MSc Healthcare Management (Top - King's Business

The MSc Healthcare Management (Top-up) is a 12-month, industry-relevant program that provides a comprehensive understanding of healthcare management principles and practices. Delivered online, the program enables students to continue working while studying and prepares them for senior roles in healthcare, social work, and more. It focuses on modern, patient-centric care and equips students with the strategies and knowledge needed to excel in senior management positions.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The MSc Healthcare Management (Top-up) is a 12-month, industry-relevant program awarded in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University. It is designed to be suitable for a broad range of jobs within the healthcare sector, enabling students to move into senior roles within public and private healthcare, social work, and more. The program focuses on modern, patient-centric care and equips students with the strategies and knowledge needed to excel in senior management positions.

Objectives:

The program aims to:

Provide students with a comprehensive understanding of healthcare management principles and practices.
Develop critical thinking and research skills around organizational behavior and patient-centric care.
Equip students with the ability to create solutions for real-world situations in healthcare.
Enhance students' career prospects by preparing them for senior management roles.

Teaching:

The program is delivered online through a virtual learning environment (VLE).
Students can access course information, view lectures, and have one-to-one meetings with tutors from home.
Lectures are recorded and uploaded to the VLE, allowing students to study at their convenience.
Students can plan their studies around their jobs, enabling them to continue working while studying.

Careers:

Graduates of the MSc Healthcare Management (Top-up) can pursue a variety of senior roles, including:

Primary care development management
Residential and nursing management
Community care management
Senior positions in local health authorities
Local and national healthcare policy

Other:

The program includes modules on Healthcare Leadership, Managing People, and Leading Change, which focus on preparing students for senior management roles.
The program is developed in partnership with the OTHM, a UK-based higher education body, ensuring course quality and relevancy.
The program is flexible and can be shaped towards a variety of senior healthcare roles.
Students can access the library, set up study groups, and create online spaces to share with their peers.
The program is designed to reflect modern, inclusive, and efficient models of personalized care and management.
Students will work with tutors to develop critical thinking and research skills around organizational behavior and patient-centric care.
Students will be asked to leverage their experience to create solutions for real-world situations.
Students will be asked to apply their newly acquired knowledge to the improvement of new healthcare management practices.
The program includes six units (each worth 20 credits), along with a dissertation module (60 credits).
The program is a great choice for students who want to continue working while they study.
A flexi-payment plan is available for the program.
Students can fund the program on a full-time or part-time basis.
The program is open to students with either academic or professional qualifications at level 6.
Applications are also considered from qualified healthcare practitioners and mature learners with management experience.
Early enrolment is accepted from final-year bachelor's students studying health & social care (or similar).
Students will need a bachelor's degree in a relevant subject, a relevant level 6 diploma or equivalent qualification, management experience (for mature learners), and English language competency (for non-native speakers of English).
The program offers a learning experience that caters to students' needs.
Students will work with a tutor to create a personal learning plan at the start of the program.