Healthcare Management And Leadership in IDEA COLLEGE Malta, Malta

Healthcare Management And Leadership in IDEA COLLEGE Malta

Description

This Master of Science in Healthcare Management and Leadership prepares you for higher leadership and management roles within the healthcare industry. It integrates a thorough grounding in advanced business management and healthcare theory and practice, with an understanding of the structure and operation of healthcare systems.

Target Audience

The programme is mainly targeted at:

• nurses and midwives;
• nursing managers;
• ward managers;
• clinic/department managers;
• physiotherapists;
• social workers;
• doctors;
• professionals allied to medicine, such as paramedics;
• staff within the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries;
• general managers without clinical qualifications.

Career Paths

The programme aims to prepare you for senior posts such as that of chief executive officer, managing director or head of department of any healthcare entity such as a hospital, clinic or ward, amongst others.

Modules

• Research Methods
• Project Management for Healthcare
• Economics in Healthcare
• Patient and Customer Care
• Intercultural Management in Healthcare
• ICT and Information Systems in Healthcare
• Quality Management and Monitoring

How you’ll be assessed

This is a part-time programme and will typically take 24 months to complete. The programme comprises a total of 10 modules. The method of assessment is assignment-based.

The course comprises:

• 6 lectures per module;
• 3-hour lectures (evening);
• 12 hours of guided learning, presentations, comprising synchronous online discussions, tutorials and/or videos;
•  Self-study hours comprising research, reading and assignment work.

Learning Outcomes

The learner will be able to:

• Analyze the relationship between the functions of Management in various Healthcare organisations and management theory.
• Analyze critically the opportunities for strategic leadership development.
• Analyze critically the processes, phases, benefits, and barriers of Strategic Management with a particular focus on Healthcare systems.
• Analyze critically Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Social Responsibility in the Healthcare Industry.
• Evaluate the significance of change management in a constantly changing and dynamic healthcare delivery environment where competition is fierce (especially in the private sector).
• Describe the various functions of accounting and financial management within the context of their application to healthcare organisations.
• Analyze the significance and benefits of healthcare operations management.
• Analyze and compare studies of operations systems design, planning and control systems, and quality management philosophies as they pertain to healthcare systems.
• Conduct research in the specialised field and develop the ability to evaluate the work of other authors.
• Communicate the research-based knowledge to both specialised and non-specialized audiences.