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The Central State Office for Distance Learning (ZFU) has approved the course Digital Health Management under the number 1137522. Who benefits from the Master Digital Health Management?
The distance learning course is specifically aimed at professionals from the healthcare sector who wish to specialise in leadership and management tasks in the field of digital transformation. Particularly addressed are physicians, nursing staff, therapists, professionals from patient care as well as employees in the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance companies, associations, consulting firms or administration. The programme is also suitable for already active managers who want to steer digital processes.
What formal requirements must you meet?
For admission to the Master Digital Health Management at APOLLON University, you need:
- A first professional university degree (e.g. Bachelor’s degree, state examination or diploma). This degree should ideally have been obtained in a relevant course of study such as medicine and health technology management, digital health, medical informatics, biomedical engineering or a comparable subject.
- At least two years of relevant professional experience in healthcare gained during or after your first degree.
- Basic medical and health technology knowledge. If this is not sufficiently available, you can complete a suitable propaedeutic course (further qualification) at the university. Already completed achievements can possibly be credited here.
On a personal level, you should have a strong interest in digital innovations in the healthcare sector and be willing to engage with interdisciplinary issues at the interface of medicine, technology and management. The required soft skills include self-motivation for a self-organised distance learning course, teamwork skills for collaborative projects as well as openness to change processes in the course of digital transformation. Initial leadership experience, analytical thinking and communication skills when dealing with different specialist areas are advantageous.
Which skills do you acquire in the Master’s programme Digital Health Management?
In the Master’s programme Digital Health Management, you gain advanced skills at the interface of management, IT and healthcare. The curriculum is interdisciplinary and equips you with competencies in:
- Digitalisation in nursing and medicine: You understand processes, structures and opportunities of digital technologies in healthcare and learn how to integrate them into care practice.
- Medical law, ethics & governance: You analyse legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks of digital health applications and are trained in compliance and risk issues.
- Management & leadership: You develop leadership skills in healthcare, including human resource management, knowledge management, innovation and change management.
- Technological know-how: Modules such as health technology, digitalisation in medicine and AI applications provide you with solid technical knowledge.
- Research methods: You learn to apply scientific methods purposefully and to design your own projects in the field of digital health.
Later on, you can choose two elective modules to set individual specialisations, for example:
- Intelligent assistance systems
- Digital health applications
- Gerontechnology
- Artificial intelligence and modelling
- Digital nursing and care robotics
- Compliance and risk management
The practical relevance is high: you will work on case studies, project work, group projects and can apply what you have learned directly in your professional context. Personal, social and communication skills for interdisciplinary work in the healthcare system round off your profile.
This is how the distance learning course Digital Health Management is structured
The distance learning course consists of 120 ECTS credits and can be studied optionally in 24 months (full-time) or 32 months (part-time alongside work). You can start the course at any time and can extend the standard study period flexibly by up to 50%.
- Digital learning formats: You receive study content as digital study booklets (PDF, e-book, audio), supplemented by web-based trainings, online quizzes and videos. Study materials are provided in your chosen rhythm (every three or four months).
- Online campus: Exchange with lecturers, student support and fellow students; seminars digitally or on-site.
- Examinations: Term papers, case assignments, written exams, project and group work as well as a final master’s thesis with colloquium. Exams and seminars can be taken flexibly online or at examination centres.
- Individual specialisation: In the second year of study, you choose two elective modules thereby setting your own academic focus.
- Free trial period: You can test the course without obligation for the first four weeks.
The programme is consistently designed for part-time and location-independent learning and is supervised by over 200 lecturers with practical experience.
Career prospects and advancement opportunities with the Master’s Digital Health Management
With the Master’s Digital Health Management, you open up excellent career paths in a growing sector. Typical fields of activity for graduates are:
- Management and project leadership of digital transformations in hospitals, nursing facilities, MVZs and rehabilitation clinics
- Headship roles in medical, pharmaceutical and research-related companies
- Digital health project management at health insurers, associations or in healthcare administration
- Consulting and advisory roles in the areas of eHealth, digitalisation and innovation in the healthcare sector
- Leadership and development of digital care and supply models, including the use of modern technologies such as AI, assistance systems and care robotics
- Quality management, compliance and risk management in companies and organisations related to healthcare
The master’s degree is an internationally recognised qualification and qualifies you for leadership positions and demanding digitalisation projects in healthcare. Up to 320 CME points can be acquired within the master’s programme, which is particularly attractive for medical doctors.
What do you invest in the course and how can it be financed?
The total costs for the Master’s Digital Health Management amount to €8,760. The monthly fee is €311, depending on the chosen duration of study.
- Flexibility in financing: The total amount can be paid in convenient monthly instalments. There is the option to reduce tuition fees by crediting already obtained credits.
- Free extension: An extension of the study period by up to 50% is included and free of charge.
- Funding and support options: Funding via the employer, tax deductibility as work-related expenses and access to education or further education loans. Partial funding through scholarships or programmes such as Aufstiegs-Bafög is also possible.
- Free trial month: You can test the distance learning course free of charge for the first 4 weeks; if you withdraw during this time, there are no costs.
If previous achievements, e.g. already completed certificate courses, are recognised, the costs will be reduced accordingly.
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