Introduces one-year Healthcare Executive Management Programme (HEMP) in partnership with Glocal Hospitals
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) is foraying into healthcare management education space with its one-year Healthcare Executive Management Programme (HEMP). The programme is jointly organised by IIMC and Glocal Hospitals.
The Healthcare Executive Management Programme combines healthcare management education with field-based learning across Singapore and India. Prof Saibal Chattopadhyay, Director, IIMC said, “This course is certainly a milestone in the glorious history of IIMC. It marks a new chapter that makes the institution stand out, internationally. Given the country’s current demographics, there’s is a dearth of healthcare professionals. With more than 30 students enrolling for the course, we are hoping for a long successful journey ahead for the programme.”
The first batch of 31 students consists of doctors, other medical practitioners, technical and marketing professionals with prior work experience in the healthcare industry. All the students, with their previous experience in the related fields, are looking at accelerating their career and achieving a bigger entrepreneurial goal in life through this course.
Dr Sabahat Azim, CEO, Glocal Healthcare Systems, who has taken a significant role in designing the programme said, “There’s dearth of leadership in healthcare, thus this course spans the entire spectrum of healthcare facility with the biggest market players interacting with the students. The opportunities are just the beginning.” Throughout this one year period, students will have the opportunity to interact with the finest minds of the healthcare industry. The course is designed in such a way so that all aspects are covered to create the leaders of tomorrow to fuel the healthcare industry which is currently pegged at five trillion dollars, globally.
The course will span across six months of campus-based learning that will include classroom teaching methods, case based learning etc and six months of international industry exposure. The ‘international immersion’ programme, with field-based learning in Singapore, will help the students to aquire the requisite knowledge of working in global healthcare industry. Prof Anindya Sen, Dean (Academic), IIMC said, “With this course, we give the students, a specialised learning expereince from day one. They not only have hands on industry experience, but they also strike the appropriate balance with classroom education. The students receive a holistic training, making them industry ready.”
EH News Bureau