PGDip Health Management, Planning and Policy

Year 1

(Award available for year: Postgraduate Diploma)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate in-depth, specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to the discipline or to demonstrate an advanced understanding of concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge at the forefront of the discipline;
- exhibit competence in the exercise of advanced generic and subject-specific intellectual abilities;
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship;
- take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and developing professional relationships;
- proactively formulate ideas and hypotheses and evaluate these;
- evaluate critically current issues and research in the discipline.

And also:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the field of health management, planning and policy making in developing health systems with particular reference to NGOs;
- review types of policies, situations and issues in the field of health management, planning and policy making in developing health systems with particular reference to NGOs;
- apply knowledge and skills in selected areas of health management, planning and policy in local circumstances;
- understand and discuss ethical issues, adopting and justifying an appropriate ethical stance; and
- take a proactive role in problem solving, planning and managing tasks independently and working in a team in an appropriate role.

Transferable (key) skills

Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in professional practice;
- a capacity to evaluate their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- a capacity for independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- the ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally to an appropriate audience;
- the ability to engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms; and
- the skills required for postgraduate study including literature searching, critical reading, groupworking, assignment planning, data presentation and IT skills.

Assessment

Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:

- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study; and
- evaluating received opinion; and
- making sound judgements while understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.