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Stellenbosch University

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care Management

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care Management in Health Professions is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Subjects: 10.

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care Management offered by Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Programme description
The purpose of the programme is to prepare you for advanced and specialised professional employment within the health system, and to develop your knowledge and skills in health care management at an advanced level in an applied work setting. The curriculum is based on workplace leadership and managerial roles. Assignments are practical and applied, and include an applied professional assignment which resembles workplace experience and challenges in health care organisations.

The postgraduate diploma provides a strong conceptual foundation for theoretically and methodologically grounded engagements with applied concerns regarding health care management, and sets you up for professional work or further academic study.

This programme is hosted by the Division of Health Systems and Public Health in the Department of Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The programme consists of a core set of modules, with a practical assignment by means of a health management report.

Programme content
All modules are compulsory; 60 credits are prescribed for the first year, and a further 60 credits for the second year. The health management report will be incorporated into one of the second-year modules.

Health Systems, Policy and Financing (10)
Leadership and Innovation in Health Care (10)
Strategy, Marketing and Communication (10)
Managing Self and Others for Optimal Service Delivery (10)
Evidence and Information in Health Management (10)
Financial Leadership and Governance for Effective Health Care Delivery (10)
Managing Operations (10)
Managing Health Technology and Infrastructure (10)
Quality Improvement, Clinical Governance and Patient Care (10)
Project Management (10)
Health Management Report (20)

Assessment and examination
Each module is assessed by means of assessment in the form of:

• class tests;
• short assignments during tutorials;
• individual and group participation; and
• longer written assignments before or after the contact sessions for a particular module.