Healthcare Management (Hons), B.Sc.

Overview

In the ever-challenging field of healthcare, this advanced programme gives you the opportunity to expand your knowledge and make the move into leadership.

The Healthcare Management (Hons) programme at the University of Essex Online ensures you gain an understanding of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, whilst also gaining management skills that will equip you to progress your career to the next level.

Throughout the course you will explore the societal responsibility, policies and sustainability in both health and healthcare management.

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

• the political, economic, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare improvements.

• understanding of the importance, scope and significance of the strategic business process applied to organisations.

• understanding a range of diseases from a scientific perspective.

• the global distribution of key diseases and their causes.

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

• the theories and concepts utilised for effective project management.

Finally, in your healthcare management dissertation you will have the opportunity to design, develop and prepare a research project on a health-related topic that is of interest to you.

Your future

With the Healthcare Management degree, you’ll be able to progress in a broad range of healthcare and associated management environments.

You may want to consider careers in  public, private or community healthcare services globally; or you could build your career in a variety of management contexts such as hospital, project or programme management.

The skills and knowledge obtained from studying this programme are also highly sought after by employers from a wide range of careers in business and health.