New Delhi: On Tuesday i.e. on April 27, 2010, Institute of Clinical Research of India (ICRI) has announced the launch of a master’s degree programme in health administration. The newly launched two-year programme aims at buildling 'appropriate skilled teams' for the industry, which lacks trained healthcare professionals.
ICRI will offer the two-year masters degree course in collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the US. Graduates or final year graduation students in disciplines of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biotechnology, commerce, economics and engineering are considered eligible to apply for the course.
Shiv Ram Dugal, ICRI chairman has said that the Indian healthcare system lacks trained healthcare professionals and skilled teams of hospital administrators are the need of the hour. He added that the master’s programme will help to build an appropriate skilled team of hospital administrators.
