Overview

The Graduate Diploma builds on the solid base for health management and leadership practice developed in the Graduate Certificate by focusing specifically on managing people productively, improving health care quality, governance and legal and ethical requirements, and also the financial management of health services.

Admission and Credit

Language requirements

Standard

Structure

Core Subjects32 Credit Points
OR
Coursework Pathway32 Credit Points
OR
Research Pathway32 Credit Points

Enrolment pattern

COURSEWORK PATHWAY JANUARY START Year 1 Micro-session 1 (14) HML401 Practising Health Management and Leadership with Resilience and Efficacy (4) HML402 Re-visioning Health Services Through Reflective Practice (4)   Year 1 Micro-Session 2 (34) HML403 Health Services and their External Influences (4) HML404 Health Services and their Internal Influences (4)   Year … For more content click the Read More button below. HML405 Communication Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4) HML406 Collaboration Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4)   Year 1 Micro-Session 5 (74) HML407 Leadership Practice and Influence in Health Services (4) HML408 Management Practice for Health Services (4)   Year 2 Session 1 (30) HML501 Managing People Productively in Health Services (8) HML503 Governance, Law and Ethical Leadership in Health Care Management (8)   Year 2 Session 2 (60) HML502 Improving Health Care Quality (8) IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities (8)   JULY START Year 1 - Micro-session 4 (54) HML405 Communication Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4) HML406 Collaboration Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 5 (74) HML407 Leadership Practice and Influence in Health Services (4) HML408 Management Practice for Health Services (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 1 (14) HML401 Practising Health Management and Leadership with Resilience and Efficacy (4) HML402 Re-visioning Health Services Through Reflective Practice (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 2 (34) HML403 Health Services and their External Influences (4) HML404 Health Services and their Internal Influences (4)   Year 2 - Session 2 (60) HML502 Improving Health Care Quality (8) IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities (8)   Year 2 - Session 1 (30) HML501 Managing People Productively in Health Services (8) HML503 Governance, Law and Ethical Leadership in Health Care Management (8)   RESEARCH PATHWAY – JANUARY START Year 1 - Micro-session 1 (14) HML401 Practising Health Management and Leadership with Resilience and Efficacy (4) HML402 Re-visioning Health Services Through Reflective Practice (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 2 (34) HML403 Health Services and their External Influences (4) HML404 Health Services and their Internal Influences (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 4 (54) HML405 Communication Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4) HML406 Collaboration Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 5 (74) HML407 Leadership Practice and Influence in Health Services (4) HML408 Management Practice for Health Services (4)   Year 2 - Session 1 (30) HLT505 Research Practice in Healthcare (8) AND one elective (e.g., HML501; HML503; HML507; MGT580, all 8 points)   Year 2 - Session 2 (60) IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities (8) BMS508 Research proposal (8)   RESEARCH PATHWAY – JULY START Year 1 - Micro-session 4 (54) HML405 Communication Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4) HML406 Collaboration Practices for Health Managers and Leaders (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 5 (74) HML407 Leadership Practice and Influence in Health Services (4) HML408 Management Practice for Health Services (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 1 (14) HML401 Practising Health Management and Leadership with Resilience and Efficacy (4) HML402 Re-visioning Health Services Through Reflective Practice (4)   Year 1 - Micro-session 2 (34) HML403 Health Services and their External Influences (4) HML404 Health Services and their Internal Influences (4)   Year 2 - Session 2 (60) IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities (8) BMS508 Research proposal (8)   Year 2 - Session 1 (30) HLT505 Research practice in healthcare (8) AND one elective (e.g., HML501; HML503; HML507; MGT580, all 8 points)        

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
1.
Discuss contemporary health management contexts, including their internal and external influences
2.
Create an affirmative vision for tomorrow’s health services and strategies
3.
Critically analyse management theory and its relation to health management
4.
Critically analyse leadership theory and its relation to health management and leadership
5.
Discuss how a health manager or leader may practice with resilience, efficacy and in an evidence-based way
6.
Apply well-developed approaches to communication and collaboration within the context of health management and leadership
7.
Critically analyse strategies for managing people productively
8.
Discuss approaches and philosophies, tools and methods of analysis for improving health care quality or protecting health consumers and communities
9.
Describe governance and legal and ethical requirements related the health management practice
10.
Apply financial management practices to health services
11.
Develop a research proposal and apply research methods to a health management or leadership question (Research Pathway)