Law - Political Science - Administration, Health

Master's degree in law and governance of health care institutions

  • 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 base of fundamental knowledge in health law (medical law, ethics, deontology, bioethics, hospital law, liability, etc.).

These "fundamentals" are complemented by the approach to cross-disciplinary skills necessary for knowledge of 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 numerous avenues for professional integration within health establishments and administrations, professional structures (federations, orders, URPS, etc.), and specialized law firms.

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Objectives

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

The second year of the Master's program, Health, Social and Medico-Social Establishment Law, allows students to consolidate their knowledge of civil, administrative and health law, by focusing their knowledge on the field of care and care-giving. It also aims to provide each student with theoretical knowledge and practical situations in order to make them operational as quickly as possible on the professional level. To this end, students benefit from courses in management, ethics of governance, etc. Through the legal perception and the managerial approach taught, the student will have, in the end, a global view on his future professional activity allowing him to access a strategic vision of governance in health. The objective of this training is therefore a rapid integration of the learner upon graduation. It also allows students to continue their studies in a doctorate.

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Know-how and skills

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

- Masters the fundamentals of health law.
- Knows the issues and logic of health policy and governance

The holder of the 2nd year of the Master :

- Knows the issues and logic of establishments and services in the health, social and medico-social sectors
- Has a good command of written and oral expression, both professional and academic
- Has a good command of the structuring of the health, social and medico-social sectors at international, national, regional departmental and local levels
- Understands the issues and logic 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
- Understands the regulatory framework and administrative procedures in the health, social social and medico-social sectors
- Knows the economic and financial organization of a health establishment as well as a social or medico-social establishment or service
- Has a good command of languages (English/Spanish)
- Has a good command of the stakes and logic of litigation relating to health and social matters
- Has a good command of the stakes and logic of human resources and human resources management
- Has a good command of the stakes and logic of ethics in the health social and medico-social sectors
- Knows the issues and logic of strategy and governance in the health, social and medico-social sectors
- Knows the tools of management

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Organization

Special arrangements

Special Access to the Digital Library of Health Law and Medical Ethics (DLHME)

M2 :

In addition to the seminar phases, the program relies on an e-learning platform that allows students to review the seminars, benefit from pedagogical follow-up, have access to teaching materials and contribute to an exchange forum between students or between students and speakers.
Special access to the digital library of health law and medical ethics (BNDS)

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Program

Select a program

Master 1 Law and governance of health care institutions

SEMESTER 1

> FUNDAMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCIES
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 COMPETENCIES
UE Social protection (33h CM / 4C)
UE History of medical law (22h CM / 3C)
UE Law of aid and social action (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 in association with M2 students
Legal watch: current case law and legislation; review of specialized press;
Workshops on professional integration; assistance in preparing scientific events.

 

SEMESTER 2

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

> COMPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCIES
EU Criminal health law (30h CM / 3C)
EU International health law (33h CM / 3C)
- Introduction to international health law (11h CM)
- European health law (11h CM)
- International approach to bioethics (11 hrs CM)
UE Health economics and management (33 hrs CM / 4C)
- Introduction to health economics (16 hrs CM)
- Management of health care institutions (17 hrs CM)
UE Medical and hospital thought (25 hrs CM / 2C)

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

  • Social protection (ST)

  • Social welfare law (ST)

    4 credits
  • EU Bioethics

    6 credits
    • CM Bioethics

    • TD Bioethics

  • UE Language

    • Choice of 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 health care institutions

SEMESTER 3

> COMPETENCIES IN HEALTH STR UCTURE
(National approach -Health, social and medicosocial institutions- & international approach -NGOs)
UE Strategy in health, social and medicosocial institutions (60h CM / 8C)
UE Issues, logic and strategy of humanitarian action (18h CM 4C)

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

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

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

 

SEMESTER 4

> HUMAN RESOURCES COMPETENCIES 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 COMPETENCIES
UE Ethics and management (30h CM / 5C)

> PRE-PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES 5C
UE Research dissertation
Research seminars (40hCM)
Or
UE Research dissertation (3C) + Student commitment (2C) /(40h CM)
UE Professional insertion
(Apprenticeship contract or professionalization contract + activity report or tutored project) or international exchange (University of Sherbrooke Quebec) .

  • 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 health and social care facilities

  • The basics of domestic health law

  • The stakes, logic and strategy of humanitarian action

    4 credits
  • Professional integration

    • Choice of 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 Engagement

      • Memory

        5 credits
  • Ethics and management

    5 credits
  • Research seminar

Admission

Target audience

Holders of a Law Degree (120 ECTS) and by the Training also accessible within the framework of the continuous training, the VAE and the VAP.

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Recommended prerequisites

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

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And then

Bridges and reorientation

Possible reorientation through the presentation of the administrative exam (EHESP, EN3S), entrance exam to the law school and admission to the Doctorate.

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Professional integration

Director in health, social and medico-social establishments
Association managers, patient representatives, health mediators
Specialized lawyer (subject to access to the CAPA)
Company lawyer
Executive in various health establishments or companies (pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, mutual insurance companies)
Legal assistant
Legal writer
Human resources and social manager
Quality manager, public health function (public establishment manager, health agency manager)
Management attaché in a health, social or medico-social establishment

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