Target:
The course is designed to equip Medical Officers, Matrons or Nursing Officers in-charge, hospital Administrators of church-related Hospitals/Health Units, tutors in-charge of schools of nursing. Other Senior Health Facility Officers are also targeted.
Course Objectives:
• To provide opportunity for the participants to critically review their roles in their units.
• To equip participants with new skills needed for effective management of their units.
• To update and share elements in the changes that are taking place e.g. Health Reforms and plan
better for provision of health services.
• To facilitate learning through sharing of experiences among facilitators and participants.
Course Content
Module 1: Fundamentals for Effective Management
• Stewardship & Accountability.
• Organizational and personal Integrity.
• Dual Nature of human beings and management controls.
• Time management and Delegation.
Module 2: Fundamentals for Management of Health Services.
• Hospital Catchments.
• Essential medicine Concept and policy.
• Quality of health care.
• Getting most from self and Others (Motivation).
Module 3: Management Functions.
• Planning(Vision/Mission).
• Planning(Strategy Formulation).
• Monitoring & Evaluation.
Module 4: Financial Management of Hospital/Health Services
• Sustainability of Church Health Services.
• Interpretation of Financial Statements.
• Budgeting and budgetary controls.
• Fund raising and proposal writing.
• Debt tracking and debt collection.
Module 5: Essential Drugs and Supplies
• Selection and procurement of medicines.
• Rational Drug use and prescribing habits.
• Essential medicines and drug management.
Module 6: Health Management
• Stress Management.
• Counseling and counseling techniques.
• National poverty eradication strategy.
• Human resource management.
• Corporate governance.
• Conflict management and team building.
• Customer care.
• Chaplaincy services to hospitals.
• Organizing, coordination and supervision.
• Management information systems, Health records and statistics.
• Community based Health care in relation to hospital.
• Health sector reforms.
• HIV/AIDs and ART.
Tuition Fee: US $ 1,292
Accommodation Fee: US $ 1,258
