Africa Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) Training

Fees: US$300

Course Dates:

July 16^th - 20^th, 2012

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to enable participants acquire in-depth knowledge and skills on how to manage hospitals in a resource limited environment.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

• Define the concept of hospital administration and management
• Analyse the roles and challenges of various components of a hospital
• Describe the  management principles and approaches used in hospitals
• Apply quality management models in hospitals
• Appreciate the role of HMIS in hospitals and how to generate, analyse and use information for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health outcomes
• Undertake a project to address hospital administration challenges in a selected department in a hospital

Course Content

• Challenges of hospital administration
• Functions of a Hospital
• Hospital governance
• Administration of inpatient services
• Administration of outpatient services
• Ward and theatre administration
• Health management information systems in hospitals
• Materials management
• Human resource management
• Financial management
• Time management
• Quality management in hospitals
• Hospital Management Information Systems
• Hospital administration during disaster
• Hospital administration with a focus to MDGs
• Strategic management in hospitals