Program Overview
The Master of Health Care Management equips students with leadership and managerial skills for the healthcare industry. Emphasizing safety and quality, it develops both hard and soft skills, including financial management, policy considerations, and leadership. The program offers practical project work, research-informed curriculum, and industry placement opportunities, preparing graduates for careers in quality, safety, and risk management roles.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Health Care Management is designed to equip students with the leadership and management skills necessary to advance their careers in the healthcare industry. This program is particularly suited for individuals working in quality, safety, and risk roles within community, mental health, primary, and aged care settings who aspire to transition into management positions or those already in middle management seeking further career progression. It provides both hard and soft skills relevant to a clinical context, including:
- Leadership and managerial skills
- Financial management in healthcare
- Policy and human factor considerations
Key program features:
- Focus on safety and quality in healthcare
- Emphasis on leadership and governance
- Practical skills development through project work
- Research-informed curriculum
- Hands-on learning experiences
Program benefits:
- Access to free workshops and seminars on writing, statistics, data analysis, ethics, survey design, and research methods
- Instruction by leading academics who are qualified nurses with extensive experience and research expertise in patient safety, leadership, resilience, and management
- Choice between an applied health services project through an industry placement or a health care management research project
Outline:
Total credit points:
36
Course Core (36 credit points):
- Required Units (33 credit points):
- SHP501: Safety and Quality in Health Care (3 credit points)
- SHP510: Bioethics and Law for Health Care Leadership (3 credit points)
- SHP511: Leadership in Health Care (3 credit points)
- SHP541: Health Policy in Australia and Beyond (3 credit points)
- SHP602: Human Factors for Patient Safety Leadership (3 credit points)
- SHP603: Applied Health Services Project (6 credit points)
- SHP604: Reflective Practice in Health Management (3 credit points)
- SHP612: Managing in a Health Care Environment (3 credit points)
- SHP632: Applied Health Research Methods: From Research to Practice (3 credit points)
- SHP639: Financial Management in Health Care (3 credit points)
- Specified Elective Units (3 credit points):
- EDU616: Teaching, Learning and Working in Culturally Diverse Environments (3 credit points)
- OR SHP641: Clinical Governance (3 credit points)
- OR SHP505: Contemporary Issues in Mental Healthcare (3 credit points)
Teaching:
- Teaching methods:
- Hands-on learning through project work
- Research-informed curriculum
- Workshops and seminars
- Faculty:
- Leading academics who are qualified nurses with extensive experience and research expertise in patient safety, leadership, resilience, and management
Careers:
- Potential career paths:
- Accreditation Coordinator
- Quality and Risk Manager
- HR Projects Director
- Health Care Clinic Manager
- Clinical Nurse Manager
Other:
- The program is offered in both full-time and part-time study modes.
- The duration of the program is 1.5 years.
- Students have the option to complete an applied health services project through an industry placement or a health care management research project.
- The program is designed to meet the industry demand for increased middle management skills in the healthcare sector.
- The program is particularly relevant to the private and aged care sectors.
