Health Service Management MSc

The complex nature of health services poses a challenge to those charged with managing competing needs and demands with limited resources.<br/>Run jointly with the Adam Smith Business School, this Masters in Health Service Management aims to support students in developing strong leadership and management skills, providing safe, high-quality care through effective organisation and management.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**<br/><br/><br/>- Top 10 in the UK for Medicine, Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide. <br/><br/><br/>- Aims to train students to provide safe, high-quality care through effective organisation and management. <br/><br/><br/>- Explore management, marketing and leadership skills in contemporary health service organisations. <br/><br/><br/>- Learn how to deal with the pressure of developing services, changing policies and ever changing demands of senior management positions.<br/><br/><br/>- Understand how to motivate teams, transform services to meet changing demands and promote caring environments.<br/><br/><br/>- As the health care environment is constantly changing you will be encouraged to demonstrate adaptable, creative, analytical and innovative attributes.<br/><br/><br/>- Classes are interactive, striking the right balance between tuition and discussion.<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**<br/><br/>See course page for three main programme themes. <br/><br/>**Core and Optional Courses**<br/><br/>The programme comprises the following courses:<br/><br/>**Compulsory Courses - all completed in Semester 1** <br/><br/>INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH SERVICES<br/>CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br/>MARKETING MANAGEMENT<br/>RESEARCH APPROACHES IN HEALTH CARE<br/>MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE<br/><br/>**Optional Courses: on campus**<br/>MANGING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION*<br/>PROJECT MANAGEMENT*<br/>LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE*<br/>MANAGING HEALTH CARE ORGANISATIONS<br/>UNDERSTANDING HEALTH POLICY*<br/>SUBSTANCE USE, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY*<br/>GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES*<br/>HEALTH AND CULTURE*<br/>ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH*<br/>**Optional Courses: online**<br/>LEADING IMPROVEMENT IN CARE PROVISION (online)*<br/>TRANSFORMING CARE SERVICES (online)*<br/>HEALTH ECONOMICS FOR HTA ONLINE (online)*<br/>QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS*<br/>ETHICAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH*<br/><br/>Optional courses: online<br/><br/>LEADING IMPROVEMENT IN CARE PROVISION (online)*<br/>TRANSFORMING CARE SERVICES (online)<br/>HEALTH ECONOMICS FOR HTA ONLINE (online)*<br/><br/><br/>* Choose any 3 optional courses from either on campus, online or a combination of both.<br/><br/><br/>* * Cannot be taken together <br/><br/><br/>**MSC HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (60 credits)**<br/>Subject to satisfactory results from taught courses, students progress on to a 10,000-12,000 research project. This may include:<br/><br/><br/>- Empirical research utilising quantitative or qualitative methods<br/><br/><br/>- Secondary analysis of routine data or datasets collected as part of a larger study or utilising routine health service data<br/><br/><br/>- A comprehensive and original literature review on a relevant subject<br/><br/><br/>- A health policy report of an issue using evidence from the literature and/or from original sources to draw conclusions and make policy recommendations.<br/><br/><br/>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)..