The course aims to provide healthcare planning professionals, managers of health centres and architecture or engineering technicians with the necessary tools to set up and launch new health centres. The aim of this programme is to complete the basic training of its students, giving them sufficient knowledge to carry out the necessary teamwork for the planning and design of health centres.
The postgraduate course in the Design of health centres focuses on knowledge of healthcare functions and their specifics, and the requirements for ensuring that the structural solutions adopted are the most suitable ones, covering the possible alternatives in terms of design and facilities. The programme is completed by a practical analysis of the different solutions adopted in existing or planned centres.
Professionals taking part in the programme will learn the skills to:
- Form part of the multidisciplinary teams that design health centres.
- Direct processes of change in healthcare organisations.
- Equip technical design and engineering teams with the necessary knowledge to come up with successful structural solutions for meeting healthcare demands.
List of topics
Specialist course on Architectural design of health centres
1. History and evolution of health centres. Definition, classification and characteristics
2. Architecture and functionality, strategies, ratios, sizing and relationship with urban planning
3. The hospital, internal organisation, areas, description and trends
4. Guidelines for design and technical specifications
Specialist course in Engineering design of health centres
5. Water and climate-control installation for health centres
6. Electricity installation for health centres
7. ICTs applied to hospitals
8. Subject: Special systems for medicinal gases, fire, security and transport
See complete syllabus
Price
2.915 euros
Consult the financial aid that the UOC offers to international students.
The programme fees should be confirmed on enrolment.
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