MSc Human Resources for Global Health

This course is for health professionals or experienced graduates to gain an understanding of how to mobilise scarce
human resources to strengthen health systems internationally.

The course aims to equip you with the necessary skills to achieve optimally sustainable deployment of personnel and ensure that users of health services are served by the most highly skilled and efficient workforce possible.

You will gain insights into the key factors and forces shaping the skills, behaviours and capabilities of the health workforce and explore how modern management practices can shape and influence the productivity of these workforces and the health systems in which they work. Using a multidisciplinary approach and working with global experts, students will learn how to formulate, synthesise and construct effective and appropriate responses to strategic and practical HR issues in the health sector. Relevant and appropriate tools and frameworks for planning, mobilising, developing and managing the workforce will be explored through participatory learning methods, and students will become confident users of the HR managers’ toolkit.

EXIT AWARDS: MSc (180 credits) )/PgDip (120 credits)/ PgCert (60 credits)
Delivery: At QMU
Single Modules: Register as an associate student to study single modules in areas of interest

Duration: Full-time: 1 year; Part-time: 2 - 3 years

PgCert: Full-time: 1 semester

Start date: September and January
Application deadline: The deadline for all overseas applicants who require a visa to study in the UK should apply no later than the 30th June 2013.
Teaching, learning and assessment: Learning and teaching methods encourage group and independent learning. Teaching is comprised of combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, case studies, simulation exercises and projects. Assessment is continuous and incorporates assignments, action plans, projects and examinations.
Teaching hours and attendance: Each module which you study on-campus will require you to attend classes and carry out independent work. Your attendance requirements at QMU will depend on which module you are studying and whether you are studying full or part-time.