Social-Preventive Medicine and Quality in Health Care

Master's

The School of Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece organizes and offers the MSc Program “Social – Preventive Medicine and Quality in Health Care”, since the academic year 2021-2022. The MSc aims in providing high quality training to scientists enabling them to apply the principles of the scientific fields of Social Medicine, Public Health, Preventive Medicine and Quality in Health Care in their professional activity. Specifically, graduates will delve into the factors that determine health and the applications of prevention in both clinical practice and in Public Health. At the same time, they will become familiar with the culture of quality in health care and immerse themselves in international practices for quality and patient safety improvement applicable to different health care settings. Providing graduates with specialized knowledge and skills will equip them to staff: public or private research / educational institutions, health-related institutions or organizations, disease prevention/control services or public health services at local, regional, national or international level, and health services/health care facilities, contributing to the quality assurance and improvement of the services they provide. The minimum MSc Program duration is three (3) semesters and is credited with a total of 90 ECTS according to the European Credit Transfer System. The successful completion of the MSc thesis (during the 3rd semester) leads to the MSc Degree (Diploma of Postgraduate Studies) in “Social – Preventive Medicine and Quality in Health Care” in one of the following two (2) specializations: Prevention and Public Health, or Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety Using blended learning, by combining face-to-face and distance learning methods- on predetermined weekends, 1-2 per month, enables working people to attend the MSc. Courses start in October of each academic year.