International Week at Boston University

Boston University

The health care sector has an increasingly need for professional managers who can lead companies in a dynamic and internationally competitive environment. This challenge is being met with the integration of the International Week at the Boston University School of Management.

Seminar Contents

The one-week stay in Boston is themed "Leading Transformation and Innovation in the US Health Care System". The agenda features the following contents:

  • Basic understanding of the structure of the American health care system on a national and state level
  • Comparison of the American health care system with other health care systems in use
  • Experience and learn how managers firstly handle challenges of healthcare and secondly how they solve them
  • Examination of the improved care of patients through technologies and innovations in the health care field
  • Visiting local health care organisations in Massachusetts
  • Pros and cons of the American strategy in the health care sector
  • Learn how acquired knowledge can be put into practice

Impressions from Boston University