Interdisciplinary Healthcare and Management
The demographics of our populations are changing, as is the spectrum of diseases with which we are faced; medical and technical advances are matched by people’s increasing desire to take charge of their health and avail themselves of the latest treatments and therapies – in a situation of limited healthcare resources. All these factors and more challenge the healthcare world to change with our times.
In out- and inpatient care alike, interdisciplinary approaches are gaining in currency; we need to identify and shape points of intersection between professions in the sector if we are to adequately meet the growing need for information, advisory services and health promotion interventions tailored to specific target groups.
The purpose of this Bachelor’s degree course in Interdisciplinary Healthcare and Management is to provide qualified nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists with the tools to structure their day-to-day practice and attain management positions. The course is designed to be compatible with continued work in your profession.
The course will give you an academic foundation for exploring and implementing profession-specific and interdisciplinary methodologies and approaches and teach you to use targeted methods for planning healthcare services and managing resources. Further, you will interact with others across healthcare disciplines and leave us with the ability to engage actively in developing healthcare systems, taking a range of professional viewpoints into account.
Your future career
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Our graduates drive change in their professional settings, take on management and leadership roles, work on research projects, and fulfil organisational, planning and specialist functions in interdisciplinary healthcare delivery settings or in organisations shaping healthcare policy.
Examples of fields our graduates work in beyond their original area of professional practice include:
- Local and public health authorities and services
- Health and consumer advisory services
- Health insurers
- Professional associations
- Higher education and research institutions
Course content and structure
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This six-semester course builds on its students’ prior professional experience, keeping its classes relatively small to enable them to contribute their specific expertise and recognise its place in an interdisciplinary network of knowledge.
The first two semesters focus on healthcare professions as academic disciplines, public health, interdisciplinary communication and team-centred working, health economics, business administration, organisational principles, social security legislation, reflective practice and understanding specific cases, advice provision, communication and decision-making skills, ethics, and good academic and scientific practice.
Semesters 3 and 4 explore research methods, HR management, health systems and health policy, chronic diseases, and multimorbidity, and students spend a semester on a practical placement.
In their fifth and sixth semesters, students take in-depth courses on health promotion and preventive interventions, interdisciplinary models of healthcare, assessment and intervention, evidence-based practice, and communicating risk, and carry out a specialist project. The course concludes with a Bachelor thesis.
The course’s ultimate aim is to provide students with specific knowledge and skills in:
- science and research
- communication and advice provision
- health promotion and disease prevention
- health systems and health policy decision-making
- business administration
Your interests and skills
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You should be scientifically minded, interested in how health systems work and the political, societal and economic backdrop to those workings, and keen to help shape healthcare delivery processes.
We particularly welcome applications from professionals who aim to take on complex roles in designing and leading on healthcare delivery or support for pregnant women, their partners, and new parents.
Interested – but not quite sure yet whether this is the right course for you? Our self-assessment test can help you make up your mind. Take it here: HAW Navigator.
Admission requirements
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Higher education entrance qualification
You can apply directly for this course if you hold one of the following qualifications:
- Fachhochschulreife
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife
- Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (subject-specific HE entrance qualification)
- Meister*in (vocational qualification – master tradesperson)
- Fachwirt*in (certified specialist)
In the field of nursing, for example, a number of CPD/training courses/certificates may be equivalent to one of these qualifications. Please ask us if you are unsure.
Applicants who do not hold a higher education entrance qualification but have completed vocational training (Berufsausbildung) and at least three years of subsequent work experience can apply under Section 38 of the Hamburg Higher Education Act, which sets out special provisions for these applicants (Besonderer Hochschulzugang für Berufstätige).
Find out more at Admission requirements for a Bachelor's degree.
Your prior qualification
As well as your higher education entrance qualification, a state-accredited qualification in one of the following professions is a requirement for this course:
- Nursing
- Paediatric nursing
- Geriatric nursing or care for elderly people
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech and language therapy
- Midwifery
Please submit an officially certified copy of your certificate of examination/qualification.
International applicants
If you completed your schooling outside Germany and want to study here for a Bachelor’s degree, you need to hold an academic school-leaving qualification which entitles you to admission to higher education; that is, it needs to be comparable to a German Abitur or Fachhochschulreife. The organisation uni assist will check your certificates from school and any degree-level studies to establish comparability.
You can find details of HAW Hamburg’s application criteria at International applicants.
Application process
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We only accept online applications. Applications can be submitted between 1 June and 1 October for the winter semester 2020/21. This course does not have a summer semester intake.
If you are applying with a higher education entrance qualification from Germany or an EU country, you can find the online application system and details about the process at Applying for a Bachelor's degree course web page. More information (in German) about the numerus clausus process and the minimum grades accepted for admission in recent semesters is provided at Applying for a Bachelor's degree course / Selection criteria.
We advise international applicants to use our step-by-step checklist at International applicants.
Questions about selecting a course, applications, admissions and degree courses
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Applications and admissions
Student Admissions and Registration Office (Studierendensekretariat)
Stiftstraße 69, 20099 Hamburg (ground floor)
T +49.40.428 75-9898
Contact us with your questions about applications and admissions
Drop-in hours: Monday/Tuesday: 11:00 am–1:00 pm; Thursday: 2:00–5:00 pm
Infothek opening hours: Monday–Thursday: 10:00 am–4:00 pm; Friday: 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Advice and information by phone: Monday/Tuesday: 9:00–10:00 am; Thursday: 9:00–11:00 am
Due to the restrictions resulting from the corona pandemic, drop-in office hours are not being offered at the moment. You can reach us by telephone during these times. The Infothek is closed until further notice.
For general queries on HAW Hamburg degree courses and course choice
Student Counselling Team (Zentrale Studienberatung)
Stiftstraße 69, 20099 Hamburg, rooms 121/122
T +49.40.428 75-9110
studienberatung(@)haw-hamburg.de
Advice and information by phone: Monday/Tuesday: 10:00 am–1:00 pm; Thursday: 1:00–5:00 pm
Contact person for applicants with disabilities or chronic health conditions
Meike Butenob
Alexanderstraße 1, 20099 Hamburg, room 4.10
T +49.40.428 75-7220
meike.butenob(@)haw-hamburg.de
Current office hours
Contact the department
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Specifically subject-related queries:
Prof. Dr. Corinna Petersen-Ewert
Alexanderstraße 1, room 5.27, Tel: +49.40.428 75-7103
corinna.petersen-ewert(@)haw-hamburg.de
At a glance
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Information about this degree course is available in German only.
