The need for professionally qualified personnel for managing hospitals has emerged as a new area of opportunities in the field of health care.

Role of a Hospital Administrator:

A hospital administrator has to see that the hospital functions smoothly. He has to provide logistical support for the consultants. An administrator has to oversee the entire functioning of the hospital. From the patient-care, waste disposal and financial planning to maintenance, marketing and house-keeping, a hospital administrator's job covers diverse areas of responsibilities that would require specialized skills in different areas.

MG University's programme:

MG University has started the School of Education 11 years back. The school offers 8 programmes each at graduate and postgraduate levels.

Master of Hospital Administration:

The two-year course is designed to meet the challenges in health care administration. The focus of the course is on training personnel in assisting medical staff to provide quality care at a hospital.

Career opportunities:

Students completing the programme could find placement in various posts in the middle and top levels of management. They could join as a administrator, administrative officers, personnel managers, finance managers, materials managers, marketing managers, public relations officer and so on.

The could also join hospital consultancy firms as management consultants or independently start consultancy services after gaining sufficient practical experience. With the advent of health insurance schemes and the opening of the insurance sector to private agencies, a number of job opportunities exist in this sector.

Master of Public Health:

This course is designed to train students with a view to improving standards of health care institutions.

Training is given to management professionals, including public health specialists, policy analysts, health care administrators, and preventive rehabilitative management specialists.

Career opportunities:

The post-graduate programme in public health is aimed at enabling candidates to assume middle and senior level managerial responsibilities in wide range of organizations, including hospitals community activities in government, semi-government health agencies and various community health projects funded by regional and international agencies Candidates could join as health administrators, hospital administrators, and project officers, technical officers, and public health specialists, consultants and resources persons.

The courses are of four semesters, of six months duration each. At the end of each semester, students have to undertake project placements in reputed hospitals; health organizations or communities and reports would have to be presented for viva-voce.

Seminars, assignments, report on fieldwork and health systems visits, critical analysis of concurrent socio-economic and managerial developments and changes, are all part of the academic curriculum.

Admission:

Graduates and postgraduates in any discipline with a minimum of 50 per cent marks could apply.