O ”Healthcare Management Program” desenvolvido e leccionado pela UCP é um curso de “Gestão e Liderança de Unidades de Saúde” que visa formar, de modo abrangente, transversal e em formação contínua os seus Participantes, oriundos de diversas áreas da Saúde. Com Docentes de excelência! Professores nacionais e estrangeiros reputados nas suas áreas académicas e de “Gestão em Saúde”, tanto nas Ciências Económicas Básicas, como na Administração Hospitalar. E sendo a CATÓLICA-LISBON a melhor Escola de Gestão nacional. E uma das mais prestigiadas da Europa.

The intervention of the nurse in management and administration of the health organizations has been progressively assumed and at the same time accepted by the institutions as fundamental to act at the healthcare highest level that the citizens deserve. Given the dimension and specificity of the healthcare sector it's crucial to acquire a group of management instruments that allow us to lead the processes of change that are coming. The Healthcare Management Program, taught by a teaching staff with an excellent academic background in the healthcare area, is for a moment of excellence in teaching optimization of the performance in health's management.

Given the current challenges of change, organizational dynamics and inherent complexity of the health sector, the acquisition of skills in management is imperative. Nurses as part of the hospital organization, play a strategic role in the provision of high quality health care. Attending the Healthcare Management Program was a very rewarding and enriching experience as it allowed me learning and consolidate the knowledge, thus optimizing my performance in health management. The opportunity to share opinions and concerns for health issues within a dynamic and heterogeneous group was another important aspect of the program.