Study Guide

<p>In the MSc Program, holders of first cycle degree titles from both domestic and foreign Higher Education Institutions are accepted, specifically:</p><p>1. Graduates of Medical Departments, or other Departments of Health Sciences Schools, or other Departments/Schools related to the broader biomedical field.</p><p>2. Graduates of Departments or Schools related to positive, social, humanitarian, legal, economic, and political sciences, as well as graduates of Departments in related fields of study, who wish to acquire scientific specialization in the broader cognitive area of the MSc Program.</p><p>The admission of students is based on the ranking score of their documented qualifications and oral interview.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">To obtain the MSc in "Social - Preventive Medicine and Quality in Health Care" with a specialization in "Prevention and Public Health" or "Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety", depending on the specialization chosen, the postgraduate students are required to attend and successfully complete  eight (8) courses, which correspond to 60 ECTS and are distributed as follows: a) in the 1st semester (30 ECTS), four (4) compulsory core courses, b) in the 2nd semester (30 ECTS), three (3) compulsory courses for each specialization and one (1) of the three (3) available elective courses, depending on the specialization [there are two (2) common elective courses and one (1) different one in each specialization]. The postgraduate students are required to complete ninety (90) ECTS, as follows: a) sixty (60) ECTS from successfully attending the offered courses of the 1rst and 2nd semester and b) thirty (30) ECTS from designing, preparing, writing and successfully defending their Master Thesis, at the third semester.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#26282A;">The aim of the p</span><span style="color:#1D2228;">rogramme </span><span style="color:#26282A;">is the promotion of knowledge, the development of research, as well as the satisfaction of the educational, research, social, cultural and development needs in </span><span style="color:black;">developing specialized scientific personnel, </span><span style="color:#26282A;">capable of contributing to theoretical and applied areas of Social - Preventive Medicine, and Quality in Health Care. </span><span style="color:#1D2228;">Graduates are expected to have gained a critical understanding of the disciplines, methods, and applications of the cutting-edge scientific fields of Social - Preventive Medicine, Public Health, and Quality in Health Care. Specifically, graduates are expected to acquire a profound understanding of health determinants, and of the major problems in Public Health, and familiarize themselves with the optimal applications of Preventive Medicine both at clinical practice and at population level. They are also expected to deeper their knowledge in the concept of Quality in Health Care, delving into the internationally recognized dimensions of patient safety and safety in health professionals, effectiveness, person-centredness, efficiency, timeliness, equity, and integrated care. In addition, they are expected to acquire specific knowledge in the principles of epidemiology, research methodology and biostatistics, and skills that will enable them to critically read international scientific literature, as well as to design, implement and present scientifically sound research work, contributing to efforts in developing new knowledge and processes by integrating knowledge from different fields. Additionally, graduates of the Specialization "Prevention and Public Health" are expected to acquire specialized knowledge and skills in community needs assessment and in designing programmes and interventions to protect and promote population health and well-being. Respectively, graduates of the Specialization "</span>Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety<span style="color:#1D2228;">" are expected to acquire specialized knowledge and skills in designing quality assurance and improvement interventions on the different dimensions of quality in health care, with emphasis on patient safety, which are part of the broader context of protecting and promoting population health and well-being. </span><span style="color:#26282A;">The provision of specialized knowledge and skills are expected to equip graduates to staff Social - Preventive Medicine and Public Health services at a local, regional, national or international level, as well as health care services, contributing to the assurance and improvement of their quality.</span></p>

<p>Professional qualification is not applicable either in the public or private sector. </p>

<p>The qualification is a terminal award and allows access to doctoral studies.</p>

<p>A scale of 1 to 10 applies to the marks of each subject in the Hellenic Higher Education. The grading scheme for the qualification of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Study Programme follows the following distribution (Ministerial Decision No F.1231/B1/425 art.60, Hellenic Government Gazette No 1099//2000/B): </p><p>Άριστα (Arista) Excellent: 8.50-10.00 </p><p>Λίαν Καλώς (Lian Kalos) Very Good: 6.50 - 8.49 </p><p>Καλώς (Kalos) Good: 6.00 -6.49</p><p>Ανεπιτυχώς (Anepitychos) Fail: 0.00 - 5.99</p><p>Minimum passing grade: 6.00 (six) (AUTh Rule of Procedure, No 127/2-2-2011).</p>

<p>3 SEMESTERS, 90 ECTS. </p><p>A full academic year is equivalent to 60 ECTS units and each semester to 30 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) (1 ECTS=25 hours).  Compliance with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) regulations started in 2007, when the Greek Legislation was harmonized with the relevant European one (Ministerial Decision No. F5/89656/B3, art.1-3, Hellenic Government Gazette No 1466/2007/B).</p>

<p>Full time.</p>