Overview
The field of healthcare is undergoing unprecedented changes, marked by technological advancements, evolving treatment modalities, new regulations, and innovative healthcare delivery models.
In response to these dynamics, healthcare leaders must possess the skills to evaluate and navigate the impact of diverse delivery models and major service programmes within specific disease areas.
Introduction
This programme explores the diverse and complex challenges that confront national and regional healthcare leaders and imparts the skills and frameworks needed to implement new processes, organizational designs, and leadership strategies.
Join us to broaden perspectives and align your corporate strategies with the latest global trends, identify new opportunities for innovation, and address your African Healthcare challenges more effectively.
A course for African Senior leaders of Health from Public, Private, and non-governmental organizations would like to be game changers for the sector.
Programme Objective
The Advanced Healthcare Management Programme is designed to explore the multifaceted challenges faced by regional healthcare leaders. It equips participants with the frameworks and skills necessary to implement new processes, organizational designs, and leadership strategies.
Target Participants
This Programme is tailored for senior leaders in the health sector from public, private, and non-governmental organizations across Africa. The aim is to empower these leaders to become catalysts for positive change within the sector.
Reasons to Join
Authentic Contexts for Discussion
This programme employs various learning methodologies to broaden perspectives, align corporate strategies with global trends, identify innovative opportunities, and effectively address healthcare challenges specific to Africa.
International Peer Network
Participants will gain insights through interactions with senior executives from around the world. The exchange of experiences and visions empowers them to collaborate more effectively and persuasively.
Reflect on your Leadership
This programme encourages participants to step back, rethink leadership approaches, and venture beyond their comfort zones. Coaching sessions provide valuable guidance.
Global Health Innovation Challenge
Engage in innovative project-based activities with individual feedback, fostering new knowledge and perspectives to become a game changer in global health.
Practical Exposure to local and international Organizations enterprises and systems
Programme Delivery
The curriculum is delivered through theme-oriented modules that combine facilitated sessions, practical case studies and skills building. The sessions balance knowledge and skills and are structured and delivered in participant cantered rather than facilitator led way. As such the course is highly participatory and based on principles of adult learning.
Throughout the modules, participants can share their thoughts and experiences openly and learn from one another as much as they learn from the facilitators. In addition, every opportunity is made to invite guest speakers to share relevant and interesting practical experiences with the course participants.
Focusing as it does on leadership with management content, the course stresses the development of Personal Leadership Skills development in all its modules and uses the Adaptive Leadership Model.
The programme spans multiple modules, including Understanding the Global Health Systems, Strategy for Global Healthcare Managers, Trends in Global HRM, Building Excellence in Operations, Supply Chain Management, Focus on Recent Trends in Global Health Innovation and Change, Specialization Modules, and more.
It adopts the blended learning approach (both in-person and virtual learning).
Programme Structure
The programme spans multiple modules, including Understanding the Global Health Systems, Strategy for Global Healthcare Managers, Trends in Global HRM, Building Excellence in Operations, Supply Chain Management, Focus on Recent Trends in Global Health Innovation and Change, Specialization Modules, and more.
| Module | Topic | Mode of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managing Health Systems for Sustainable Access, Coverage, Quality, and Safety; Access to Essential Medicines, Digital and Novel Technologies | In-Person |
| 2 | Health Financing, Health Workforce Development, Effective Health Information Systems | Virtual |
| 3 | Comparative Health Systems | An international module that involves international visits to expose participants to different health systems for benchmarking |
| 4 | Specialization Modules (pick at least 2):
|
Virtual |
| 5 | Leadership and Governance | In-Person |
Candidates undergo pre-course work, providing a formal introduction to the Programme. This includes sharing case studies and personal assessment insights to prepare participants for the program’s commencement.
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Key Details
2024 Dates:
Module 1: 15 – 19 Apr (In-Person)
Module 2: 3 – 6 June & 10 – 13 June (Virtual)
Module 3: 2 – 6 August (International Trip)
Module 5: 23 – 26 September & 30 September – 30 October (Virtual)
Module 6: 2 – 5 December (In-Person)
In between modules, there are mentoring/coaching sessions. Within the six-month period after graduation, the participants have at least two mentoring/coaching sessions and one alumni meeting.
Mode: In-person
Cost (In-person): Kshs 650,000
For more information on the programme contact us on
- Email: sbshealthcare@strathmore.edu/ gokora@strathmore.edu
- Phone:+254 713 878 524 (Cell)
