Leadership and Management in Health PgCert/PgDip/MSc top-up/MSc
Master
In Surrey
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Surrey
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Duration
2 Years
You will start with an induction programme that introduces you to the modules and the aims of the course, and helps you plan your study around your professional commitments.
You will then move on to the course material.
You can take advantage of professional and leadership development activities throughout the course.
Choose your direction
The programme you will follow depends on which qualification you want to pursue – choose from:
Postgraduate Certificate;
Postgraduate Diploma;
Masters degree (MSc); and
Masters top-up.
Students who enrol for an MSc or PgDip from the outset usually complete their studies within two years. Students who complete the PgDip successfully can convert this to an MSc by completing the Masters top-up.
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About this course
Help you develop leadership competencies and skills in the healthcare sector.
Equip you with the knowledge and skills required to either enter professional practice of health management, or continue to a higher level professionally.
Offer flexible, modular learning which can be taken as a Postgraduate Certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma or a masters (MSc).
Give you access to a wealth of information in lectures, journals, elearning forums, seminars, the library, online lectures and discussion groups.
Provide a critical understanding of the body of academic knowledge relevant to leadership and management and its application in practice.
Expand your professional knowledge by facilitating discussion with other practising professionals from different organisations and sectors.
Gives you an opportunity to research a specific area of healthcare management with practical application to your current workplace by means of a masters-level dissertation.
a good honours degree from a UK university (or an equivalent qualification from a recognised international higher education provider) in a relevant discipline. This is usually health or social sciences, though other qualifications at honours degree level are acceptable; or
at least four years' work experience in middle or senior management, including participation in appropriate training events; and
candidates need to demonstrate their motivation and ability to work at postgraduate level: they must be well prepared, disciplined and able to manage their time and workload effectively.
This course has been rated by the Eduniversal masters ranking 2016/17 as one of the best health management masters courses in the world.
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Subjects
- Leadership
- Governance in Context
- Health Management
- Management
- Strategic Health Management
- Strategic Health
- Managing Health Services
- Quality
- Leading
- Health
Course programme
Teaching takes place on Thursdays and Fridays at our Kingston Hill campus, once a month during term time – a total of three days per 15-credit module and six days per 30-credit module, usually two modules per term. The rest of the course is taught online and through guided independent study.
Module detailsPostgraduate Certificate students take the following modules:
- Strategic Health Management and Governance in Context
- Managing Health Services for Quality
- Leading People and Organisational Change in Health
- Health Services Marketing
- Managing Information in Health
- Aspects of Financial Resource Management in Health (30 credits)
- Research Methods and Dissertation
Additional information
MSc part time £7,465
MSc top-up part time £4,100
PGCert part time £5,250
PGDip part time £5,250
Leadership and Management in Health PgCert/PgDip/MSc top-up/MSc