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After the resounding success of last year’s Post Graduate Course entitled “Healthcare Management: A Practical Approach”, the Master in Hospital Administration program at the Graduate School of St. Jude College and St. Jude Hospital & Medical Center will now offer the Second Post Graduate Course with the theme: “Defining the Issues in Healthcare Institutions”. This course will be held on October 23-24, 2009 at the Shangri-La EDSA Hotel Garden Wing.

Expected participants are hospital owners, hospital directors, department heads of healthcare institutions, students taking up Master in Hospital Administration and Master of Arts in Nursing, nurse managers, and people with special interest in managing healthcare institutions.

The relevant topics that will be discussed in response to the different issues in healthcare are:

• - The Use of the Joint Commission Tracer Methodology: A Tool in Creating An Error-Free Management System.
• - Managing Physicians and Litigation Alternatives: A Strategy to Reduce Medical Malpractice
• - Healthcare of the Future: Why Being Great Will Increasingly Matter
• - The Ethics of Hospital Marketing
• - Is a Masters Degree in Healthcare a Must for a Hospital Administrator?
• - Managing Conflict, Confrontation and Disputes in Healthcare Institutions
• - Global Healthcare Trends and the Impact of Philippine Medical Tourism
• - Achieving On-Time, On-Budget Projects
• - Moving Beyond Financial Survival: Redefining Your Revenue Cycle To Achieve Superior Results
• - The Impact of Financial Risk in Healthcare Institutions
• - Risk Management in Healthcare

Invited faculty include leaders in the healthcare industry such as Ms. Christine Liwanag of Novartis Philippines, Atty. Antonio Rebosa, a known medico-legal practitioner, Mr. Lino Lacanlale, VP Finance of St. Luke’s Medical Center, Ms. Marivic Lualhati, Dr. Raul Ramos, and Dr. Jose Pepito M. Amores of St. Jude Hospital and College, Ms. Mercy Antoinnete Gapi of Medical Equipment Healthcare Group, and Mr. Anthony Calibo of the Department of Health.

The annual postgraduate course has placed St. Jude College’s Master in Hospital Administration program and St. Jude Hospital & Medical Center in the radar screen as an academic institution that provides quality programs in healthcare. For details, please contact us at 743-2091.