Hospital Administration

The need for professionally qualified personnel for managing hospitals has emerged as a new area of opportunities in the field of health care.

Role of a Hospital Administrator:

A hospital administrator has to see that the hospital functions smoothly. He has to provide logistical support for the consultants. An administrator has to oversee the entire functioning of the hospital. From the patient-care, waste disposal and financial planning to maintenance, marketing and house-keeping, a hospital administrator's job covers diverse areas of responsibilities that would require specialized skills in different areas.

MG University's programme:

MG University has started the School of Education 11 years back. The school offers 8 programmes each at graduate and postgraduate levels.

Master of Hospital Administration:

The two-year course is designed to meet the challenges in health care administration. The focus of the course is on training personnel in assisting medical staff to provide quality care at a hospital.

Career opportunities:

Students completing the programme could find placement in various posts in the middle and top levels of management. They could join as a administrator, administrative officers, personnel managers, finance managers, materials managers, marketing managers, public relations officer and so on.

The could also join hospital consultancy firms as management consultants or independently start consultancy services after gaining sufficient practical experience. With the advent of health insurance schemes and the opening of the insurance sector to private agencies, a number of job opportunities exist in this sector.

Master of Public Health:

This course is designed to train students with a view to improving standards of health care institutions.

Training is given to management professionals, including public health specialists, policy analysts, health care administrators, and preventive rehabilitative management specialists.

Career opportunities:

The post-graduate programme in public health is aimed at enabling candidates to assume middle and senior level managerial responsibilities in wide range of organizations, including hospitals community activities in government, semi-government health agencies and various community health projects funded by regional and international agencies Candidates could join as health administrators, hospital administrators, and project officers, technical officers, and public health specialists, consultants and resources persons.

The courses are of four semesters, of six months duration each. At the end of each semester, students have to undertake project placements in reputed hospitals; health organizations or communities and reports would have to be presented for viva-voce.

Seminars, assignments, report on fieldwork and health systems visits, critical analysis of concurrent socio-economic and managerial developments and changes, are all part of the academic curriculum.

Admission:

Graduates and postgraduates in any discipline with a minimum of 50 per cent marks could apply.

MASTER OF TOURISM ADMINISTRATION

The department of 'future studies' of the Kerala University will conduct an entrance examination for admission to the "Master of Tourism Administration" (M.T.A.) course to be commenced in October 2004. The duly filled up application form for the entrance examination will be accepted till Sept.15th. This is a 2-year course on a Semester basis and will cover in the main: Eco- Tourism, application of modern technology in tourism developments, and strategic managements etc.
Number of seats: 25
Eligibility: Graduate/ Post graduate/ Engineers

Minimum Marks : 55% marks in Science Subjects (part 3) or
: 50% marks in non-Science subjects or
: 55% marks for Engineering
SC/ST/OBC candidates will be eligible for the usual relaxation in addition to having a limited number of seats reserved for them.

Basis of Selection:

50 % Marks for the Qualifying examination
30% marks for entrance test
10% marks to group discussion
10% marks for interview

Fees:

Rs. 4000/- for tuition fee for each semester
The total fee for the 2-year course will work out to Rs. 22900/-

Scheme of Examination:

The entrance examination will be held at Trivandrum in the last week of September 2004.
The Question will be of the objective type and will cover:
Numerical ability,
Test of reasoning and
General knowledge.

Application forms and prospectus can be had from " The Head, department of future Studies, Senate Hall Campus, Computer Block, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695034" on payment of Rs.250/- by DD/payable to ' The finance officer, University of Kerala'. The DD/University Chelan should be taken from SBT/SBI/District Co-Operative Bank.
A self-addressed envelope with Rs.5/- Stamp affixed on it should also send along.
The last date for accepting the filled up application form is Sept 15.
The future study center of the Kerala University offers further scope for studies in PhD and M.phil at the department to the successful candidates of M.T.A. degree. Scope An M.T.A degree holder with a U.G.C lectureship Qualification can become lecturers in College/University.
Students can also join an M.T.A course at Mar lvanios College, Thiruvananthapuram

Unlimited prospects for women in Defence

Job opportunities for women in the Defence sector were limited till recently. Women were concentrated mainly in the Medical and nursing core of the Defence services. Today the entire scenario has changed; more and more women candidates get admitted to the Officer cadre of the Defence Services. They get placements in the Administrative and logistic divisions of the three Wings. At present a lot of women are working in the Technical branches. The noted factor is that Indian Air force selects women in the Flying branches(Transport, helicopter pilots). Women are generally recruited during the war times as short service Commissioned Officers and they need not directly attend any emergency duty for the war. Some of these candidates will be permanently placed as commissioned rank officers. A 5-year extension will be granted to the other candidates as per their qualification and needs. Graduates with (Bsc maths or Physics) can apply for selection, as Short Service Commissioned Officers. The candidates with the commercial pilot license will be given two years of age relaxation. Women graduates hold lot of opportunities in the Direct Entry Scheme.

Courtesy to Mathrubhumi