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Overview
The impetus for the MSc Global Healthcare Management course stems from recognition, nationally and internationally, of the unique challenges and complexities facing the next generation of managers and leaders.
The MSc Global Healthcare Management programme has been carefully designed, drawing on the expertise of health, social care and leadership and management from within Coventry University's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. It aims to support and give you the opportunity to enhance your personal/professional attributes, abilities to think creatively and the chance to apply entrepreneurial skills in leading the delivery of quality health and social care services so that you should be able to respond to global health challenges now and in the future.
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The course includes the Global Professional Development module, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Please visit the CMI website for full details on the CMI accreditation.
Students who successfully complete the CMI module and meet the CMI evidence requirements will also gain a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Management and a Level 7 award in Professional Consulting. This will enable you to apply for Chartered Manager status via the qualified route, once all CMI entry criteria have been met (please visit the CMI website for full details on the criteria to qualify as a Chartered Manager and applicable fees).
Coventry University’s accreditation with CMI is currently ongoing for the relevant modules, but is frequently reviewed and monitored by the CMI through their quality systems. If any changes occur with respect to our accreditation related to these modules, we will seek to notify applicants and students as soon as possible
Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
This course includes the Professional Development module. Each of the participating postgraduate courses have an individually tailored version of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Professional Development module.
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Course information
The course has been designed for graduates in a clinical or health/social care related discipline who are interested in the management of health and social care from a global context, or those recruited to senior leader apprenticeship roles within the sector.
The course has been structured to allow you the chance to embrace and integrate knowledge and skills from the fields of health, social care, leadership and management, which can influence and impact the provision of future health and social care services across the globe. The part-time programme will usually be delivered across two years (six semesters) but can be undertaken for up to five years. All modules listed are mandatory.
You will study a range of modules that provide you with an opportunity to develop a detailed understanding of leadership and management, combined with examination of contemporary and global challenges within healthcare management.
You will be supported by a personal tutor throughout your studies and receive individual supervision whilst undertaking the Management Project (General) *.
Modules
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
In more detail...
Learning and teaching will be facilitated by a team of highly qualified and academic staff from within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, who currently have relevant subject expertise in business, health and social care, and management and leadership. Please note that staff are subject to change.
The MSc Global Healthcare Management programme has been carefully designed, drawing on the expertise of health, social care and leadership and management from within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. It aims to support and give you the opportunity to the enhance your personal/professional attributes, abilities to think creatively and the chance to apply entrepreneurial skills, in leading the delivery of quality health and social care services and responding to the global health challenges now and in the future. Interdisciplinary learning is a feature of this programme with students having the chance to study alongside their peers on other MSc programmes delivered within the faculty.
- Offers the chance to explore leadership and management , specifically within the health sector.
- Online, flexible study.
- Course content crafted by experienced educational leaders.
- Designed to provide highly practical learning experiences
- Multiple start dates
- 24/7 access to online learning material
- Designed to provide varied and engaging assessments
- Explore the complexities/new insights of healthcare systems and organisations across the globe, and the political, social, economic, cultural and ethical factors that impact them.
- Opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of different models of healthcare delivery.
- Explore relevant management and leadership theory and originality in its application to the issues faced within healthcare systems, organisations, teams and individuals.
- Originality in the focus of relevant knowledge and consideration of the major challenges facing healthcare across the globe, as part of a management project.
- Explore transferable qualities needed for employment: initiative and personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations, independent learning abilities and commitment to continuing professional development.
- Explore advanced abilities needed to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, using a range of media.
Online study including tutorials, group discussions, engagement with reading materials and case studies.
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which may vary depending upon the module.
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes. Assessments may include online exams, individual assignments or group work elements.
Knowledge and understanding
On successful completion of the programme, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Systems Thinking – encompassing a range of theories and tools to consider the complex economic, environmental, ethical, legal, political, sociological and technological factors and their effects at local, national and international levels upon the effectiveness of systems.
- Comparative studies – encompassing the characteristics and effectiveness of global healthcare systems and their diverse nature, funding, governance, operations and management culture, to build an understanding of comparative success.
- Management – encompassing a range of management theories and tools to analyse practices for effective leadership and management of organisations, including theories, models, frameworks, tasks and roles of management. The rational analysis and other processes of decision making within organisations and in relation to the external context.
- The critical evaluation of theory in relation to management and leadership practice, both in general terms and in the context of the functional specialism.
- The principles of consultancy and theories and practices found in leadership.
