ObjectivesThe programme is designed to give you a competitive edge in the rewarding but challenging area of health services management by: -Expanding your management knowledge, with a focus on health services. -Developing your management skills. -Enhancing your problem-solving capabilities. -Encouraging the development of your key personal skills.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements A good second class honours degree or better from a recognised university, or approved professional qualification. Our standard English requirements for overseas students are: IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 6 in each category or TOEFL 617 with 4.5 on the Test of Written English, which must be taken as a separate part of the TOEFL test, or 260 in the computer-based test with 5 in the TWE.
-Accounting & Financial Management
-Managing People in Organisations
-Marketing Management
-Operations Management
-Strategic Management
-Research Methods
-Health Policy and Health Systems
-Health Services Management
-Public Sector Financial Management
Optional modules (you choose one)
-Health Care Information
-Strategic Management of Information
Students complete a project/dissertation in the following summer.
-Teaching
-Lectures
-Seminars
-Case studies
-Group work for collaborative learning
-Augmented with web-based discussion groups
-Assessment
-Continuous assessment
-Individual assignments
-Group projects
-End-semester examinations
-Project
Certificate/Diploma in Management (Health Services Management)
Students who successfully complete the first semester but do not proceed receive the Certificate in Management. Those who pass both semesters´ modules but do not proceed receive the Diploma in Management (Health Services Management)