Postgraduate Certificate in Health Management

Postgraduate Certificate

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management

Postgraduate Diploma

MSc Health Management

Master of Science

Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master of Science

Postgraduate Certificate in Health Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management, MSc Health Management

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The MSc Health Management provides advanced strategic thinking and critical management perspectives for healthcare leaders to innovate and lead tomorrow’s healthcare services. The programme brings the latest academic thinking and business strategies into healthcare practice to help leaders innovate and transform business models and organisations, encourage organisational renewal, collaboration and learning; and create value, redesign of service delivery and care pathways to achieve strategic goals and generate system efficiencies. 
 
The programme includes all the elements of a leading international postgraduate management programme with added advantages that the content responds to and anticipates challenges and issues faced by managers and leaders in health systems worldwide. It combines academic rigour, current business and management models and practical experience. Unlike courses that focus on numerous business-focused elements in isolation, this programme focuses on a selective range of in-depth modules that deliver essential business and management skills and emphasise the connections and synergies between the different elements of management thinking in the professional setting of healthcare.   
 
These connections are further emphasised by active learning and the application of management concepts in healthcare practice. We use problem-based learning approaches with a balanced emphasis on teaching and learning, and case studies in diverse healthcare contexts. Our health systems research in innovation and leadership informs the emphasis on innovative and creative solutions to management challenges and getting things done with effective implementation. The international insights and experiences of the programme cohort are a highly valued addition to learning. Participants contribute and share how they and others have engaged with challenges in different healthcare systems and contexts. Learning through shared experience is an important part of the programme and the interactive and participant directed classroom experience provides opportunity to develop your own agenda for solving complex and dynamic challenges in healthcare. 
 
By completing the MSc in Health Management you will have demonstrated original and critical application of knowledge and strategic management thinking within health services and organisations and across health systems. You will have acquired research skills to critically and systematically investigate health management issues using research methods and you will have engaged in original management research that contributes new views to the area. 
 
Those of you who exit the programme at Postgraduate Diploma level will have demonstrated original and critical application of knowledge and integrative management thinking within health services and organisations and across health systems. You will have acquired research skills to critically and systematically investigate health management issues using research methods. 
 
If you exit the programme at Postgraduate Certificate level you will have demonstrated original and critical application of knowledge and integrative management thinking within health services and organisations.

Critically appraise the major sources of information on Health Management-related issues. 

Knowledge

Synthesise the components of complex and dynamic organisational and management challenges to form integrated and critical management perspectives of these challenges and the contexts and identify and critically evaluate alternative options for further development. 

Skills

Investigate, analyse and evaluate management issues in a systematic way that reflects integrated contextual and strategic awareness of those issues. 

Uphold the rules and regulations of City St George’s, University of London, and privacy and confidentiality especially within the research context. 

Values and attitudes

Demonstrate integrative thinking in ways of working with others. 

Justify and exemplify the leadership role in leading organisations, innovation and systems change in healthcare. 

Respect and care about your work, your colleagues, and our professional community during your time of study at City St George’s evidenced by behaviours consistent with leadership roles. 

Demonstrate integrative insight, thinking and working in a collaborative manner across peoples, organizations, groups and disciplines. 

Research relevant published and unpublished material from a range of sources, critically evaluate and synthesise and apply the material to management issues.  

Develop and enhance transferable skills in Health Management analysis and present and communicate the results effectively and persuasively. 

Demonstrate strategic management and analytical insight into the Health Management processes and the professional logics involved in service delivery, the strategic and operational contexts and the connections between these elements. 

Distinguish between strategic and operational management issues, identify issues that require action and appropriate leadership to take these issues forward 

Demonstrate leadership through your contribution, participating in and supporting activities, teamwork, and colleagues to achieve individual and shared goals, and communicating appreciation of the contributions of others. 

Demonstrate relational insight working internally within and across boundaries and externally with clients and the stages of the consultancy process.  

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Learning on the course is designed to equip current and future clinical and non-clinical leaders to contribute at facility, regional, national or global level towards health systems strengthening, preparing you to operate at executive and strategic decision-making levels. 
 
Collaborative learning develops skills working in teams across disciplines sharing how the curriculum translates into action for different professions/disciplines in their global work contexts. A global network of expert guest speakers adds further to the diverse learning experience. Project-based and collaborative activities enhance shared learning and enhance abilities to apply knowledge. 
 
Teaching of business and management skills emphasises practical and applied approaches. Peer-to-peer interactions promote compassionate and inclusive leadership, communication, collaboration, and teamwork. Lectures introduce new content and build your skills in critical application of concepts. Workshops develop more advanced content and deeper skills in critical application and synthesis of concepts. Optional tutorials support your learning in a one-to-one or small group setting where you can ask questions tailored specifically for your learning development needs. 
 
Teaching and learning will take place via a mix of lectures, group activities and discussions which allow you to examine health management issues in- depth, with lecturer and peer led input.  
  
There are two modes of study, in-person and online. Both in-person and online students share the same learning activities and health sector expert guest speakers. 
 
In-person mode of study 
On the in-person mode of study you participate in classes in-person by attending at the university and you share lectures, workshops, seminars, sessions facilitated by expert guest speakers and group activities together with online students participating in real-time online in the same class. 
 
Online mode of study 
On the online mode of study you participate in classes in real-time online and you share lectures, workshops, seminars, sessions facilitated by expert guest speakers, and group activities together with in-person students participating in-person at the university in the same class. 
 
Both modes of attendance require self-directed study in your own time using reading lists, online activities and resources on Moodle, Microsoft Teams and the Web for deeper insights through active inquiry, research, collaboration and shared activities working in groups to complete assignments and presentations.  
 
Further university support services are available including the Library Information Service, IT Support, Careers Services. Teaching and learning is facilitated by Moodle, the University’s online Virtual Learning Environment.

Curriculum Catalogue

MSc Health Management - MSc

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