• Medical care and social security systems in Europe, US and China. • Development strategies for medical health economy and medical technology industry. • Development strategies for medical technology. • Development and trends of research in surveillance and management of medicine, functional food, cosmetics and other health products in China and worldwide.

CILO-1: Explain the similarities and differences between natural and social sciences. CILO-2: Discuss basic principles in social science research. CILO-3: Summarize elemental knowledge about research design, proposal writing, and literature search and review. CILO-4: Develop the interest in interdisciplinary research in medical administration.