Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Quality Excellence

The healthcare industry has one of the most complex infrastructures compared to other global industries, characterized by ever-changing relationships between patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, communities, and governments.

The Diploma in Healthcare Quality Excellence considers the current challenges and provides aspiring healthcare professionals with innovative techniques and approaches to creatively refine the provision of healthcare services.

This program is particularly designed for participants who aim to develop and enhance their knowledge and experience in healthcare quality management. The courses provide a solid base that allows participants to acquire a state-of-the-art perspective of quality improvement, accreditation, as well as patient safety and performance management.

Field visits to renowned hospitals will cover the practical aspects of how to master continuous improvement methodologies, patient safety techniques, as well as the latest in risk management expertise, forming the cornerstone to ensuring the provision of reliable and reputable healthcare services in the 21st century.

• Identify the fundamental pillars of the new healthcare system in Egypt

• Adopt a practical journey to accreditation

• Establish an efficient approach to patient safety and risk management

• Use quality improvement tools in a simplified yet professional approach

• Integrate a clinical information system team into healthcare organizations

• Healthcare professionals currently working in quality teams and seeking to sharpen their knowledge and skills and acquire a practical approach to establishing continuous quality management programs

• Healthcare professionals with considerable clinical experience who aim to make use of their wealth of knowledge and skills to improve the quality of their healthcare services and patient safety

• Healthcare professionals who aim to upscale the services provided in their healthcare organizations by seeking to embark on a journey towards accreditation or establishing their own performance management program

A. Hospital Management courses

B. Healthcare Quality Excellence Courses

C. Hospital Visits

* D. Business Acumen (Online)

*The list of topics is dynamic; participants will need to verify available courses at the time of admission

Admissions Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Science, Nursing, Business Administration, or equivalent.

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience (excluding training that is part of a degree e.g. the house-officer year for physicians).

• Proficiency in written and spoken English. As proof of English proficiency, applicants must attain satisfactory results in one of the following English tests:

  • English Placement Online Test, offered by the AUC, with a minimum level of B1C.  If you would like to register for this test, please click here.

  • Academic IELTS with a minimum total score of 4.5

  • TOEFL iBT® with a minimum total score of 57

• Exemptions from these English examinations are allowed, if any of the following conditions are met:

  • The applicant is an AUC graduate

  • The applicant has earned degrees from an accredited university that is classified in the World Higher Education Database (WHED) as an institution where English is the “sole” language of instruction

Admissions Process

1. Prepare a clear scanned copy of the following documents (saved in PDF format):

   1. Original bachelor’s degree certificate

   2. Work experience letter(s) indicating a minimum of required years of relevant work experience

   3. Evidence of English proficiency as required by the program

   4. National identification card (ID) / passport

   5. Personal passport-size photo

2. Click on Apply Now button on the website to start the online application process

3. Fill in the online application and upload the above PDF documents

4. The Admissions Committee will review your application and credentials and contact you if needed

5. You will receive an acceptance email specifying the next steps for online course registration and payment

For any inquiries regarding the application process, contact us at 15592 or execedregistration@aucegypt.edu

Core program course fees: 7,200 EGP

Business Acumen Online course fee: 2,000 EGP

Total program investment: 55,200 EGP*

*For payment options, please refer to the payment section FAQs on our website or contact us on 15592

• All cancellations must be sent in writing to execedregistration@aucegypt.edu. A full refund will be provided for cancellations made 14 days or more before the start date of the course

• A 50% refund will be provided for cancellations made 13 to 7 days before the start date of the course

• No refund will be provided for cancellations made 6 days or less before the start date of the course

• Refunds will be issued to the same payment method used to make the initial payment. Refunds to credit cards are processed within 30 days provided that the participant has the actual credit card in addition to the POS receipt or bank statement while requesting a refund

• The refund of alliance programs are subject to the conditions of the alliance partner