| Title: |
Leadership and Management in the Health Sector Resource-limited Settings |
| Keywords: |
Quality
Planning and programming
Management
Leadership
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| Country: |
Vietnam
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| Institution: |
Vietnam - Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH)
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| Course coordinator: |
Le Bao Chau, MD., PhD.
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| Date start: |
2026-06-22 |
| Date end: |
2026-07-03 |
| About duration and dates: |
2 weeks, Monday to Friday Post-course assignment due: 2026-07-18 Application deadline is about 10 weeks prior to course start |
| Classification: |
advanced optional
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| Mode of delivery: |
Distance-based
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Course location:
Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH)
1A Duc Thang, Dong Ngac commune
Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| ECTS credit points: |
2 ECTS credits
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SIT:
Student Investment Time = 60 hours consisting of:
Contact time: 30 hours
Self-study time: 16 hours
Assessment time: 14 hours |
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| Language: |
English
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Description:
At the end of the module the students will be able to:
● Explain the concepts, ethics, and factors influencing leadership and management in resource- limited settings.
● Apply selected tools that identify leadership styles and how they can be used in staff development and towards goals for the organisation.
● Interpret the principles of mentoring and coaching for effective leadership and management in resource-limited settings.
● Develop important soft skills such as delegation, negotiation, and principles in conflict management.
● Develop a plan for improving the quality of health care in a limited resource setting. |
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Assessment Procedures:
A minimum attendance of 80% all lectures is mandatory. Students attend less than 80% of lectures must re-take the course.
The grading scheme is a point scale 0 to 10, with 10 is the top grade. Average grade comprises of group presentation and individual essay as below:
Oral presentation (40%): During the course, students will work in teams to complete a presentation on Quality Improvement and then present their plan to lecturers and other students.
Written essay (60%): using knowledge on leadership and management skills, students are required to individually write an essay to analyze a specific leadership and management issue in a limited resource setting and provide recommendations for improvement. The length of the writing should be 3000 words at maximum and 2400 words at minimum. Students will submit their essay a week after the end of the course.
Evaluation grades will be communicated within 15 days after the submission of the final assignment.
Students have to pass the average mark of ≥ 5.5 points. Students with average grade |
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Content:
Below are the main topics of the course:
● Concepts and ethics in management and leadership
● Socio-economic and other factors in limited resource settings influencing management and leadership in health
● Leadership Styles
● Leadership and Management Skills
- Conflict Management
- Negotiation
- Delegation
● Coaching and mentoring for effective leadership and management in limited-resource settings
- Concept of coaching and mentoring
- Principles and factors to effective coaching and mentoring
- Critical skills for coaching and mentoring
- Popular patterns of coaching and mentoring
● Quality Improvement (QI) in health care in limited-resource settings
- Principles of Quality Improvement
- QI process in health care |
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Methods:
● The course is composed of 44 hours of synchronous contact via video conference or online teaching platform (mostly MS Teams or zoom). In which, 30 hours of interactive lecturing (synchronous contact) via video conference (MS Teams/zoom ) and 14 hours for group work with the lecturers guidelines/supports via video conference (MS Teams/zoom ). An additional 16 hours of self-study time is expected.
● The course uses lectures, participatory exercises, case studies, group discussion, student presentations and individual essay to achieve learning objectives.
● Reading materials are distributed to students beforehand. Some key readings are required and some further readings are suggested but not mandatory. |
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Prerequisites:
Proficiency in English:
TOEFL 550 or IELTS 6.0, Students admitted to a Masters Degree Program within tropEd Network topEd students are assumed to have sufficient English proficiency. |
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Attendance:
The minimum number is 3, the maximum number of students is limited to 25, max no. of tropEd students is 10. |
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Selection:
First come, first served |
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Scholarships:
None available |
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Major changes since initial accreditation:
Feedback from Vietnamese students: the course is useful and highly applicable. Case studies and examples updated with changes of health system are highly appreciated. |
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Student evaluation:
No major change, but case studies are updated |
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Lessons learned:
No change, but training package are updated |
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tropEd accreditation:
Accredited in Yogyakarta, Feb 2016; Re-accredited EC Telco Dec 2021. Re-accredited EC telco, May 2026. Valid until May 2031. |
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Remarks:
With the goal to enhance management and leadership capacity for students, the aim of the course is to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care programs/services through understanding and application of leadership and management knowledge and skills. |
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| Email Address: |
dtht@huph.edu.vn |
| Date Of Record Creation: |
2016-02-25 17:31:48 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Of Record Release: |
2016-02-25 22:42:23 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Record Checked: |
2022-02-02 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Last Modified: |
2026-06-12 09:39:51 (W3C-DTF) |
