Advanced Diploma in Health Management

The Associated Assessment Criteria are applied in an integrated way to the Exit Level Outcomes:

• Integrate knowledge and understanding of the key principles and practices of business, financial and human resource management across the health care sectors and the way in which those principles have developed.
• Evaluate, articulate and reflect on contemporary theories and practices of management and organisational structures and strategies and the application thereof in various health contexts.
• Develop, plan, manage and monitor health care operations and services within health care facilities and across the health care systems.
• Demonstrate an effective understanding of leadership skills to manage contemporary health care organisations.
• Design, implement and evaluate comprehensive and participatory health care qualifications to address contemporary needs.
• Apply diverse knowledge to develop arguments and make sound judgments in accordance with the basic theories and concepts associated with the health service demand and delivery systems in private and public sectors.
• Display awareness of the moral, legal, cultural and ethical responsibilities related to the patient and the health management environment.

Integrated Assessment: The qualification follows an integrative approach to assessment where it is envisaged that a variety of assessment methods and opportunities exist to cater for learners' different learning styles. In addition, the integration of themes from the different modules is encouraged. Assessment methods are designed to suit the outcomes being assessed and formative assessment allows for the collection of evidence to be integrated with the learning process.

Formative and Summative Assessment: Formative and continuous assessment for theory and practical will take place during the year. Summative assessments are conducted for theory at the end of term 2 and 4 and practical at the end of term 4. Assessors are required to adhere to and maintain strict security guidelines during the compilation of assessment question papers and memoranda. This qualification will adopt a peer review system for formative and summative assessment. The lecturer responsible for the module will compile the assessment paper and randomly select a colleague in the qualification to check the papers for spelling, language and cognitive levels. This process ensures that papers are set at the appropriate cognitive levels, and that the papers are only printed once quality checks have been done. Each staff member keeps an electronic record of the formative assessment results and maintains a module file where the assessment results are available. At given deadlines, the records of the learners' assessment results will be given to the Dean's office via the Senior Administrative Assistant for capturing on the ITS system. The records of learner progress will be placed on the notice board using learner numbers for identification.