Behind every hospital that runs smoothly, there is a management team juggling doctors' schedules, emergency capacity, medical records, and a dozen departments that all have to work together at the same time. When that management layer is weak, even the best medical staff cannot deliver good care efficiently — and that is precisely the gap modern hospital administration, built on data systems and structured processes, is meant to close.

This Mini-Master programme from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built for exactly that challenge. It walks participants through the modern methods used to organise and run hospitals and other health facilities, leaning on information systems and current technology, for anyone who wants to grow their knowledge and step into this specialised field.

Who is this programme for?

• Hospital and health-facility managers, and managers at health centres.
• Doctors, nurses, and other medical and clinical staff.
• Employees of health centres and those responsible for connecting their networks.
• Graduates of medical colleges and institutes — physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and physician assistants — as well as staff of government and private hospitals and clinics.

What participants will take away:

• Why specialisation in health management matters, and how to reach high standards of good health administration.
• How to develop health-sector cadres, address problems and shortfalls, and reduce them using modern methods.
• The unique characteristics of the healthcare sector, and how the ongoing scientific and technological revolution is reshaping health management.
• An integrated approach to hospital management and organisation, and the practical requirements for running hospitals effectively.
• How to build a plan to solve a problem defined by modern management requirements, and why training on advanced technological systems matters.
• The relationship between technology, quality, and a better-performing health-services environment.

Module 1: Hospital Information and Data Systems

• Medical information systems and the Hospital Management System (HMS).
• Information systems management and methods for organising health data.

Module 2: Foundations of Hospital Management

• The concept and principles of managing hospitals and health institutions.
• Models and steps for hospital management and organisation.
• Hospital management objectives and the qualifying steps for working in the field.

Module 3: Building a Hospital Management Plan

• Developing a practical hospital management plan.
• Job positions and structures within hospital management.

Module 4: Managing Core Hospital Functions

• Health finance and health material management.
• Health human resource management.
• Health insurance administration.
• Management of medical departments within health institutions.

Module 5: Quality in Hospitals and Health Institutions

• Quality concepts and the leading global theories of quality.
• Quality in health services, and how to achieve it across hospitals and health institutions.

Module 6: Public Health Partnerships and Administrative Development

• Infection control practices within hospitals.
• The role of NGOs in health care delivery.
• Administrative reform and its place in health-sector development.