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Managing in a Healthcare Context

Explore leadership and management in a healthcare context

  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    8 hours

How can healthcare leaders approach management of healthcare organisations?

This short course will give you the opportunity to critically explore strategic and evidence-based management in healthcare. You will look at strategy development and the benefits of strategic management. The course will also give you the opportunity to explore operational management within healthcare including project management, planning, design, implementation and performance monitoring. You will use a number of tools to apply this learning to work-based scenarios.

What topics will you cover?

  • Strategy in healthcare
  • Strategic thinking and planning
  • Benefits of strategic management
  • Operational and project management in healthcare

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the development of strategy for healthcare organisations
  • Apply project management processes in healthcare
  • Develop an understanding of operational management theory and critically apply to case studies

Who is the course for?

For healthcare professionals and administrators wishing to progress into middle or senior management roles, as well as policy makers, executives, consultants and service providers in the health sector.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

Ike teaches healthcare leadership & management. A Senior Fellow of HEA; he brings over 15 years of leadership and management experience in global health and development practice and higher education.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992
  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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