Handbook

Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) addresses key ideas, frameworks and strategies to enable healthcare leaders to enact and continuously improve learning, enhance system functioning and knowledge management and translation capabilities. The overarching goal is to provide grounding for leaders to develop a ‘learning health system’.

Part 1 of the course focuses upon developing systems and process for a mindset of EIDM across all aspects of organising, managing and evaluating healthcare services. You will develop your skills in  identifying and critically assessing organisational material, industry and governmental reports, and academic research .

Part 2 of the course analyses strategies and actions for implementing EIDM to develop a ‘learning health system’. Investigating concepts and models associated with learning in and by organisations, and knowledge and change management strategies are key to this endeavour. You will develop skills for identifying and assessing information critical to improving decision making and, by extension, more effectively managing a healthcare organisation are examined. Change management processes interlinked with knowledge management actions and models for EIDM are explored.

This course is a core module of the Master of Health Leadership and Management program, comprising six units of credit towards the total required for completion of the study program. This course is also offered as an elective in the Master of Public Health.