Professional Master’s Degree of Hospital Management and Operational Excellence

Professional Master’s Degree  of Hospital Management and Operational Excellence

Course overview
This course has been designed to fulfil the specific needs of graduates interested in a management or leadership role within the complex health service sector. Healthcare organisations share many commonalities with production facilities, including the need for efficient process flow, change management, and quality standards. You’ll explore the principles, approaches, strategies and techniques to understand, model, analyse and manage complex healthcare systems. You’ll also learn to measure efficiency and improve effectiveness and productivity, without compromising quality or safety. Ultimately, you’ll gain the essential knowledge to manage the integration of people, systems, and technologies to ensure the delivery of consistent, high quality, person centric care.

• Duration
• Full-time: 1 year

• Part-time: 2 years

Core Modules
Leading Change in Healthcare
Quality and Productivity in Health Service Systems
Operational Management and Clinical Systems Improvement
Introduction to Health Informatics
Electronic Healthcare Records
Epidemiology and Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement
Introduction to Health Economics
Resource Management in Health Service Quality

Entry Requirements
Minimum requirements
undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
in a range of disciplines across technical, medical, scientific, management and social sciences

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