Professional profile:

Graduates of the specialization in Health Services Management are characterized by their knowledge of the social, political, and cultural conditions of the country and the region, and their ability to assume management from a humanistic and ethical position. They are also renowned because of their:

• Interpretation of the health sector profitability situations, and competitive strategies for the stability of the organization design.
• Leadership in work teams towards the achievement of the organizational mission and purposes.
• Knowledge about the situation of an institution, as well as its delimitation according to the local, regional, and national context.
• Decision making based on current and relevant information.
• Planning, executing and direction of projects aimed at positioning the health organization or satisfying community needs.
• Knowledge, interpretation and implementation of the current health policies and models in the country.
• Rational management of technical, technological, human and financial resources to keep the institution active in the market.

Addressed to
Applicants to the Specialization in Health Services Management at Fundación Universitaria María Cano must have an undergraduate degree in disciplines related to health sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Economic and Business Sciences, and other fields of knowledge. The applicant must be interested in the administrative and management processes of the sector and committed to the continuous improvement of health services in the country.

Occupational profile

The Specialist in Health Services Management is profiled as: Manager or Administrator of health institutions (Health Promotion Companies, Institutional Health Service Providers) of the public and private sector. This Specialist is also able to lead projects, perform accompaniment in health quality audits, and assume professional roles in governmental entities.

The curricular structure defined for the program allows the future specialist to understand the political dynamics, cultural, social, and economic factors that affect the internal dynamics of health institutions, as well as to interpret and timely address the trends that emerge from the dynamics of the sector.

In this way, contents, profiles, and learning outcomes are articulated in a line of interaction allowing to address the problems faced by an organization on a daily basis. This is the reason why the curricular structure has a design that allows understanding the processes inherent to the health sector.

Admission Requirements Undergraduate Programs

Admission requirements New In-person and Virtual Undergraduate Applicant

To enter any of the undergraduate programs offered by María Cano, the new applicant must complete the following procedure:

1. Fill out the online registration form
2. Make the payment of undergraduate registration fees $213.022
3. At the end of the registration form, upload to the platform the following documents one by one (in PDF format) as indicated at the end:

• Photocopy of the high school degree certificate or diploma, if you have not yet completed grade 11, original study certificate, issued by the school valid for no more than one month.
• Results of the ICFES tests (Saber 11), if you do not have the results you can attach the citation to the test.
• A legible photocopy of the identity document (enlarged).
• A 3×4 size photo, light blue background.
• Documents are not received physically unless required during the admission process.

4. Print the registration payment form at the end of online registration or make payment through PSE.

*The Foundation reserves the right to admit and assign study schedules to students.