Health Services Management (Online) MSc/PgDip/PgCert

Program Overview

This online MSc/PgDip/PgCert in Health Services Management equips students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the complex environment of health services management. The program covers a wide range of topics, including day-to-day decision making, transformational change processes, management and leadership skills, and adapting to ever-changing business needs. Delivered in conjunction with the Adam Smith Business School, the program focuses on the development of essential management and business skills, encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Program Outline

Health Services Management (Online) MSc/PgDip/PgCert: Online distance learning

Degree Overview:

This online distance learning program aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the complex environment of health services management. The program covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Day-to-day decision making
• Transformational change processes
• Management and leadership skills
• Dealing with the pressures of developing services and policies
• Adapting to ever-changing business needs

Objectives:

• Equip students with the knowledge to develop quality health services.
• Provide students with the skills to deal with the pressures of developing services and policies.
• Encourage students to take a critical approach to their learning and demonstrate adaptable, creative, analytical, and innovative attributes.
• Prepare students for leadership roles in health service organizations.

Program Highlights:

• Delivered in conjunction with the Adam Smith Business School, which holds triple accreditation and has 40 years of experience delivering management and leadership courses.
• Focuses on the development of essential management and business skills.
• Encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Provides students with the opportunity to learn from industry experts and academics.

Outline:

Program Structure:

The program is designed to cover three main themes:

Providing a thorough knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice:

• Introduces systems for managers and administrators to minimize errors and monitor performance.
• Provides guidance in strong leadership and effective management to ensure achievement of organizational objectives.

Cultivating analytical and interpretive abilities:

• Offers critical appreciation of relevant theoretical, methodological, and technical literature from central business disciplines.
• Enables students to integrate these abilities with essential managerial and business skills.

Reflecting on acquired knowledge and applying it to real-world problems:

• Guides students in taking independent responsibility for the application of explicit management responsibilities and practices to a relevant problem.
• Culminates in the completion of a dissertation.

Learning and Teaching Approaches:

• Teacher-directed activities: seminars, tutorials, case studies, discussion forums, journal clubs.
• Student-directed activities: pre-class learning activities, guided independent study, essays, group work, presentations, peer-review, reflective practice.

Core Courses:

• A Practical Approach to Change Management
• Introduction to Management & Leadership in Healthcare Services
• Operations Management: Theory to Practice
• Project Management for Practitioners
• Research Methods in Health & Wellbeing

Optional Courses:

• Globalisation and Public Health
• Health Economics for HTA Online
• Health Promotion: Principles and Practice
• Improving Access to Mental Health Care in the Global Context
• Leading Improvement in Care Provision
• Research Methods in Health & Wellbeing
• Mental Health and Disability: International Law and Policy
• Teaching in Health Professions
• Transforming Care Services

Assessment:

Assessment methods:

• Essays
• Group work
• Presentations
• Peer-review
• Reflective practice

Assessment criteria:

• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Research skills

Teaching:

Teaching methods:

• Blended learning approach, combining online and face-to-face elements.
• Interactive learning environment.
• Case studies and real-world examples.
• Guest speakers from industry.

Faculty:

• Experienced academics and industry professionals.
• Research-active faculty.
• Strong track record of teaching and research.

Unique approaches:

• Focus on developing essential management and business skills.
• Encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Provides students with the opportunity to learn from industry experts and academics.

Careers:

Suitable for:

• Professionals working in a range of health service environments.
• Individuals with a desire to develop their leadership skills.
• Public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

Examples of job sectors:

• Health service management
• Social care
• Large hospital organizations
• Private healthcare sector
• Charity organizations
• Policy think tanks
• Pharmaceutical industry

Other:

• Students can complete the program on a full-time or part-time basis.
• The program is delivered online, which allows students to study from anywhere in the world.
However, it is important to note that the information may change over time.

Tuition fees for 2024-25 MSc UK / EU / International: £15,000 (total cost) You can pay in instalments of £1,667 per 20 credits. PgDip UK / EU / International: £10,000 (total cost) You can pay in instalments of £1,667 per 20 credits. PgCert UK / EU / International: £5,000 (total cost) You can pay in instalments of £1,667 per 20 credits. NHS-funded students Fees for students funded by the NHS (after NHS discount): £11,130 (total cost for MSc) £7,420 (total cost for PGDip) £3,710 (total cost for PGCert) £1,237 per 20 credits