This is a full-time course running for one year. The programme requires the completion of 120 credits as follows:
Semester 1
Health Services Management
This module is taken with HSMC students taking a Masters programme. Many of these students will be practising managers in health and social care, and many will be clinicians. There will also be overseas students studying full time, many of whom will be clinicians. This module will help you to integrate into the HSMC community, and give opportunities to work with a range of students and staff in your learning.
Leadership and Improvement
This module is for our HML students only, and will run for the whole of the first term. This will give you the opportunity to work closely with your HML colleagues throughout the whole year.
Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)
This module is taken with other intercalating students, particularly those taking Public and Global Health Sciences. Your dissertation supervisor will be allocated early in the terms as you develop your research ideas to ensure that you are fully supported in the research.
Semester 2
- Health management and leadership research project
- You will receive specialist training and training in research methods (both theoretical and applied) in semester one. The project will be devised in semester one and data collection, analysis and write-up completed in semester two. All students will have a nominated academic supervisor to support their research activity and will have access to research and statistics support through our research clinics system.
- Each student will have an academic supervisor (from HSMC) to oversee their research activity and may also have a clinical research supervisor. The Programme Lead, Professor Mark Exworthy, will offer support and guidance for all aspects of the course. You will also have access to research and statistics clinics which operate on a booking system and give you the opportunity to discuss specific issues with a relevant academic.
As a Birmingham student you are part of an academic elite and will learn from world-leading experts. From the outset you will be encouraged to become an independent and self-motivated learner. We want you to be challenged and will encourage you to think for yourself.
Your learning will take place in a range of different settings, from scheduled teaching in lectures and small group tutorials, to self-study and peer group learning (for example preparing and delivering presentations with your classmates). This intercalated programme will include a seminar programme with leading speakers on medical leadership, who are regularly contributors to the work of HMSC.