Course Details


Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management (Part-Time)
GHM


Managing a present day hospital is a complex task. With rapid changes taking place in medical research and techniques, the facilities and services have also undergone significant changes. Hospital managers are therefore faced with managing a vast range of services, changing patient profiles, high cost of procuring and servicing equipments and people management.

This Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management programme is designed to equip healthcare working professionals with a comprehensive knowledge of the 10 essential areas in healthcare management. It covers the core knowledge and skills that healthcare executives are expected to have for effective hospital management.

If you are seeking to widen your knowledge and your professional standing in the field of healthcare, look no further. This course will give you a broad-based education in healthcare management. You will also learn from hospital leaders with rich industry knowledge and experience.

This programme will certainly give you a distinct advantage when pursing a management career in the healthcare industry.


Upon completion of the programme, you will have the knowledge and confidence to contribute effectively to the management of your healthcare organization and the attainment of organizational goals.


1. Duration: Part-time, 3 lessons per week over 9 months
2. Yearly Intakes: October
3. Teacher : Student ratio - 1:25


The course consists of 10 modules and each module consists of 30 hours. The total curriculum hours are 300.

• EHM 101 Healthcare Management
• EHM 102 Patient Safety
• EHM 103 Healthcare Quality
• EHM 104 Healthcare Operations
• EHM 105 Human Resource Management in Healthcare
• EHM 106 Financial Management in Healthcare
• EHM 107 Professionalism and Ethics in Healthcare
• EHM 108 Information Technology in Healthcare
• EHM 109 Healthcare Business
• EHM 110 Healthcare Operations Research


• Healthcare professionals currently working in a healthcare
institutions who do not have a formal education in healthcare
• Adults working in a healthcare related industry who do not
have a formal education in healthcare


• Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management

* Approved by Ministry of Education, Singapore


The entry criteria are:

• At least a Diploma from a recognized university or institution and have preferably 2 years of working experience in the healthcare sector.

* Applicants who do not meet the above requirements may also apply, but will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.


• Assignment
• Examination


Parkway College, Jalan Bukit Merah


a. Singaporeans and Permanent Residents : S$5,350

b. Application fee :S$107

* All fees quoted are inclusive of prevailing Government Goods & Service Tax