Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management

Course convenor: Professor Lucy Gilson

The overall programme goals are to support South African health managers, particularly those within the public sector, to develop the practices and behaviours of strategic and effective leaders in order to strengthen the South African health system.

The postgraduate Diploma is also part of a broader health management programme, known as the ‘Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme’. This name was chosen, after consultation with the Tambo family, in recognition of Oliver Tambo’s strong and inspiring leadership.

The Programme entails a full partnership between the School of Public Health and Family Medicine and the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB).

The programme comprises:

• a postgraduate Diploma in Health Management;
• a mentorship programme to support Diploma candidates in developing their leadership skills;
• an alumni network to enable sustained engagement and learning among fellows;
• engagement with other senior health managers through regular seminars and events.

See the School of Public Health website for full details.
Direct course enquiries to the course administrator.

Download the Celebrating Innovative Health Management in the Public Sector Conference report, click here

View the 2011 Celebrating Innovative Health Management in the Public Sector Conference presentations below.

Prof Marian Jacobs – Opening address

Prof Lucy Gilson – Objectives, expectations and logistics

Dr Jennifer Reddy – Health system innovations

Dr Jennifer Reddy – quality improvement

Ms Tina Maartens – Health care improvement projects

Dr Johanne More – Culture change at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

Dr Mmabatho Kekana – Rural hospital leadership in KwaZulu-Natal

Dr Anna Voce and Prof Hugh Philpott – Effective Leadership and Management for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Dr Zenia Barnard – Communities of Practice: Building an effective network for leadership support

Mr. Ermin Erasmus – A Learning Network for the Alumni of the Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme (OTFP): Preparation, principles, next steps

Dr Andrew Crichton – Realising the Social Compact in the Eastern Cape for Health Human Resources: Improving management practice through values-driven systems

Ms Ntsiki Sondzaba – WIRHE Scholarship:  A  Case Study of Recruitment, Support and Retention of a Rural Workforce  in NW

Ms Yolisa Tsibolane – Strategies to engage districts in HIV management in Free State Innovative Health Care Management     

Dr Tim Wilson, Tanya Jacobs, Zoyisile Titi, Nozipiwo Gysman – Dealing with Stress & Burnout in the ECDOH 

Dr Zameer Brey and Dr Saadiq Karriem – Process Improvement : A Real Life Story! Lessons learnt from a two-year field study

Shaheem de Vries – Part 1 – Metro EMS Emergency Control Centre: A Case Study in Process Management

Shaheem de Vries  - Part 2 – Metro EMS Emergency Control Centre: A Case Study in Process Management

Prof Peter Gordon – Implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist at Groote Schuur Hospital

Dr Felipe Montoya – The challenge of theatre services

Dr Anthony Reed – PGWC Start time monitoring policy

Dr Felipe Montoya – Pre-operative categorization (triaging) of emergency surgical cases: A tool for improving patient care and emergency operating room efficiency

South African Revenue Service – Innovative Health Management in the Public Sector

Ms.M.V.Mavundla – Recent experiences with introduction of lean management in public sector hospitals

Dr Anton Grutter – A Facilitator’s Perspective on the Newcastle Lean Management Initiative

Dr Virginia De Azevedo – The DD Season Plan in Cape Town – Planning & implementation strategy: An iterative approach (Part 1)

Dr Virginia De Azevedo – The DD Season Plan in Cape Town – Planning & implementation strategy: An iterative approach (Part 2)

Norman Faull et al – Lessons from a multi-site lean healthcare experiment

Ms Moorane Sarah Mamitsela – The Dr CN Phatudi hospital lean project experience

Dr L.M Phalatsi – The Kalafong hospital lean project experience

Read more about the conference: http://www.uct.ac.za/dailynews/?id=7855