Health Service Management (Taught)

Designed for those interested in pursuing or enhancing their careers in health service management at all levels, from general practice to large hospital organisations in the private healthcare sector, charity organisations, and the pharmaceutical industry; at local, national, and global levels.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Aims to train students to provide safe, high-quality care through effective organisation and management.

• Delivered in conjunction with the Adam Smith Business School, which holds triple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS and has 40 years of experience delivering management and leadership courses as part of its MBA.

• Explore management, marketing and leadership skills in contemporary health service organisations.

• Learn how to deal with the pressure of developing services, changing policies and ever changing demands of senior management positions.

• Understand how to motivate teams, transform services to meet changing demands and promote caring environments.

• As the health care environment is constantly changing you will be encouraged to demonstrate adaptable, creative, analytical and innovative attributes.

• Classes are interactive, striking the right balance between tuition and discussion.

• Throughout the year we will host a series of social, networking and guest speaker events, including senior managers in the NHS, to enhance your learning experience.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

See course page for three main programme themes.

Core and Optional Courses
The programme comprises the following courses:
Compulsory Courses - all completed in Semester 1
Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
Introduction to Management and Leadership in Health Services
Managing Strategic Change
Research Approaches in Health Care

Optional Courses: on campus
Planetary Health*
Global Health Challenges*
Health and Culture*
Leadership in Contemporary Health Care*
Marketing Management (ASBS)
Managing Healthcare Organisations*
Project Management (Creative Industries and Cultural Policy)*
Qualitative Research Methods*
Substance Use, Health, and Society*
Understanding Health Policy*
Optional Courses: online
Health Economics for HTA online (online)*
Leading improvement in care provision (online)*
Transforming care services (online)

:* Choose any 3 optional courses from either on campus, online or a combination of both.
:** Cannot be taken together

MSc Health Services Management Project (60 credits)

Subject to satisfactory results from taught courses, students progress on to a 10,000-12,000 research project. This may include:
Empirical research utilising quantitative or qualitative methods
Secondary analysis of routine data or datasets collected as part of a larger study or utilising routine health service data
A comprehensive and original literature review on a relevant subject
A health policy report of an issue using evidence from the literature and/or from original sources to draw conclusions and make policy recommendations.

The research project is an independent piece of work which students take under the supervision of a member of the academic staff and/or an external supervisor (including senior managers in the NHS).

This programme provides a range of training in transferable skills, including:
Develop skills in independent learning, time management, team work and leadership.
Develop reflective practitioner skills.
Synthesise information and data from multiple sources and develop skills in literature review. To include books, journals, social media (including Twitter, blogs, podcasts), general media, governmental and charity publications as well as patient experience.
Improve confidence in presenting original work to peers including essays, oral presentations, and posters.
Reflect and learn from peer and course tutor feedback.
Critically review literature and develop analytical skills.
Develop organisational skills.
Develop skills in problem solving.