About this degree
The MBA Executive Programme Health offers the same quality MBA experience that our face-to-face programme offers. The key difference is that we have designed this programme for busy professionals who need an online flexible mode of delivery but want to be assured they get the academic rigour and business practical skills of a face-to-face MBA in health.
This programme will build on your previous management experience as well as education through the development of an integrated approach to management and business in the health sector.
This programme is designed to give you the next level of health and healthcare knowledge and experience across the entire programme so that you can develop competencies and attributes of an MBA Executive Programme Health graduate while attaining the application and contextualisation that is meaningful for health services and improved patient outcomes.
Who this course is for
Our EMBA Health programme is for ambitious individuals who are determined to become exceptional leaders in healthcare. You may be a manager, clinician, business specialist or medical consultant looking to elevate your career in the public or private health sector. You could have some experience in healthcare management or leadership, with ambitions to lead at a higher level. You may also be a professional with work experience in any sector, intent on pivoting your career direction via this EMBA. When reviewing EMBA Health applications, we will assess your eligibility for the programme based on a combination of your academic credentials, work experience, personal statement, admissions interview and references.
What this course will give you
The Global Health Project and Health Consultant Project modules are composite projects on one topic which is the equivalent of 30 credits each.
The Global Health Research Project allows you to focus on a health project to develop ideas, innovations and possible solutions to a health question in collaborations with other students on the programme. This project will ensure you gain practice of putting theory into practice, and requires students to synthesise their learning in the programme while gaining invaluable team skills to come up with a well-researched, empirically valid research paper.
The Health Consultant module allows you to test your abilities as a consultant working with a real world organisations that is selected to complement their career aspirations. You will demonstrate your ability to understand a problem articulated by the organisation, use your project management skills to investigate, gather information, research and write up a convincing solution.
We believe that the peer-to-peer learning with other professionals with management experience will create an invaluable dynamic that will challenge your thinking and generate innovation that you can take to your workplace even before you finish the programme.
