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Health Care Leadership and Management Specialisation

Effective from 01-JAN-2024 : Code SPAAQM

This specialisation provides a strong focus on the application of leadership and management principles in health care settings to enhance client outcomes. The curriculum includes principles of management and leadership as well as strong focus on patient safety and clinical risk.

Disclaimer

This unit set information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

This Specialisation can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

Online

Unit Set Coordinator

A/Prof Beverley Anne EWENS

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in leadership and management in a health care setting.
  2. Examine and evaluate their own leadership style and optimise its impact within their health care team.
  3. Review, analyse and implement conflict resolution strategies and synthesise their application within the broader health environment.
  4. Initiate plan and implement strategies to solve problems in coaching and mentoring processes.
  5. Analyse research findings related to working with aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
  6. Assess cultural, psychological, ethical and legal issues and their impact on patient safety.
  7. Demonstrate appropriate levels of proficiency when dealing with difficult interactions with managers and peers.
  8. Demonstrate creativity, personal autonomy, judgement and accountability in the design of clinical risk management interventions incorporating national and international standards and principles of best practice.
  9. Demonstrate autonomy and creativity in the application of clinical risk management interventions to the health care setting.

Related Careers

Health and Welfare Services Manager, Medical Administrator, Primary Health Organisation Manager, Welfare Centre Manager.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates will be equipped for leadership roles in all health care environments, including positions in clinics, hospital settings, outpatient facilities, businesses, schools and community centres.

Specialisation Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
CLM6100Clinical Leadership and Management20
CMC6100Coaching and Mentoring in the Clinical Setting20
PSR5101Managing Risk in the Clinical Environment20

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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