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Table 2 Quality and relevance of subjects undertaken

From: Adaptation strategies in transnational education: a case study of an australian Master of Health Administration Course offered to chinese managers

Rating category

Percentage of rating from respondentsa

Ranking Order

Top 5 challenging subjects (Extremely/very challenging)

63.0%

61.5%

57.4%

56.3%

55.6%

1. Health Service Financing

2. Health Data for Decision Making

3. Public Health Policy

4. Health Strategy and Operations

5. Human Resource Management

Top 5 subjects with high satisfaction (very satisfied)

74.3%

74.1%

73.5%

72.8%

72.6%

1. Health Care Quality

2. Comparative and Historic Studies of Health Systems

3. Health Strategy and Operations

4. Public Health Policy

5. Health Service Financing

Top 5 subjects with high (extremely and very much) relevance when studying

91.9%

90.4%

88.2%

87.5%

87.4%

1. Public Health Policy

2. Human Resources Management

3. Health Information System Management

4. Principles and Practice of Public Health

5. Health Care Quality

Top 5 subjects with high (extremely and very much) relevance in current career

81.5%

81.1%

80.7%

78.4%

75.6%

1. Human Resources Management

2. Health Care Quality

3. Health Information System Management

4. Public Health Policy

5. Action Learning Project

  1. a top five subjects on which the study participants reported the highest percentages of “extremely/very challenging”, “very satisfied” and “extremely/very relevant”