Career in Hospital management
You can have a rewarding career in a hospital without being a doctor. Hospital Management can help you do that.
If you thought only doctors have a fruitful career in healthcare, think again. There are many other rewarding career choices in the field of healthcare. With the industry growing leaps and bounds, hospital management has acquired a new meaning and importance as a profession.
With the privatization of this sector, there is a growing demand for qualified doctors, along with efficient administrators to manage the hospitals.
An MBA in hospital management does exactly this. Unlike medicine, hospital management is a course that anyone can pursue. The main goal of this course is to equip the candidate with skills to organise, plan, coordinate and control health care services for the masses in a cost effective manner.
There are a plethora of roles that one can perform in the hospital with this degree. While medical student take care of the technical aspects of hospital administration, operations is handled by the non-medical students.
A candidate can also become superintendent and dean of medical departments with substantial responsibilities after required experience.
The course provides detail insight of hospital administration. The job profile would primarily require the candidate to do the following:
Maintaining records
Co-coordinating with all the other departments in the hospital
Ensuring proper functioning of equipments and last but not the least
Delivering quality service to patients.
In short, a hospital manager will be in charge of the overall organization and management of the hospital to ensure its smooth functioning. Along with all the responsibility you enjoy, be prepared for late hours and a stern mind to work in a hospital environment.
There are numerous institutes which offer MBA in hospital management. Some of them you could find here –
http://campus.yahoo.com/course/colleges/medicine-healthcare-health-care-management
Another upcoming option is online study. AVAGMAH Online School offers an online MBA program in hospital management. The program covers extensive courses from Hospital Architecture, Planning, Designing and Maintenance Management, Hospital Clinical Service Management to Epidemiology and Public Health System.
“All hospitals recognize and give preference to professionals with MBA in Hospital Management. The course from AVAGMAH Online School is approved by DEC & UGC, Ministry of HRD and the Government of India and is hence valid for any job purpose”, says Karthik K.S of AVAGMAH School.
“The starting salary that an MBA graduate in Hospital administration can expect is Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000. However, this might vary with the education background, communication skills and other additional capabilities, says Karthik K.S.”
