Program Mission
Graduating an efficient, effective, and professional cadres, able to apply educational, research, and consulting programs in the field of health services administration and hospitals, as well as, developing and modernizing administrative processes in the health organizations and competition in the labor market locally and regionally, through qualified academic cadres that are committed to the values of Cooperation, Scientific Secretariat, excellence, and Sincerity, and modern and developing curriculums.
Program Educational Objectives
- Prepare administrative leaders, who are qualified intellectually, professionally, and scientifically, specializing in health services administration
- Equip students with applied skills, and scientific research skills in health administration, that are aimed at addressing issues of health systems and institutions at all levels.
- Develop moral values of students that are necessary to manage and operate the various health facilities, and enhance the principles of scientific integrity in preparing research.
- Meet the needs of the Yemeni health sector (private and public) of intellectually and professionally qualified cadres that are specialized in the health services administration field, to serve economic and social development, and to reduce depends entirely on external expertise.
- Improve the quality of health care services and raising the level of performance of health sector organizations, through enhancing the capabilities of health organizations and facilities to use prioritizing, and allocating resources efficiently, with awareness of the financial implications of operational decisions, and achieving a balance between supply and demand for health service.
- Identify and develop solutions for complex and challenging problems and improve the capabilities of dealing with scientific and modern methods, which could enhance the role of the health services sector to serve the national economy.
Program information
Graduates Attributes
Upon successful completion of an undergraduate this program, graduates will be able to
- Advanced managing strategically: create and articulate a vision for organizational strategy, working across business functions and systems and professional groups to develop operational plans.
- Exercise creative thinking and enterprise skills to identify new solutions for current and future needs. Demonstrate impact, excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Leadership: understanding roles and leadership styles as a set of practices in context; build relationships and collaboration, facilitate teamwork, develop awareness of individual needs and differences.
- Changing and Development: think creatively to develop solutions for complex and challenging problems and implement options. Implement change effectively including sustained innovation adoption and implementation.
- Advance Economic thinking and financial awareness: understanding economic behavior in the healthcare industry; using, prioritizing and allocating resources efficiently, with awareness of the financial implications of operational decisions
- Evaluation and judgment: evaluate evidence and arguments in situations of complexity and use judgment in appraising the potential impact of initiatives in complex and dynamic social systems and competitive healthcare environments.
- Academic writing and Research skills: undertake managerial research to identify tools, models, and frameworks for use in operational management and original research to comprehensively and methodically investigate health management issues using research methods
Study system
4 Academic Terms
Total credit hours required to award the degree – 39 Credit Hours
Graduate awarded
Master in Health Administration
Coordinator
Prof. Muneer M. Al-Wsabi
Program Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)
Knowledge and Understanding
- Demonstrates knowledge of concepts, theories and methods (administrative, informational, accounting, financial, statistically and economic) that are applied in the health services administration and scientific research
- Explains the concepts of (disease, public health, health care, medical care, drugs, medical risk and health care systems).
- Illustrates the administrative, intellectual, human, and technical skills of the leadership positions that are related to health services administration and hospitals
- Defines the various types and nature of health services, and the required methods to provide, manage, and evaluate them
- Shows the rules and ethics of practice that are related to the provision of health services and hospital management
Cognitive/ Intellectual Skills
- Analyzes and evaluates various models of management, finance, and supplies of health services provided in health organizations and facilities based on standards of modern analysis tools and methods, in addition, conducting local and international comparisons for health services and hospital management systems, in order to, promote quality healthcare, and ensure its development and improvement
- Extrapolates the solutions based on the knowledge of the health and administrative problems in the health organizations and facilities, and its various departments
- Evaluates the professional and administrative performance in various health sector`s organizations and facilities.
- Determines the impact of economics, ethics, professional standards, rules of financial management, and health insurance on the health service administration and hospitals
Practical and Professional Skills
- Implements the methods (administrative, financial, accounting, economic, statistical) in scientific studies and research, to evaluate practices in health administration, and ensure that the available resources (human, financial, material, technological) are used, and allocated efficiently and effectively, with awareness of the financial implications of operational decisions, in order to provide a high-quality, low-cost health service and achieve accumulated knowledge in the scientific aspect
- Uses Health information systems in monitoring, evaluation, planning, problem-solving and rational decision-making in the managing, delivering of health services and enhancing knowledge of healthcare staffs
- Applies the principles and standards of total quality and accreditation in health services organizations.
- Prepares plans, policies, and health work procedures, in order to meet the expected needs and desires of patients from health services that correspond applicable globally, in such a manner as to limit medical errors, in addition to managing risks and crises efficiently and effectively
General and Transferable Skills
- Communicates effectively with others in the fields of health services administration and hospitals.
- Practices ethical and professional behaviour in the health services administration and hospitals
- Discusses in a constructive scientific manner
- Self-learning to develop his own skills and takes benefit from the experiences of others
- Uses health information technology appropriately, in communication, scientific research and health services administration and hospitals
