Healthcare Management and Leadership University of Worcester

Overview

The Healthcare Management and Leadership programme from University of Worcester offers learning opportunities delivered by experts from the School of Allied Health and Community, Worcester Business School, and School of Psychology, bringing together key theories of leadership and management with specific relevance to health systems and social and community care provision. By providing a flexible, multidisciplinary approach within a supportive environment, our MSc enables healthcare professionals across the sector to learn with and from each other, develop professional networks, and advance their own practice.

Key features

• Supportive learning environment that nurtures students’ confidence to shape future health, social, and community care

• Modules which develop critical reflection, originality, critique, and synthesis to advance decision-making skills in complex healthcare settings

• Challenges students’ values and attitudes to develop new ways of thinking in relation to service design, implementation of change, patient safety, and risk management

• Examines contemporary policy, practice, leadership, and management theories and how to apply them to real-world situations

• Explores the principles, approaches, strategies, and techniques for analysing, designing, and managing complex essential healthcare organisations

• Provides essential knowledge for managing the integration of people, systems, and technologies that ensure the delivery of consistent, high-quality healthcare

• Develops students’ career progression as managers and leaders within healthcare

Where could it take you?

Almost all students are already in employment therefore the focus is on introducing more effective ways of working within your Trusts and employing organisations. The programme equips you to develop in your existing roles, within your area of practice and to progress into strategic and leadership roles. 

As part of the journey of professional and role development we encourage students to continue on their academic journey through access to a range of higher degrees including PhD, clinical doctorate and other taught doctorates.