Cognitive (thinking) skills
On successful completion of the programme, you should be able to:
- Critically analyse, evaluate and interpret ideas and relevant literature and policies in relation to healthcare management from a global perspective.
- Engage in originality and creativity in tackling and solving problems and decision making in relation to global healthcare contexts and systems.
- Evaluate and prioritise information and knowledge.
- Systematically conduct research on global healthcare management issues demonstrating abilities of critical analysis and synthesis.
- Critically reflect on and evaluate practice and experience.
Practical skills
On successful completion of the programme, you should be able to:
- Communicate and debate effectively, using a variety of media to persuade and influence others.
- Collect relevant and appropriate data, analyse it and present findings.
- Use ICT effectively to search for, retrieve and communicate relevant information in an appropriate form.
- Participate in teamwork, demonstrating abilities of leadership and collaboration with others in order to solve problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Transferable skills
On successful completion of the programme, you should be able to demonstrate:
- Personal capabilities: the skills of presentation, independent learning and self-management for life-long career development.
- Interpersonal capabilities: advanced communication skills: the skills to communicate effectively in a variety of situations.
- Interpersonal capabilities: - working with others: the ability to work positively as a member of a team and be a reflective practitioner in order to demonstrate self-awareness and confidence.
- Vocational capabilities: the ability to appreciate the values, culture, structure and processes of work organisations relevant to their areas of study.
- Numerical capabilities: the ability to interpret and present numerical data and apply a range of numerical techniques appropriate to the nature of the work you are likely to pursue.
- Information technology capabilities: the ability to make confident use of computer-based systems, for textual, graphical and numerical information, appropriate to the nature of the work you are likely to pursue.
- Innovative and problem-solving capabilities: the ability to apply transferable skills to the execution of individual and group projects involving the definition, analysis and resolution of complex problems.
Each 20 credit module will consist of around 200 hours activities. The activity time will be made up of a mixture of guided and self-guided study. Students will have access to an experienced team of tutors and lecturers who will support their studies. Each module will have dedicated online tutorials to support the learning.
Please refer to the University's webpages regarding our response to Covid-19, for UK students and for International students.
Entry Requirements
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This course may incur additional costs associated with any equipment, materials, bench fees, studio or facilities hire.
For students commencing this course from September 2021, please note that the University’s and CU Group’s Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions will be updated for the 2021/2022 academic year. The updated Terms and Conditions will be sent to students in their offer letter and will be updated on the website.
Career prospects
Successfully completing a Global Healthcare Management MSc is an excellent way to build leadership and management capabilities for those wishing to pursue careers within healthcare, social care and third sector organisations.
Graduate Immigration Route visa
Based on current information from the UK Government, international students whose study extends beyond summer 2021 may be eligible for a visa under the UK Government's Graduate Immigration Route, which should enable students to stay and work, or look for work, in the UK at any skill level for up to two (2) years. Check the most up to date guidance available to check your eligibility and any updates from the UK Government before making an application or enrolment decision.
Where our graduates work
The learning and development demanded aims to give graduates the skills for senior-level employment, be it related to a discreet service department or hospital unit, private or publicly funded hospital or service or healthcare company.
It encourages students to develop the skill set for posts in, for example, local, regional, national or even international government policy-making bodies (for example professional bodies, ministries of health, World Health Organization), upon successful completion.
Opportunities within health-related industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry, may also be relevant for some graduates.
Disclaimer
By accepting your offer of a place and enrolling with Coventry University, a Student Contract will be formed between you and Coventry University. A copy of the student contract will be made available to you via the dedicated Admissions Teams, during the enquiry/application stage. The Contract details your rights and the obligations you will be bound by during your time as a student and contains the obligations that the University will owe to you. You should read the Contract before you accept an offer of a place and before you enrol with the University.
Postgraduate UK/EU students
The tuition fee for the course that is stated on the course webpage and in the prospectus will apply. If the duration of the course is longer than one academic year, we may increase the fee for each subsequent year of study but any such increases will be no more than inflation. Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, EU students should be aware that there may be a change to UK laws following the UK’s exit, this may change their student status, their eligibility to study part time, and/or their eligibility for student finance. We will act in accordance with the UK’s laws in force in relation to student tuition fees and finance from time to time.
Postgraduate international students
The tuition fee that is stated on the course webpage and in the prospectus for the first year of study will apply. We will review our tuition fees each year. For international students, we may increase fees for each subsequent year of study but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation.
