You will be qualified for employment in the professional field of science at universities and non-university institutions as well as in the professional field of quality assurance, management and coordination as well as evaluation, implementation and consultation of health policy measures in practice and health policy. Furthermore, you will develop a scientific self-understanding of good scientific practice, research ethics and participatory research. You will develop competences in the area of the introduction and evaluation of new care models for the further development of the quality of care.

Examples of concrete areas of activity:

• Quality assurance and coordination in health care organisations
• Science, research management and transfer
• Evaluation, implementation, advice on health policy measures
• Identifying health care problems and finding solutions
• (Quality) management
• Digital health
• Personnel and organisational development

• Design of health systems
• Medical, psychological, sociological and economic interrelationships of health and disease
• Theoretical foundations of health services research, evidence-based medicine, ethics and organisation in health services
• Digitalisation and the use of technology in health care
• Basic principles and measures of quality and risk management in health care
• Use and application of research methods
• Communication of research results
• Self-management and teamwork skills

The modules of the Master's degree programme have different courses, main competences and subject-content focal points. In terms of content, the modules are related to each other and are aligned with the objective of the study programme.

The Master's degree programme "Health Services Research" is composed of the following modules:

Basic modules on the fundamentals of health and care, health and care systems, health economics, evidence-based research and methods in health services research. In-depth modules on medical technology and ethics in care via digitalisation as well as quality and risk management in the health care system to organisational research and development. Professionalisation modules Professional field internship, research project, general studies.

Targeted deepening by setting focal points in the areas of:

• Digitisation in health services research
• Organisation and quality

The study programme "Health Services Research" (M.Sc.) has been accredited by the agency AHPGS until 30.09.2029.

• Training to become an expert
• Research-oriented
• With application reference to regional institutions
• Insight into practice and research
• Internship and research projects

• Assistance systems
• Organisational research
• Care systems and patient orientation
• People and technology