IIHMR University has introduced PhD Program in 2014. It is a doctoral
program in the health sector with a multidisciplinary focus. The areas of
research include public health, health and hospital management, nursing management,
pharmaceutical management, population and reproductive health, health economics
and finance, urban health, rural health, health nutrition, health communication
and behavior change, information technology in the health sector, health
systems and related areas. The program is open to postgraduates and health
professionals in the field of management, public health and medicine, nursing,
ISM, health economics and finance, demography, and allied sciences.
There are 20 Seats in the PhD
programme for 2016-18 batch.
PhD
Application in Hospital, Health, Pharmaceutical and Rural Management
Objectives
of the Programme
The PhD Program broadly aims at
building and strengthening research capacity in the management of health care
in order to improve the standards of health of people through accessible,
affordable and equitable health services. The following are the objectives of
the proposed program:
- Building capacity in research to strengthen health systems through enhanced efficiency and effectiveness, developing evidence based policies, strategies and interventions in the health sector.
- Developing high quality human resources for conducting management research in health care in the area of policy, strategy and program management, and evaluation.
- Developing outstanding academicians and management Professionals for higher level management teaching and research in postgraduate institutions, universities, health care industry, and government and consulting organizations
The
Program is Designed to Enable the Students:
To meet the needs of research
competency and skills of postgraduates, researchers, academicians and teachers,
health administrators and mid-career health care professionals in private and
government health sectors in policy and program management research in the
health sector including hospitals, health systems and services, pharmaceutical
management.
Duration
of the Programme
The minimum program duration is
three years including period of registration. Registration in PhD is subject to
passing qualifying examination which will be based on the course work in the
first year of the program. Program has three important mile stones; namely;
course work with 32 credits; writing research proposal and data collection; and
thesis writing and submission.
The maximum period allowable to
complete PhD is five years. The candidate will have to re-register if he/she
does not complete PhD in 5 years.
ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
Masters’ Degree or Post Graduate
Diploma in Management (PGDM) from a UGC/AICTE recognized institution or
university, with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) for general category
and 50% marks for SC and ST candidates in hospital and health management,
general management, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health informatics, social and
behavioral sciences, economics, commerce, science, demography and statistics.
Faculty in the teaching
institutions, researchers/ scientists in research organizations and working
professionals with relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to
join the program and will be given preference in selection.
The IIHMR University encourages
working professionals (health administrators, policy makers, medical/ nursing
and management professionals) to undertake the PhD Program to enhance
competence in evidence based research for policy and program development. They
will be given adequate weightage in admission. Such candidates should have
minimum five years experience of working in the health sector.
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