare and social sectors
- Has a good command of the issues and logic of human resources and human resources management
- Has a good command of the issues and logic of ethics in the healthcare, social and medico-social sectors
- Knows the issues and logic of strategy and governance in the health, social and medico-social sectors.
- Mastery of management tools

Read more

Organization

Special features

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 enables students to review the seminars, benefit from pedagogical support, have access to teaching aids and contribute to an exchange forum between students or between students and lecturers.
Special access to the digital library of health law and medical ethics (BNDS)

Read more

Program

Select a program

Master 1 Law and governance of healthcare establishments

SEMESTER 1

> FUNDAMENTAL DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
UE Medical law and health professions (33h CM / 4C + 15h TD / 2C)
UE Bioethics (33h CM / 4C + 15h TD / 2C)
UE Public health law (10 h CM / 2C)

> COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
UE Social protection (33h CM / 4C)
UE History of medical law (22h CM / 3C)
UE Aid and social action law (33h CM / 4C)
UE Ethics and deontology (33h CM / 4C)

> LINGUISTIC SKILLS
UE Language (8h CM + 12h TD) 1C

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Digital skills - In-depth documentary research (4.5h TD)
Joint workshops with M2 students
Legal watch: current case law and legislation; review of specialized press;
Workshops on professional integration; help with preparing scientific events.

 

SEMESTER 2

> FUNDAMENTAL DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
UE Hospital law (33h CM / 4C + 15h TD / 2C)
UE Medical and hospital liability (33h CM / 4C + 15h TD / 2C)
UE Pharmaceutical law (10 CM / 1C)

> COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
UE Droit pénal de la santé (30h CM / 3C)
UE Droit international de la santé (33h CM / 3C)
- Introduction au droit international de la santé (11h CM)
- Droit européen de la santé (11h CM)
- International approach to bioethics (11h CM)
UE Health economics and management (33h CM / 4C)
- Introduction to health economics (16h CM)
- Management of health establishments (17h CM
UE Medical and hospital thinking (25h CM / 2C)

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (5C)
UE Professional integration (internship)
Or
UE Research dissertation

  • Social protection (ST)

  • Social welfare law (ST)

    4 credits
  • EU Bioethics

    6 credits
    • CM Bioethics

    • TD Bioethics

  • UE Language

    • Choice: 1 of 3

      • English

      • German

      • Spanish

  • Public health law (ST)

    2 credits
  • History of medical law (ST)

  • UE Medical and health professions law

    6 credits
    • TD Medical and health professions law

    • CM Medical and health professions law

  • Ethics and deontology (ST)

  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • UE Hospital law

    6 credits
    • TD Hospital law

    • CM Hospital law

  • The economic and managerial environment of healthcare

    • Healthcare facility management

    • Introduction to health economics

  • Criminal health law (ST)

  • UE Medical and hospital liability

    6 credits
    • TD Medical and hospital liability

    • CM Medical and hospital liability

  • UE International health law

    3 credits
    • International approach to bioethics

    • Introduction to international health law

    • European health law

  • Medical and hospital thinking (ST)

  • Professional skills

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Internship

        5 credits
      • Memory

        5 credits
  • Pharmaceutical law (ST)

    1 credits

Master 2 Law and governance of healthcare establishments

SEMESTER 3

> COMPETENCIES STRATEGY OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
(National approach -Health, social and medico-social establishments- & international approach -NGOs)
UE Strategy in health, social and medico-social establishments (60h CM / 8C)
UE Issues, logic and strategy of humanitarian action (18h CM 4C)

> QUALITY, SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT SKILLS
UE Quality, safety and risk management in health and social care establishments (60h CM / 8C)
UE Crisis management and international health disasters (18CM / 4C)

> COMPETENCIES BASICS OF INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW
EU Basics of internal health law (40h CM / 3C)
EU Basics of international and humanitarian health law (20h/2C)

> LINGUISTIC SKILLS
UE Languages: English (12h CM / 1C)

 

SEMESTER 4

> HUMAN RESOURCES SKILLS IN HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
UE Human resources (60h CM / 10C)

> COMPETENCIES IN HEALTH LAW
UE Litigation (60h CM / 10C)

> ETHICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SKILLS
UE Ethics and management (30h CM / 5C)

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 5C
UE Research dissertation
Research seminars (40hCM)
Or
UE Research dissertation (3C) + Student commitment (2C) /(40h CM)
UE Professional integration
(Apprenticeship contract or professionalization contract + activity report or tutored project) or international exchange (Université de Sherbrooke Québec) .

  • The basics of international and humanitarian health law

    2 credits
  • Quality, safety and risk management in facilities

  • Languages

  • International health crisis & disaster management

    4 credits
  • Strategy in healthcare and social care facilities

  • The basics of domestic health law

  • The stakes, logic and strategy of humanitarian action

    4 credits
  • Professional integration

    • Your choice: 1 or 2 of 2

      • Tutored project

      • Internship/Internship

  • Litigation

  • Human resources

    10 credits
  • Elective UE

    5 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Memory/Commitment

        • Memory

          3 credits
        • Student involvement

      • Memory

        5 credits
  • Ethics and management

    5 credits
  • Research seminar

Admission

Target audience

Holders of a Bachelor's degree in Law (120 ECTS) and through training also accessible through continuing education, VAE and VAP.

Read more

Recommended prerequisites

Knowledge of health system financing (social law), good legal overview (civil and administrative law), internship or job in the health or medico-social sector.

Read more

And then

Bridges and reorientation

Reorientation possible by taking the administrative entrance exam (EHESP, EN3S), the bar entrance exam and admission to doctoral studies.

Read more

Professional integration

Director in health, social and medico-social establishments
Association leaders, patient representatives, health mediators
Specialist lawyer (subject to CAPA qualification)
Company lawyer
Executive in various health establishments or companies (pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, mutual insurance companies)
Legal assistant
Legal draftsman
Human and social resources manager
Quality manager, public health function (public establishment manager, health agency manager)
Executive assistant in a health, social or medico-social establishment

Read more