Graduate Certificate in Health Management

Type of institution: Higher Education Institutions
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00098G

This program is designed to provide training for senior managerial and planning professionals in health services and health management.

Designed for

Health professionals or others in the health workforce working or seeking to work in managerial roles in health services

Structure

• 24 units of credit must be completed. Students must choose at least two of the following courses: Strategy, Policy and Change
• Health Leadership
• Clinical Governance and Risk and two electives to meet the program requirements.

Subjects

• Health management

Standard entry requirements

• Applicants are required to have either: An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below) and two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, MD)
• Or an undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)
• [Examples include, but are not restricted to, medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, dentistry, social work, sociology, behavioural and social sciences, social work, psychology, marketing, human services, emergency services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration, business, management, engineering, law, science, mathematics and statistics, economics, policy studies and development studies]
• Applications will be assessed in accordance with the UNSW Recognition

Recognition

Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM)

Study pathways

Graduate Diploma in Health Management, Master of Health Management, Master of Health Management (Extension), Master of Public Health/Master of Health Management, Master of International Public Health/Master of Health Management.

Study information

Further information

This degree is available in face to face mode, in distance mode or a mixture between face to face and distance mode.

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