Certificate in Primary Health Care Management (Part time, one or two years)
Recently appointed to a management, administrator or team leader job in primary care and wanting to improve your skills and knowledge?
Working in primary care, general practice, or community health services and seeking to undertake management responsibilities in the future? Or looking for an opportunity for professional development.
Why not think about joining a highly interactive course of 15-20 students starting end of September 2008?
Sign up to a 9 month programme, completing in July 2009, and follow the 110 former students who have been helped to develop as managers and supervisors in primary care.
The course aims to provide a first level management qualification to participants who will normally have worked for at least one year at or above senior receptionist level in general practice, or have similar experience in another primary care setting. What are definitely required are commitment, enthusiasm and an ability to complete a course of study.
Learning is built around five modules of three days. Please see provisional dates.
- Managing Self and Others
- Information Management and Technology
- Management Tools and Techniques
- Managing Finance
- Managing Services and Patient Involvement
The course is accredited by Queen Mary, University of London. The course fees for 2008-09 are £1452 and £2178 for overseas students. A 50% subsidy is available for students working in primary care in the NHS London sector. That is, the fee for NHS London students for 2008-09 is £726. It is up to NHS London students to approach their employers for support with this £726. Overseas students* working in NHS London sector also receive the £726 subsidy, thus the fee they need to pay is £1452 for 2008-09.
Applications are invited for the September 2008 intake. Admission to this course is through application forms and informal interviews, which will be arranged in the summer 2008.
If you wish to discuss the course in more detail after you have read the information, please contact Nicci Iacovou, Course Leader.
Tel: 020 7882 2530, n.iacovou@qmul.ac.uk
You can also contact Shirley Dryden, Course Administrator.
Tel: 020 7882 2530, Fax: 020 7882 2552, s.a.dryden@qmul.ac.uk
*Because the rules regarding fee classification are complex and are constantly changing, we are unable to advise you on your possible status. If you have any questions about your fee classification, you should contact:
Graduate School Office, The Admissions and Recruitment Office, Room CB02, Queens Building, Mile End, E1 4NS
Tel: 020 7882 5377, Fax: 020 7882 5588