WHO SHOULD APPLY

Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, quantitative health geographers, risk assessors, students.

DURATION

5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

• Define the concept of hospital administration and management
• Analyse the roles and challenges of various components of a hospital
• Describe the  management principles and approaches used in hospitals
• Apply quality management models in hospitals
• Appreciate the role of HMIS in hospitals and how to generate, analyse and use information for planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of health outcomes
• Undertake a project to address hospital administration challenges in a selected department in a hospital

COURSE CONTENT

• Challenges of hospital administration
• Hospital governance
• Administration of inpatient services
• Administration of outpatient services
• Ward and theatre administration
• Health management information systems in hospitals
• Materials management
• Human resource management
• Financial management
• Time management
• Quality management in hospitals
• Hospital Management Information Systems
• Hospital administration during disaster
• Hospital administration with a focus on MDGs
• Strategic management in hospitals

REQUIREMENTS

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. 

METHODOLOGY

The instructor-led training are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.