Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Aged Care)

Program Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Aged Care) from the Australian Institute of Health Service Management equips healthcare professionals with leadership, governance, and management skills specific to aged care services. The program covers topics such as aged care governance, leadership, integrated care, and cultural diversity, preparing graduates for effective leadership roles in this growing field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Aged Care) is a part-time course offered by the Australian Institute of Health Service Management (AIHSM) through the College of Business and Economics at the University of Tasmania. The program is designed for health care professionals seeking to develop skills in effective leadership, governance, and management of aged care services.

Objectives:

• Critically analyze leadership theories and styles in Aged Care contexts.
• Demonstrate a range of decision-making and leadership skills in problem-solving, change and conflict management, accounting for and respecting cultural diversity and the needs of healthcare stakeholders.
• Analyze foundational and contemporary health service management theory, principles, and processes, and reflect on their efficacy in current practice.
• Demonstrate leadership communication on management, motivation, and workplace culture required for effective leadership.

Outline:

The program comprises four 12.5 credit point coursework units to be completed over one or more semesters.

Core Units:

• BAA541 Aged Care Governance: Context, Reforms, and Systems
• Critically assesses the knowledge, structures, and systems required to effectively govern, organize, and manage residential aged care organizations.
• BAA542 Aged Care Leadership and Management: Effective Internal and External Integration
• Critically examines the processes and activities to identify, monitor, and improve key elements of aged care organizational functioning within complex health networks.
• BAA750 Delivering Integrated Care
• Provides students with skills and capacity to apply integrated care in healthcare contexts, drawing on theories, models, and tools from the literature of integrated care.
• BAA752 Foundations of Integrated Care