Healthcare Management

Overview

Throughout this Healthcare Management CertHE program from  University of Essex Online , you’ll gain awareness of topical healthcare subjects whilst starting to build links with contemporary healthcare problems and their interaction with business and management. You’ll also gain a fundamental understanding of management topics including finance, human resource management and business management.

You will learn to recognise the key contemporary challenges associated with healthcare management, as well as how to communicate your ideas both orally and in the context of a written presentation.

Throughout this course, you’ll explore a broad range of topics including:

• the principles of management in delivering healthcare services.

• exploring the factors that determine individual, group and population level health outcomes.

• the importance of leadership and teamwork in theory and practice.

• understanding the global burden of disease.

• evaluating your academic, personal and professional skills.

Career opportunities:

On completion of this CertHE Healthcare Management, you’ll be able to enter roles in various healthcare and associated management environments. This could be in public, private or community healthcare services – or in hospital, project or programme management. 

Alternatively, the skills you gain are highly sought after by employers in the business and health sectors.