Virtual Health Administration Program
Professional Profile
Students of the Health Administration program are characterized by:
- Being a professional who acts with ethical and inclusive principles, is socially responsible, and incorporates humanistic qualities into their management to address the system's problems.
- Being a professional who can face the administrative demands associated with organizations that make up the health system, incorporating models and techniques aimed at improvement and efficiency, which translate into well-being for the population.
- Acting with flexible, strategic, and systemic thinking; including social, humanistic, ethical, technical, and economic qualities in their management, allowing them to impact the organization of the general social security system in health and its context.
- Being a professional with socio-emotional soft skills that allow for empathy, inclusive principles, assertiveness, and teamwork for any organization in the system.
General Information
Applicant Profile
The Health Administration program considers diversity, the human life project, inclusion, and individual particularities so that future students find a proposal consistent with their expectations and possibilities for projection and development. In this regard, it has the following criteria for new registrants:
- Affinity for business / may be employed.
- Autonomy and discipline to meet the requirements of virtual learning.
- Interest in the business world and its management within the health context.
- A passion for innovation.
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Willingness to work in a team.
- Proficiency in computer skills.
- Leadership projection.
Occupational Profile
The Health Administrator can work in any type of organization within the General Social Security System in Health, in roles corresponding to:
- Administrative Assistant to the General Directorate.
- Department Subdirector.
- Marketing Assistant in health sector companies.
- Costs and budgets area. Commercial department support.
- Customer service.
- Audit and Quality Department.
Why study with us?
The Health Administration program is designed to meet the needs and demands of the sector within the framework of the General Social Security System in Health (SGSSS), including elements of current administration that focus on competencies, skills, and knowledge pertinent to the competitiveness, efficiency, and value generation of organizations, entities, and companies in the sector.
Our differentiators:
Unique virtual program with training in the humanization of health services: Unique virtual program that articulates a holistic vision of health and an approach from the humanization of services with the elements of administration as synonyms of efficiency in resource use and support for social value generation, with a shorter than average market duration, 8 semesters in a virtual methodology.
Innovative practice with various modalities: You can complete your internships with any of the 76 entities with which we have agreements under 5 practice modalities: Apprenticeship contract, Ad honorem, professional experience validation, university internship contract, and entrepreneurship.
Dual faculty learning: You will incorporate the specific elements of sector entities in accounting and financial management, along with critical sector topics such as health economics, quality management, and health auditing.
Interactive digital tools: You will develop your technological skills with institutional laboratories, digital centers, and business simulators in Colombia for financial, logistics, and international business programs (Companygame.com).
Program Objective
General Objective:
To train integral professionals with a national vision, capable of generating innovative and creative solutions that impact SGSSS organizations and the environment, acting with ethical principles, critical thinking, and social responsibility.
Specific Objectives:
Address the different administrative paradigms and theories, trends, and demands of the sector, so that professionals contribute to solving structural problems of the organizations that make up the sector.
Structure high-impact advertising campaigns, responding to the communication needs of the organization, based on knowledge of strategies, media, and consumers.
Incorporate critical aspects linked to social development and well-being, taking health and population well-being as a central axis, with the possibility of impacting improvements within the organizations that are part of the SGSSS through professional management.
Incorporate innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship as qualities with transformative potential and as a life project for the student.
Curriculum
Semester 1
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Lecture I | 2 |
| Communication Skills | 3 |
| Digital Skills | 3 |
| Introduction to the professional field | 3 |
| Health System (SGSSS) | 3 |
| Health and development | 2 |
Semester 2
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Argumentation and Text Production | 2 |
| Basic Mathematics | 3 |
| English I | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Administration | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 |
Semester 3
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Bioethics | 2 |
| Descriptive Statistics | 3 |
| English II | 3 |
| Public Administration | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Economics | 3 |
| Costs and Budgets | 3 |
Semester 4
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Finance | 2 |
| English III | 3 |
| Digital Management and Innovation | 3 |
| Research Competencies | 3 |
| Information Systems | 3 |
| Microeconomics | 3 |
Semester 5
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Cátedra II | 2 |
| Political and Economic Thought | 2 |
| English IV | 3 |
| Health Technologies | 2 |
| Legislation and Public Health | 3 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Financial Mathematics | 3 |
Semester 6
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Integral Elective | 2 |
| English V | 3 |
| Management and Humanization of Health Services | 3 |
| Health Economics | 2 |
| Operational Management | 3 |
| Invoicing | 3 |
Semester 7
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| English VI | 3 |
| Research Processes | 3 |
| Human Talent Management | 3 |
| Quality Management | 3 |
| Financial Management | 3 |
| Strategic Thinking | 3 |
Semester 8
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| Cátedra III | 2 |
| Professional Elective | 2 |
| Degree Option | 2 |
| Management and Development Projects | 3 |
| Service Marketing | 2 |
| Health Audit | 3 |
| Internship | 5 |

