Description
The Master in Community Health Management (MCHM) is a special offering of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business for municipal health officers (MHOs) participating in the Leaders for Health Program (LHP). The master’s degree aims to provide the necessary competencies to physicians given the responsibility of managing the health, not just of individuals, but of entire communities. These competencies deal with personal mastery such as reflective action, informed decision making and a sense of transcendence. Group and interpersonal skills are also instilled such as effective communication and group process management. Finally, technical competencies such as strategy formulation, organizational management and development, collaboration and participation, project development and management, development communication and social marketing and, research and evaluation are likewise developed or enhanced.
The degree program consists of nine academic terms spread over the three-year duration of the program. Each term is made up of two to three weeks of intensive face-to-face with faculty at the Ateneo Professional Schools. In between terms, students return to their communities to apply what they have learned and gather additional materials that they will bring to their next class.
The curriculum delves into areas of interest and concern that complements the medical education of its participating physician-students. It is both comprehensive and multi-disciplinary in its approach with adequate avenues for intensive and closely-monitored field applications, all with the objective of developing effective leaders and managers of local health systems.
Requirements
1. Doctor of Medicine degree with Board Certification and Active License from the Board of Medicine of the Philippine Regulatory Commission.
2. Participant of the Leaders for Health Program (either as a career municipal health officer or a doctor-volunteer in the Doctors-to-the-Barrio Program of the Department of Health)
For more information on the Leaders for Health Program, please visit www.leadersforhealth.org.
Subjects
| Core Courses |
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| 1. Principles in Health and Development |
3 units |
| 2. Social Change and Transformation in Health and Development |
3 |
| 3. Leadership in Health Care Management |
3 |
| 4. Ethics in Health Care Management |
3 |
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| Major Courses |
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| 1. Managerial Epidemiology |
3 |
| 2. Health, Culture and Society |
3 |
| 3. Understanding Politics and Government Bureaucracy |
3 |
| 4. Policy Analysis and Advocacy |
3 |
| 5. Organizational Development and Human Resource Management |
3 |
| 6. Project Development, Management and Evaluation |
3 |
| 7. Development Communication and Social Marketing |
3 |
| 8. Strategic Management in Health and Development |
3 |
| 9. Operations Management |
3 |
| 10. Financial Management |
3 |
| 11. Field Applications |
3 |
| 12. Group Process Management |
3 |
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| Electives |
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| 1. Appropriate Health Technology |
3 |
| 2. Health Development Seminars |
3 |
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| Total |
53 Units |
Contact Details
Additional details can be obtained from the Associate Director for Academics at the LHP Office, Room 107, Ateneo Professional Schools, Rockwell Center, Makati City.
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