Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) Syllabus
Paper I Principles and Practice of Hospital Management and Administration Principles and practice of Management; Functions of Management; Management Techniques Organizational structure and design, Administrative responsibilities, Motivation, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour Human Resource Management Planning; Recruitment, Selection and Induction, Training and development; Wages and Salary Administration. Employer-Employee relationship. Interpersonal relationship Communication; written; verbal and non-verbal, Public relations Decision making, policy formulation and implementation. Communication system in hospitals Financial Management; Accounting; Concepts and Application; Understanding cost and benefits; budgeting; fiscal control. Preparation of financial statement, Cost benefit analysis. Budgeting system in hospitals 0 Material and Equipment Management: Logistic Management ; Inventory and stores equipment management Management of Waste and Labour; Procurement and purchase system, maintenance procedure Marketing Management in Health Care System, Health Economics, Marketing Ethics with emphasis on societal marketing, Principles of marketing, Marketing of healthcare services Project Management : an overview, concepts
Paper II Health Care Management Health Systems : Social Sciences and Health; Health and Development Principles of Health Services Comparative Health Systems Traditional, Conventional and Modern Fundamentals of Health System Research Health Systems in India: Overview of Health care delivery system; Holistic Approach to Health Population Policy and strategies; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare programmes Health Services: Financing Health Services, Public Health Legislation. Health Care Systems: DHS, PHC, CHC, Taluk and District Hospitals, Medical Administration. 0 Health Services- Medical Education, Health Administration, National and State Medical Colleges and Hospitals. National Health Programmes. Evaluation of Health Organizations. Health Policy and Planning : Health Planning, Health Policy formulation and Implementation; Health and local administration; Health Status of women and children, sanitation. NGOs, National and International Agencies viz. WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF in health sector. IMC, ICMR, Dental Council, Pharmacy Council and Nursing Council, CSIR Voluntary Services in Health Care. Community Health : Concept of Community Health, Health for all and primary health care, Epidemiology- Biostatistics. Occupational Health, Social Security and health care. Programmes related to communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Paper III Hospital Administration 0 Hospital Planning: The locale- Hospital Building, Hospital equipment, Manpower planning and supportive services Hospital system : classification of Hospitals; Hospital Organization, Basic principles of Hospital Administration. Formal and Informal structure of hospitals. Hospital as a welfare institution Hospital Management : Present hospital Management Scenario: Private and Govt. Hospitals; Management orientation Legal aspects and Ethics : Medical Jurisprudence. Various laws relating to health and medical care Quality Management : Quality maintenance, Total Quality Management Quality in Service Organization Quality and Productivity Quality Control Quality Improvement- Problem Solving-QC Tools- Employee expectation Quality circles Quality assurance is hospitals- Information control- Sterilization techniques Medical Audit, Social Control, Consumerism Hospital as welfare institutions
Paper IV Hospital Services Management 0 Clinical Services: Medical Ethics. Out patient and inpatient services; Accident and emergency services; Management of Operation Theatres and Labour room service. Laboratory and Radiological services Nursing services: Nursing services Organization and Administration, Ward Management and Nursing Care; Medical rehabilitation services, counseling service Pharmacy service : Ward pharmacy central pharmacy Engineering services: Basic engineering services- Biomedical engineering and allied engineering service. Hazard Management Utility services : Central sterilization Room services in hospitals, Medical Record dept, Linen and laundry services, dietary services, house keeping services Computerized MIS (Practical), Medical documentation Supportive services: Mortuary services; transportation, sanitation, waste disposal, blood bank Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) ; Safety and Risk management Disaster Management : Rapid response team. Security organization and management; Emergency Management Organizational Chart
Paper V a) Project Work b) Field Visit Report c) Viva-voce
