Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)

Description

The Master of Hospital Administration programme (MHA) aims to develop a cadre of professional managers for the rapidly growing hospital and healthcare sector. The VUCA world compels hospitals and healthcare organizations to employ qualified managers with wide and divergent skills. The MHA programme prepares students for leadership roles in the hospital sector through providing training in planning, operational and project management of hospitals, including orientation to the managerial aspects of clinical and support services. The programme also imparts training in managing financial, material and information systems in hospital settings and builds the perspectives, professional values and skills needed for managing people. The students are required to undergo three internships of 8 weeks during the two years in different hospital settings, which are aimed to enhance knowledge by integrating classroom learning to practice. All are required to undergo three internship placements arranged by the school anywhere in the country. The MHA degree is designed to be completed in four semesters spanning over two years. The students of the MHA programme find jobs to manage a variety of specialised services in hospitals, both in the private and in government sectors. Their job description includes managing various departments of large hospitals as well as planning and designing new services and new hospitals. In the past, students have found employment in leading corporate-and trust-run hospitals in various states of India. In recent years, career opportunities opened up in various other sectors such as hospital consultancy, health care IT, Health technology, and health insurance.

Program Objectives :

1. To enable students to understand hospital as a social organisation apart from it being a medical organization.
2. Impart conceptual and practical perspective to understand hospital as a complex adaptive system.
3. Training students to look into the management of resources like man. Money, Materials to achieve predetermined objectives of hospitals
4. Orientation on fast changing social. Political, economic environment on the functioning of hospital and health care organizations

Program Outcomes :

1. Develop professionals with emotional intelligence to work in the dynamic environment of hospitals and health care organisations
2. The professionals coming out of program can work in the areas of operations, Materials, Marketing, Business development in hospital and healthcare organizations. They can also work as administrators of Midsize - large sized hospitals across functional areas.
3. The program will build competency to work in consultancy organization pertaining to hospital. Health care, healthcare IT, hospital planning.

Distribution of Credit Hours:

Year	Details	Credits
First	Foundation Course	4
	School-based Foundation Course	5
	Management Basic Courses	5
	Hospital Administration Courses	16
	Internships	7
	Choice Based Courses 4	4
Second	Hospital Administration Courses	16
	Internships	14
	Research Dissertation	6
	Disciplinary Electives	4
Total Credits		81

Semesterwise Courses:

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
SEMESTER I
FC	Foundation Course	4
SFC 01	Social Science Perspectives on Health	2
SFC 02	Basic Economics and Health Economics	3
MBC 01	Financial and Management Accounting	3
MBC 02	Organisational Behaviour	2
HO 01	Principles of Management for Hospitals	2
HO 02	Research Methodology for Hospitals	2
HO 03	Organisation and Administration of Supportive Services	2
HO 04	Organisation and Administration of Clinical and Super Specialty Services.	2
Total Credits (SEMESTER I)		22
SEMESTER II
HO 05	Materials and Medical Technology Management	2
HO 06	Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics	2
HO 07	Hospital Information Services	2
HO 10	Hospital Planning and Programme Management	2
CBCS	Elective Foundation	2
CBCS	Open Elective	2
	Research Dissertation (Phase-1)	2
	First Internship (8 Weeks)	7
Total Credits (SEMESTER II)		21
SEMESTER III
HO 08	Human Resources Management and Labour Legislation	2
HO 16	Health Insurance and Risk Management	2
HO 11	Quality Management in Hospitals/Healthcare services	2
HO 12	Management Analytics and Operations Research	2
HO 13	Legal Framework for Hospitals	2
HO 15	Marketing Management & Business Development Strategies	2
	Second Internship (8 Weeks)	7
	Research Dissertation (Phase-2)	2
Total Credits (SEMESTER III)		21

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
SEMESTER IV
HO 14	Financial Management	2
HO 09	Ethics and Equity for Hospitals	2
Disciplinary Electives (Any 2	Urban Health	4
	Mental Health
	Strategic Management
	Operations Management and Organisational Development
	Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Consultancy Management
	Third Internship (8 Weeks)	7
	Research Dissertation (Phase-3)	2
Total Credits (SEMESTER IV)		17
Total Credits (SEMESTER I+II+II+III+IV)		81

Note:

1. The list indicating the total number of credits, list of CBCS/ Swayam courses and semester-wise listing of courses is provisional, and may undergo some changes.
2. Hospital internships are scheduled across various states and dtudents will heve to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. The Hospitals decided by internship co-ordinators will be final
3. As per the curricular requirement, the School of Health Systems Studies organizes the internships and all students are required mandatorily to undergo and complete all the requirements of the internships.
4. Value-added courses (0 credit) will be compulsory at the end of Semesters I and III (30 hours each or 60 hours total).
5. Exit option is available at the end of Year I

Fee Structure:

*Institute reserves the right to revise the Fees Structure of programme if necessary.

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