Diploma in Healthcare Management (SCQF Level 8)

* Equivalent level. See Qualifications can Cross Boundaries for a comparison of the UK and European Qualifications Frameworks.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) is the national qualifications framework for Scotland, with international recognition. As an SCQF Credit Rating Body (CRB), EduQual has credit-rated this qualification for the SCQF. See the SCQF Register for the full list of EduQual’s SCQF credit-rated qualifications.

Programme Specification

This Qualification offers Learners the knowledge and skills needed to develop an understanding of the models, tools and techniques used in the fields of healthcare management.

The course has been mapped to the National Occupational Standards in Management and Leadership and Business Administration, and Learners will be able to develop the competencies they need to enter work in one of these disciplines.

The aims of this Qualification will allow Learners to:

• Build a coherent and sound foundation in healthcare management, enabling graduates to choose from a wide range of career options internationally within healthcare management
• Pursue a specialist interest in healthcare management and relate this expertise to professional requirements and codes of conduct in line with the National Occupational Standards (NOS)
• Develop a wide range of intellectual and analytical abilities relevant to healthcare management, including those of critical thinking and analytical decision making
• Develop and practice the transferable skills necessary for continual personal development and to respond positively to change during careers in healthcare management
• Discuss terminology, concepts, principles and techniques utilised in healthcare management
• Explain the importance of the social, political, ethical, technological, environmental and global contexts in which healthcare organisations operate and to support small- and medium-sized business enterprise (SME) decision making
• Develop the attitudes, skills and abilities necessary to work in a healthcare management context and an awareness and appreciation of different cultural values
• Prepare for further studies at degree level.

Sample Certificate