| Title: |
Leadership and Management in the Health Sector in 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: about 10 weeks prior to course start |
| Classification: |
advanced optional
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| Mode of delivery: |
Face to face
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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 the health sector.
● 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 limited-resource settings.
● Develop important soft skills such as delegation, negotiation, and conflict management to work effectively in complex situations.
● Develop a plan for improving the quality of healthcare in a limited resource setting . |
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Assessment Procedures:
A minimum attendance of 80% all lecturers 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 in-class teaching that comprise 30 hours of interactive lecture time and 14 hours of facilitated group work and assessment. An additional 16 hours of self-study time is expected.
● The course uses lectures, participatory exercises, case studies, role-playing, 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 Master Degree Program within tropEd Network are assumed to have sufficient English language 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 packages 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 course expects 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: |
lbc@huph.edu.vn |
| Date Of Record Creation: |
2026-06-12 09:23:34 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Of Record Release: |
2026-06-12 09:33:08 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Record Checked: |
2026-06-12 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Last Modified: |
2026-06-12 09:39:18 (W3C-DTF) |
