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MSc/PGDip Leadership and Management for Healthcare Practice

MSc/PGDip Leadership and Management for Healthcare Practice

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Full time | University of Salford | 1 year | 16-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Paramedical Services / Supplementary Medicine Health Studies Nursing Management Skills (Specific) Health Service Administration / Management

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Effective leadership and management do not happen by chance. This practice-related course will help you develop the knowledge, skills and qualities to be an effective health care leader. This leadership and management course is designed to give you the confidence to try new and creative approaches to the workplace, deal with complex leadership situations and provide effective patient and service outcomes.

The course is aimed at all health care professionals including nurses, midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, radiographers and health care scientists who want to develop the knowledge, skills and qualities to be an effective health care leader.

The full course runs full-time or part-time over one year giving you the chance to exit with the following awards:

Full-time:

  • Postgraduate Diploma: four modules over eight months
  • Masters: four modules plus a dissertation over one year

Part-time:

  • Postgraduate Diploma: four modules over two years
  • Masters: four modules plus a dissertation over three years

You will:

  • Gain the confidence to try new and creative approaches
  • Learn how to deal with complex leadership situations and provide effective patient and service outcomes
  • Transform patient and service outcomes at a local level
  • Understand your organisation and become an effective leader
  • Explore the challenges and opportunities to influence policy which impacts on patient and service outcomes

WHAT YOUNEED TO KNOW

APPLICANT PROFILE

This practice-related, master's course is aimed at all health care professionals including nurses, midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, radiographers and health care scientists who want to develop the knowledge, skills and qualities to be an effective health care leader.

Typically, an applicant is normally a qualified health care professional currently working in middle management or wanting to move up to middle/senior management within or outside of the current organisation. Some applicants are already managers and want the formal qualification to support the role they are already doing.

Students can also exit with PGDip awards

Modules

In this module students understand yourself as a leader and improve your personal leadership knowledge, skills and qualities. The module covers areas such as leadership and management approaches, narrative analysis, emotional intelligence and effective leadership.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,550

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£15,750

Entry requirements

Students need to have a bachelor’s degree with honours from a UK university or an equivalent academic or professional qualification (if applicable) from the UK or elsewhere i.e. incorporating study at least comparable to 120 credits at honours level as so deemed by the Board of College or a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate from a UK university. We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/ traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully. The University requires that applicants must have satisfactory references related to the intended vocational course regarding their ability to complete the course and appropriate position within their organisation.

University information

The University of Salford is an innovative, modern university located in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. Students at Salford benefit from the expertise of top academics and an array of industry contacts on the university’s taught and research courses. Students who study at Salford will join a postgraduate community of more than 3,000 students from over 150 countries worldwide, contributing directly to the university’s domestic...more