Overview

The Master’s degree builds on the advanced health management and leadership practices developed in the Graduate Diploma. A number of opportunities for applying students’ health management and leadership practices are offered including, a supervised change project embedded in students’ workplaces, a supervised evaluation project that is also embedded in students’ workplaces, and a health planning project. The opportunity to prepare a report or publishable manuscript is embedded in these subjects. Students may also choose from a suite of elective subjects in order to support their current role or role aspirations.

Students enrolled into the research pathway have the opportunity to, under supervision, write a literature review, conduct research and prepare a publishable manuscript about their findings.

Admission and Credit

Admission

Entry Requirement

Language requirements

Standard

Structure

Master of Health Management and Leadership96 Credit Points
Core subject32 Credit Points
OR
Coursework Pathway64 Credit Points
OR
Research Pathway88 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)   Year 3 – Session 1 (30) HML507 Planning Health Services (8) MGT580 Forecasting and Risk Assessment (8)   Year 3 - Session 2 (60) HML504 Financial Management in Health Services (8) HML508 Creativity, Innovation and Change (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)   Year 3 - Session 2 (60) HML504 Financial Management in Health Services (8) HML508 Creativity, Innovation and Change (8)   Year 3 - Session 1 (30) HML507 Planning Health Services (8) MGT580 Forecasting and Risk Assessment (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)   Year 3 - Year-long period 1 (31) HLT604 Dissertation in Health and Medical Science (32)   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)   Year 3 - Year-long period 1 (31) HLT604 Dissertation in Health and Medical Science (32)        

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, legal and ethical requirements related to 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)
12.
Apply and manage the process of change management in health services
13.
Apply the principles of, and manage evaluation in health services
14.
Develop and manage health planning projects
15.
Conduct research relevant to the current health environment (Research Pathway)

Alternative exit options

Students may elect to exit the course after the completion of the requirements for: 4614MG01 Graduate Diploma in Health Management and Leadership 4302BI01 Graduate Certificate in Health Management and Leadership