PGDM Hospital and Health Management at IIHMR Bangalore Offline Course

PGDM in Hospital Management is a two-year full-time AICTE approved program designed by Hospital Industry experts to prepare students to work in Hospitals and Healthcare companies. In the first year, students would study the basics of healthcare and management. In the second year, students would get specialized in Hospital management/administration stream and learn the management aspects concerned with Hospitals.

PGDM in Hospital Management / Administration is a specialized course meant for imparting administrative and management skills; to work, manage and lead in the Hospital sector. IIHMR Bangalore’s PGDM in Hospital Management/administration aims to prepare students to efficiently work in Operations, Patient care, Quality, Information Management, Marketing, Human Resource, Planning, Strategy, Development, Supply Chain Management, Procedures and documentation of various requirements in the hospital sector. The course also covers two months of intensive summer training and 4 months of dissertation (internship) before campus placements; which can help students practically understand and gather knowledge on adequate hospital management and administrative practices to make job-ready.

The course curriculum is designed in such a way to learn from classroom education from our faculties and also to gain practical knowledge and industry expose with summer training, internships, field visits and guest lectures from Industry expert faculty.
Here are some of the modules which you will be studying in the first year.

• Health and Development
• Principles of Management
• Health Policy & Healthcare Delivery System
• Essentials of Hospital Services
• Essentials of Biostatistics
• Essentials of Epidemiology
• Essentials of Demography and Population Sciences
• Organizational Behaviour
• Marketing Management
• Human Resource Management
• Essentials of Health Economics
• Financial Accounting & Financial Management
• Communication Planning & Management
• Research Methodology & Community Studies

Here are some of the modules which you will be studying in PGDM – Hospital Management in the second year.

• Organization and Management of Clinical Services
• Hospital Management Information System
• Organization and Management of Support Services
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Organization and Management of Utility Services
• Hospital Planning
• Operations Management in Hospital
• Quality and Patient Safety
• Marketing Management of Hospital Services
• Material and Equipment Management
• Data Management and Analysis
• Health Insurance Managed Care
• Strategic Planning and Managed Care
• Legal Framework in Healthcare Disaster Management

Since IIHMR Bangalore is an autonomous Institution approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, GoI; we keep upgrading our curriculum as and when required as per the expectation of the Industry. Hence, the curriculum followed by IIHMR Bangalore is very much Industry-relevant and need of the hour for people who are willing to shape their career in the Public Health sector.

The course will include two months of summer training towards the end of the first year, and also 4 months of internship (dissertation work) towards the end of the second year.

Note: The curriculum may be subjected to undergo changes as per the suggestions of AAC (Academic Advisory Council).