We are launching the Master’s program “Management in Healthcare”

It’s time to share some great news! 

The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, with the support of the Project and the Ukrainian Healthcare Centre (UHC), is launching a new Master’s program, “Management in Healthcare”. Details at the link —> https://bit.ly/42kJGO8  

Why is the new Master’s program timely? 

Constant changes in the healthcare system of Ukraine and the expanded autonomy of healthcare institutions increase the demand for competent management to facilitate the development of autonomous institutions. Good management skills are essential for engaging staff, establishing processes, and advocating for necessary changes. 

It is well known that good governance positively impacts the quality of outcomes in hospitals. Ensuring the quality of service at the facility level requires a wide range of management knowledge and skills of the management team. A competent doctor only sometimes knows how to manage a facility, system, or other organization. That is, clinical competence is different from managerial competence. 

In April-May 2019, the Ukrainian-Swiss project “Medical Education Development” surveyed healthcare managers —> http://surl.li/gxaec to identify the most pressing competencies for them to work in the reformed context. Among the mentioned knowledge and skills are financial management, setting up the service component of the service, but also legal aspects, human resource management, etc. Considering the gaps identified by managers, we are designing the content of the Master’s program. 

Given the massive demand in the healthcare system for a new type of leadership and a set of competencies in management and administration at all levels, we offer a new master’s program in form and content. We do not disclose all the plans simultaneously but will gradually share the details. 

What awaits you: 

• Two years of intensive study ahead, 
• up-to-date knowledge of healthcare, management, and leadership, 
• the best Ukrainian and international teachers and guest lecturers, 
• future students will combine work and study, so there will be a lot of independent work ahead – online lectures and reading, 
• live classes in Kyiv once every one or two months, 
• Scholarships are available for motivated applicants to cover the full or partial cost of education. 

We are pleased to introduce some of the teachers who are already waiting to meet you: 

• Tetiana Chernysh, Head of the Implementation Office of the Ukrainian-Swiss Medical Education Development Project, Associate Professor and Researcher, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, 
• co-founders of the Ukrainian Healthcare Centre (UHC): Pavlo Kovtoniuk, Natalia Ryabtseva, and Matviy Khrenov, 
• Wim Groot, PhD, Professor of Health Economics, Professor of Evidence-Based Education at Maastricht University, 
• Axel Hofmann, PhD, Swiss Institute of Tropical and Public Health