II Year Paper VI Accounting and Finance Administration in Health Care System 0 Principles of accounting accounting procedure- Traditional Modern Finance Procedural condition- Funds Utilization of funds- Profit share recording Accounts Types- Records- Depreciation Cost Control Methods Final Accounts of Hospitals Costing- Cost control methods Cost effectiveness- Input Output Analysis Method of Assessment Productivity Benefit analysis Budgeting and control system Pricing market share- Quality costs Deming s 14 points Customer satisfaction
Paper VII Research Methods for Health Systems Scope of Research Scientific Research in health systems Role of theory in Research Research and Theory concepts Uses of Statistics in Research- Methods of Statistics- Statistical Tests Chi Square Test, F Test, T Test Correlation Population and sample types uses Research problem Formulation of Research Problem Hypothesis Types Uses Testing Hypothesis Research Design Types of Design Data Data Collection- Types of Data Tools Data Processing in Analysis Preparation of Reports Condition of Writing the Reports 0 Epidemiological Research Ratios and Rates Incidence Prevalence Sociometry
Paper VIII Health System and Information Technology 0 Communication Types- Internal External Process- Methods- Barriers MIS Types Techniques Management and Information Health Statistics Nature-Types- Methods Sources Hospital Statistics Nature Types Methods- Sources Hospital Records- Medical and Non-medical mode of reservation- Disaster Management Services of Medical Records Sophastication in Health Care- Recent trends in Medical technology e-governance Medical Transcription Recent trends IT and Health care Bio-technology for health management
Paper IX Organisational Behaviour 0 Introduction- Nature-Scope-Structure Organizational Goals- Industrial Goals- Group goals Personality- Learning Attitudes Motivation Morale - Job satisfaction- Theories Conflict Management Stress Management- Relationship Management Group Dynamics- Group conflicts Communication Process Leadership and Supervision- Theories Decision Making Types-Team building Organizational Development
Paper X Materials Management in Hospitals Introduction to principles of material management Inventory control- ABC analysis, Lead time, EOQ; Inventory carrying cost procurement cost; safety cost; re-order level Special techniques like PERT and CPM Safety stock- spares planning and control- Forecasting for materials management Introduction to purchasing management- Procedures- Purchasing documentation, records, forms-vendor selection Negotiation - legal aspects of purchasing- techniques of quality control Value analysis- Codification- standardization- Materials handlingstorage and preservation 0 Capital equipment selection- replacement studies Drug obsolescence ethical and cost considerations Role of organizations viz. Institute of Material Management, ISI and drug Controller, in the quality control of stores required for hospitals
III Year Paper XI Project Management in Health Sector 0 Project Management- An overview- Definition- Plan-Programme- Scheme Projects and Activities; Project identification and formulation; Project appraisal Social Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk - Return analysis Economic appraisal of large projects Development Projects Development and environmental and sustainable development Ecology and Biodiversity issue- Environmental impact assessment and cases Project implementation- Planning using network techniques- Resource management Project monitoring and control- Coding and accounting, Reporting systems Project organization- managing task forces-human behaviour in project setting Quality assurance in projects; concurrent and post evaluation of projects; Project operations- Structure, System and control
Paper XII Hospital House Keeping 0 Facilities Planning Design of products Location-Layout Automation Hospital sanitation Pollution Waste Management House keeping Safety and Hygiene HIS IT and Maintenance Hospital services-maintenance Policies-Equipment-Maintenance-Total maintenance Legal Framework for hospital Methods of Engineering-Ergnomics-Job enrichment Sterile Supply Service Linear and Laundry service
Paper XIII Emerging Trends in Health Care Management 0 Emerging trends in health care system general scenario STIs/HIV/AIDS-NACO-State AIDS cell. Global Scenario Population and development Education-Role of UNFPA-Role of unities- Role of hospitals Health and Population policy and Strategies- Quality of life Poverty alleviation and Health Policies of the Central Govt. Reproductive Health Care-Gender Issues- Girl Child Adolescent Reproductive health care system- Sexual health & human Sexuality Child health care programmes-role of Hospital-Baby Friendly hospitals Community health care programmes-planning and conducting of medical camps-follow up Health Care Systems in other countries USA-UK-USSR
Paper XIV & XV Paper XIV Paper XV : Dissertation : Viva voce (Comprehensive)