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About Diploma in Healthcare Management and Leadership
Program Highlights
- Duration: 2 months
- Modules: 2
- Credit Value: 40
- Level: 11
About Certified Healthcare Management Professional
This program, developed in collaboration with the Chartered Management Institute, facilitates professionals in earning a certification as a ‘Certified Healthcare Management Professional’ from the Chartered Management Institute in the UK. The program equips healthcare professionals with essential tools for effectively managing projects and operations in the intricate landscape of healthcare delivery. Additionally, it aims to foster leaders who can enhance healthcare institutions, ultimately ensuring the delivery of top-tier patient care.
Key Learnings
- Identify and describe the contemporary challenges in healthcare management, including how they impact organizational structure and leadership.
- Be equipped with the knowledge and skills to create robust financial management strategies using contemporary models, tools, and techniques relevant to the healthcare sector.
- Be capable of analyzing healthcare delivery systems, focusing on patient access, quality and safety, cost-effectiveness, and patient/staff satisfaction, and propose improvements.
- Apply principles of organizational development within the healthcare sector, considering critical aspects such as patient care, staff satisfaction, and cost-efficiency.
- Gain insight into various clinical and non-clinical processes within hospital settings and learn how to analyze and improve these operations.
- Apply contemporary models, tools, and techniques in practical healthcare management scenarios.
Modules
This module is designed to introduce candidates to contemporary issues in Healthcare Management and the Leadership needed to succeed in the current marketplace. Candidates will learn about healthcare management and how this may challenge the organizational structure and leadership. On completion of this module, candidates will have developed strategies and good understanding of a robust financial management system using contemporary models, tools and techniques and will have applied their creative skills in a practical context.
Understand the roles, relationships, and delivery models of HR managers in an organizational context.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand healthcare strategies and organisational behavioural aspects, specifically for the healthcare sector.
- Understand healthcare quality, patient safety and prevention of medical errors.
- Understand the quality of leadership required in the healthcare industry, and discuss various leadership styles and approaches available.
- Acquire the essentials of good healthcare financial management principles.
This module is designed to introduce candidates to health care delivery systems’ issues, primarily dealing with three fundamental concerns: patient access to care, quality and safety in the care process, cost of care, patient and staff satisfaction. Organizational development in the healthcare sector has to take into consideration all these vital aspects. Efficient management of hospital operations is critical to the hospital’s success. In this module, students will look at these issues, including improvement approaches that the discipline of healthcare management can offer. In doing that, different types of both clinical and non-clinical processes in hospital settings will have to be understood and analyzed. On completion of this module, candidates should have developed a good knowledge of conceptual pragmatic contemporary models, tools and techniques, which will improve the operational performance of a healthcare organization.
Learning Outcomes
- Critically analyze a healthcare organization’s culture and organizational behavior.
- Conduct a review of change management in the health care delivery environment.
- Evaluate the key measures used to assess healthcare systems and process performance.
- Critically analyze and apply lean tools to improve healthcare processes.
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Upon completing a Diploma in Healthcare Management and Leadership, individuals can progress into higher-level management positions, take on increased responsibilities, and contribute to strategic decision-making in healthcare organizations. This may lead to opportunities for further professional development, leadership roles, and broader influence within the healthcare industry.
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About SQA
The Scottish Qualifications Authority – SQA, sponsored by the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate, has two primary roles: accreditation and qualifications. It accredits credentials other than degrees and approves and guarantees quality to notify bodies that intend to admit individuals for such qualifications. The awarding body, on the other hand, refers to the development and implementation, validation, evaluation, qualifications, and ensuring that they are up to date and that certificates are issued to candidates. Under these functions, the SQA provides a variety of services for companies and training providers, from training courses and central approvals to personalized awards, credit scores, and licensing services.
Why SQA?
- SQA Qualifications are recognised worldwide.
- Qualifications provide clear educational and employment progression pathways and are supported by the industry.
- Provides vocational skills specific to occupations or sectors.
- Each SQA qualification is benchmarked against qualifications on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
About Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK
Why CMI?
- CMI Promotes the highest standards in management and leadership excellence.
- It is the ultimate management accolade backed by a unique royal charter. .
- Provides practical insight for both todays’ leaders and the next generation.
- Currently has 100k active learners and boasts 12000+ Chartered managers.
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Entry Requirements
- A valid bachelor’s degree
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MBA Advantage
Westford Mentorship Program
Westford Mentorship Programme is a reciprocal learning opportunity between our MBA alumni currently in leadership roles in the industry and our day scholars who are pursuing their bachelor’s degree. This programme will allow the mentees to be coached by the mentors, who will share their professional experience, knowledge, and skills with the mentees to help them to achieve their career ambition. It all equates in giving back to the society by having a positive influence in the lives of young people, especially those who are looking for meaningful professions. The Program bridges the gap between academia and the workforce by providing students with an opportunity to engage with experts in their field of interest, ask insightful questions, and enhance their career exploration. Alumni mentoring programs have proven incredibly successful across the globe, however, it will be the first of its kind in the UAE.
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MBA Leaders Toastmasters Club
Westford has a dedicated toastmaster clubs for postgraduate levels to provide you the opportunity to practice, learn, grow, mentor and coach. In this journey you will be a part of a team that is here to encourage, motivate and inspire you.Westford Research and Leadership Bootcamp
To add to the leadership and research quality of its students, Westford has introduced an annual boot camp that aims to fill the gap in knowledge and skills for students who are at a managerial position or are researchers in their field of expertise.Graduation Ceremony in Dubai, UAE
The Annual Westford Felicitation Ceremony La Reussite is held for graduating students of Westford. Students of each university that are partnered with Westford receive a separate felicitation. Speak to Our Admissions Officer to Know More
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