Scope of Health Care

Health care management is one of the most exciting and enriching field and the term “healthcare industry” has not remained limited to merely the medical staff, but has rather extended far beyond the realm of hospitals, with the integration of other sectors that provide goods and services relevant to curative, preventive, palliative, and rehabilitative care. Healthcare management takes care of all the administrative needs of medical institutions. There can be several roles of healthcare managers that include staffing, accounting, planning, marketing, public relations, human resource management, etc. The primary aim of healthcare management is to ensure the delivery of quality healthcare services in the most cost-effective manner. The scope of healthcare management professionals basically involves management of the internal affairs of the hospital or medical institutions. After completing Masters in health care, students can work as follows:
Health care Manager: Supervision is the main task of a health care manager.
Hospital administrator: Activities of all the departments are monitored and integrated by the administrator so that the whole organization works excellently.
Hospital/ Health project manager or health care finance manager: responsibility as a manager may involve planning, directing and supervising day-to-day operations along with facilitating daily financial operations, budgets, and analysis.

Masters in Health Care Management

MHCM course is designed to meet the needs of advanced level management practices and researches as required for health care & non-health care graduates. It is a blend of advanced level theories and practices with support of compulsory practicum and research program. It provides a wider spectrum of health and specific knowledge of management theory in health care management with IT backup.

Objectives
The MHCM program in the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) of Pokhara University is devoted to impart theoretical - cum - practical knowledge in Health Care Management. Specially, the program aims at:
• To Prepare students to upgrade professional level and managerial position either in Health Care Management or in Hospital Management..
• To Inculcate a Positive attitude, abilities and practical skills so essential for a competent and responsible manager into students.
• To prepare students to take position as the chief of the Hospital Management: Hospital Administrator in middle-sized hospitals, health projects or unit chiefs of large- scale health care organizations.

The duration of MHCM is 2 years with 4 semesters.

Eligibility Criteria
Bachelor Degree in Health Care Management or PGDHCM or any Doctors (MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BPT, Homeopathy and Naturopathy).

Curriculum Structure:

Code Semester I
MGT 521 Health Care Organization & Management
HOM 511 Hospital Service Management
HEM 512 Health Economics
HEM 511 Public Health Program Management

Elective I (1 course 3.0 Credits)
HEM 542 Health Environment
HEM 543 Health Communication
HEM 544 Health System & Policy

"Code Semester II
MGT 611 Health Financing and Insurance
MGT 561 HRD & Organization Development in Health Care
HEM 541 Information Technology in Healthcare System
HOM 551 Quality Management in Healthcare Organization

Elective II (1 course 3.0 Credits)
HOM 591 Safety & Disaster Management
HEM 592 Health Project management
HEM 593 Independent Research/Study on Selected Topic

Code Semester III
HEM 551 Research Methodology in Health Care
HGT 612 Healthcare Marketing
HEM 611 Strategic Health Care Management
HEM 552 Health Care Evaluation

Elective III (1 course 3.0 Credits)
HEM 641 Recent Development in Health Care
MGT 641 Leadership & Good Governance
HOM 611 Logistic and Supply Chain Management
HEM 642 Epidemiology and Bio-statistics

Code Semester IV
HOM 691 Practicum
HEM 691 Thesis


Admission Procedure
Eligibility: MHCM (Master of Health Care Management): BHCM, MBBS, PGDHCM, BAMS, BPT, Homeopathy, naturopathy or any Bachelor Degree in Health Science.

Entrance will take by Pokhara University in March and September (Fall and Spring Session) each year.

Entrance Notice will publish in daily newspaper, website of Pokhara University [www.pu.edu.np], and National Open College web page and Facebook: [www.fb.com/noccollege]

Exam Type:
• For fee paying: Written exam, 100 MCQs with 5 options- Verbal ability 25, Quantitative ability 25,
Logical Reasoning 25, and General Awareness 25; Time available - 2 hrs.

• For Scholarship: Written exam, 150 MCQs with 5 options- Verbal ability 40, Quantitative ability 40,
Logical Reasoning 40, and General Awareness 30; Time available - 3 hrs.

Application Form and Payment: The candidates shall collect and submit application form in the college with paying form charge in Nabil Bank Ltd.; Account of National Open College; A/c No. 0801013044801. (Current A/C)