Study Plan for Master in AI and Health Care Operations Management (2026–2028)

Investing in effective operations management solutions within the healthcare sector is crucial for enhancing the flow of patients and information from the initial onset of illness to the completion of treatment. There exists a substantial demand for expertise in operations management across all levels of the healthcare sector. Concurrently, there is a pressing need to understand and integrate emerging digital technologies.

Societal changes and evolving framework conditions significantly underscore the necessity for novel methodologies and solutions within healthcare services. This program educates students on the application of operations management to address both present and future challenges within municipal and specialized health services. The master's curriculum emphasizes a comprehensive systems perspective, which entails an understanding of the interrelationships among various components of the healthcare system and the optimization of interactions between different units to enhance outcomes.

The program imparts advanced knowledge and comprehension of patient and information flow throughout the value chain, from illness onset to complete treatment. Students will develop expertise in operations management through the analysis and comprehension of diverse problems and solutions. Employing an experiential learning approach, students will reflect on and derive insights from their personal experiences and challenges. Collectively, this educational approach will furnish students with the skills necessary to identify and resolve practical problems effectively. Further, this academic program equips students with proficiency in operations management specifically tailored to the healthcare sector, alongside an understanding and in-depth knowledge of current and prospective digital technologies.

Upon successful completion, graduates will be conferred the degree of Master in Artificial Intelligence and Health Care Operations Management. The curriculum comprises 37.5 ECTS credits dedicated to subjects in artificial intelligence in health care, alongside 37.5 ECTS credits focused on health care operations management. The remaining coursework is devoted to research methodologies and the completion of a master's thesis. Consequently, the program's title accurately captures its academic content and subject matter.

The teaching methods in the program will be a combination of physical teaching with one-week seminars in either Norway or Latvia combined with online teaching. Totally there are 4 mandatory seminars in the program. For more information see detailed description for each subject.

The overall outcome for the program is:
Knowledge:

• have a good overview of theory and key research areas in health operations management
• have specialized knowledge in selected topics in health operations management
• have advanced knowledge of how operations management is related to issues within the health and care sector
• have advanced knowledge in digital technologies
• have advanced knowledge of how digital technologies can be applied and integrated in the health sector

Skills:

• be able to apply and combine different theories to solve operations management challenges in a company.
• Be able to design plans for improvement of resource utilization
• be able to lead interdisciplinary projects related to the improvement of processes and utilization of resources within the company's strategic goals.
• be able to participate in research projects to obtain new knowledge in the field.
• Be able to apply digital technologies in hospitals or primary health care

General competence:

• be able to communicate professional issues within health operations management and digital technologies both at a professional expert level and towards people with other professional backgrounds.
• be able to familiarize themselves with new research literature in Operations management and Digital Technologies and to evaluate this in a critical and reflective way

Investing in effective operations management solutions within the healthcare sector is crucial for enhancing the flow of patients and information from the initial onset of illness to the completion of treatment. There exists a substantial demand for expertise in operations management across all levels of the healthcare sector. Concurrently, there is a pressing need to understand and integrate emerging digital technologies.

Societal changes and evolving framework conditions significantly underscore the necessity for novel methodologies and solutions within healthcare services. This program educates students on the application of operations management to address both present and future challenges within municipal and specialized health services. The master's curriculum emphasizes a comprehensive systems perspective, which entails an understanding of the interrelationships among various components of the healthcare system and the optimization of interactions between different units to enhance outcomes.

The program imparts advanced knowledge and comprehension of patient and information flow throughout the value chain, from illness onset to complete treatment. Students will develop expertise in operations management through the analysis and comprehension of diverse problems and solutions. Employing an experiential learning approach, students will reflect on and derive insights from their personal experiences and challenges. Collectively, this educational approach will furnish students with the skills necessary to identify and resolve practical problems effectively. Further, this academic program equips students with proficiency in operations management specifically tailored to the healthcare sector, alongside an understanding and in-depth knowledge of current and prospective digital technologies.

Upon successful completion, graduates will be conferred the degree of Master in Artificial Intelligence and Health Care Operations Management. The curriculum comprises 37.5 ECTS credits dedicated to subjects in artificial intelligence in health care, alongside 37.5 ECTS credits focused on health care operations management. The remaining coursework is devoted to research methodologies and the completion of a master's thesis. Consequently, the program's title accurately captures its academic content and subject matter.

The teaching methods in the program will be a combination of physical teaching with one-week seminars in either Norway or Latvia combined with online teaching. Totally there are 4 mandatory seminars in the program. For more information see detailed description for each subject.