About the courseThis full-time, 12-month MBA with a specialism in hospital and health services management accelerates your career growth by developing your leadership and strategic management skills. It provides you with an up-to-the-minute understanding of this fast-evolving modern business environment. How will you be assessed?The underpinning philosophy of all assessments is to develop both your knowledge and skills to enter employment as a confident manager with a strong base from which to meet your own aspirations. This requires consideration of your own personal capabilities as well as looking outward at the business world. The aim is for you to become an independent and self-directed lifelong learner. Apart from the formal assessments there will be an emphasis on self peer and group assessment. Tutors will provide feedback on formative assessments to support your development of good academic practice. All assessments are rooted in authentic and practical workplace scenarios to enable the integration of theory and practice in dynamic `real world work contexts. Exams are kept to a minimum.CareersOn completing your MBA you will be well placed to fill a wide range of positions particularly within the health sector. Your team-working skills analytical abilities and understanding of management will be attractive to employers. You would be expected to enter into mid-level management careers in SMEs and larger organisations or start your own business.If you wish at a later point in your career you may pursue a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA).