MSc Healthcare Management
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 18,800 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* overseas and EU | Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland: £7,280
Introduction
Study health and social care at an advanced level, learn alongside students from around the world, and enhance your career development
This innovative course is designed for graduates who have or aspire to, a management role in health and social care.
The program will prepare you to work effectively within the complex and rapidly evolving environments of health and social care and provide the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills within a broad international context.
The program, delivered by the School of Health and Social Care, will prepare you to work effectively within the complex and rapidly evolving environments of health and social care and provide the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills within a broad international context.
A particular feature is the opportunity to learn on campus with students from Scotland, across Europe, and around the world.
On completion of the programme students already working in healthcare have attained promotion or commenced further study at PhD level.
Others have taken the program as a stepping stone to healthcare management positions in their home country.
Our MSc in Healthcare Management has a 93% overall student satisfaction score (PTES,2023).
Typical entry points to this course are in January and September. Please enquire for more information.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The course fees you'll pay and the funding available to you will depend on several factors including your nationality, location, personal circumstances and the course you are studying. We also have several bursaries and scholarships available to our students.
Funding your studies
We have a variety of scholarships, bursaries, and grants available to support your studies at Edinburgh Napier University. Depending on the specific award’s eligibility criteria, they can fund living costs, childcare expenses, tuition fees, or a specific project that is beneficial to your academic and personal development.
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Curriculum
Learning, teaching, and assessment methods focus on providing students with engaging and contemporary learning materials that relate to practice and theory and challenge students to take a critical perspective on both.
While the assessment methods used are varied, they all have direct relevance to the world of work.
The modules to be taught on MSc Healthcare Management are changing for the 2024 intake and the modules currently approved for study by students enrolling in 2024 will be:
- Change Management in Healthcare
- Clinical Governance and Improvement Practice
- Effective Leadership in Contemporary Healthcare
- Exploring Evidence to Improve Practice
- International Health & Social Care
- Managing Healthcare Resources
- Healthcare Management Project
Modules
Modules that you will study* as part of this course
- Change Management in Healthcare ( HSC11173 )
- Clinical Governance and Improvement Practice ( NMS11156 )
- Effective Leadership in Contemporary Healthcare ( HSC11174 )
- Exploring Evidence to Improve Practice ( NMS11174 )
- International Health and Social Care ( NMS11766 )
- Managing Healthcare Resources ( HSC11175 )
*These are indicative only and reflect the course structure in the current academic year. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study.
Assessments
A range of assessments are used for learning. These include:
- Critically reflective outlines and essay
- Examination
- Learning Agreement
- Project proposal
- Project
- Report
- Financial report
- Reflective account
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
What can you do with a healthcare management degree?
By studying healthcare management at Edinburgh Napier University, you will become an innovative leader in healthcare practice, with strong communication and collaboration skills which will enable you to work effectively as a healthcare manager. You will learn how to critically analyze current health and social policy at a local, national, and global level and develop your problem-solving skills to influence strategic and organizational decision-making in the wider healthcare context.
What does a healthcare manager do?
Healthcare managers play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of healthcare departments within primary healthcare and social care settings. They are responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the delivery of health services. This may include managing staff, budgets, and resources to ensure the delivery of safe and effective high-quality patient care.
Future healthcare managers need to be able to integrate theory and practice to be able to work effectively in a highly complex and rapidly changing healthcare environment.
Daily tasks and responsibilities within this role may include:
- Effective management of self and others
- Fiscal and budget responsibilities
- Policy implementation based on available research & evidence
- Ensuring regulatory compliance
- Contribute to the delivery of sustainable healthcare
- Strategic planning of healthcare services
Work placement
There are no work placements in this program. Students are encouraged to attend healthcare management events locally.
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Program delivery
This is a full-time course and is split up into three trimesters. You can choose to start in either January or September.
Duration:
- September starts: 12 months
- January starts: 18 months with a three-month break over the summer (after the first taught trimester)
You’ll learn through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, online learning, and independent study.