Emergency Health Services Management Dalhousie University

Overview

Dalhousie University 's Diploma of Emergency Health Services Management programme provides current and future EHS leaders with the range of knowledge and skills required to effectively lead in a variety of Emergency and Disaster contexts.

Explore the many facets of emergency healthcare, including:

• Strategy and Planning

• Budget and finance

• Legal considerations

• Management processes

• Operations and resourcing

• Systems design

Designed with working professionals in mind, the diploma can be taken over the course of one year, or through a range of more flexible part-time options.

Programme options

The DEHSM can be completed full-time in one-year or on a part-time basis. Some students start by earning one, or both, of our 3-credit certificates in EHS Planning and EHS Management, and apply the credits they’ve earned toward the DEHSM. The credits you earn as part of the DEHSM may be transferred to other undergraduate programmes.

What you will learn

The DEHSM is a 10-credit, one-year programme that is delivered completely online. In your first semester you’ll start by exploring topics related to healthcare planning and finances as well as laws pertaining to health. In your second semester you’ll dive into more in-depth topics such as management processes and human resources issues pertaining to EHS. 

The DEHSM provides current and future EHS leaders with the range of knowledge and skills required to effectively lead in a variety of emergency and disaster contexts.  

Careers

The DEHSM was designed by EHS professionals.

Possible careers include:

• emergency health services

• emergency planning roles 

• managerial roles in EHS, disaster, or management agencies

The diploma provides an excellent foundation for those students interested in the Master of Health Administration programme, which prepares students with the administrative skills and academic knowledge to assume leadership roles in either the private or public healthcare sectors.