Overview
The requirements of this program are for students commencing their studies from 2017 onwards. Continuing students can view their original program requirements in previous editions of the handbook.
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This program has been designed to provide students with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes required for senior managerial roles in health service delivery. A key focus of the program is promoting health leadership in areas of strategic planning, policy and decision-making. A strong emphasis is also placed on understanding and meeting the challenges of safety and quality within current and emerging health service contexts. The objective of the program is to develop judgment-ready practitioners who can impact on health service issues and systems.
Learning Outcomes
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Critically analyse health care systems and policy contexts to inform health management strategies drawing on recent scholarship and contemporary approaches to organisational practice in health settings.
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Appraise health service needs and apply evidence informed approaches for determining productive strategies, policies and management of resources drawing on contemporary disciplinary domains, theories and techniques (including multilevel systems analysis, health finance and economics, and health workforce leadership and development).
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Demonstrate sophisticated capabilities for leading and managing in complex health settings including the capacity for improving health service outcomes through research driven risk management and clinical governance quality processes.
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Investigate, analyse and synthesise health service and epidemiological related data to plan and evaluate health service strategies, projects, policy and programs informed by current theoretical debates, techniques and practices.
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Interpret and apply relevant research and research-based methods to inform health service management questions, priorities, policy and practice across a diverse set of contexts.
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Demonstrate multidisciplinary ways of working and high level skills in communicating, working in teams and advocacy to enhance health service outcomes.
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Demonstrate sophisticated cultural awareness and a global perspective for working productively as health service professionals in local, national and international settings.
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Demonstrate capacity to abide by legal requirements and ethical commitments within one's scope of professional responsibility and engage in scholarly inquiry and critical reflection for informing health leadership and managerial practice.
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Program Structure48 Units of Credit:
Students must complete 48 UOC as a standalone program.
1. Compulsory courses - 30 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 18 UOC
Core Courses
Students must take 30 UOC of the following courses.
Academic Practice: International Students
International students from non-English speaking countries enrolled in the full time program in Sydney (Kensington campus) are required to take the following additional preparatory course in their first semester. This course is available for all students to assist to gain maximum benefit from their study. The course is made available at no charge to students and does not contribute to the UOC requirements of the degree.
Prescribed Electives
Students must take at least 6 UOC, up to a maximum of 18 UOC of the following courses.
Project, Independent Study or Internship
Students may apply to their Program Director to be allowed to replace a maximum of 12 UOC of prescribed electives with the following courses.
Part-time students can complete the 12 UOC Project (PHCM9144) part time by enrolling in PHCM9145 (6 UOC) in two consecutive terms.
Admission Requirements
Entry Requirements
Related Programs
Related Programs
Graduate Diploma in Health Management - GradDipHM5509 - Health Management
Graduate Certificate in Health Management - GradCertHM7360 - Health Management
Master of Health Management (Extension) - MHM(Extn)8902 - Health Management (Extension)
Master of Health Management - MHMMaster of Infectious Diseases Intelligence - MIDI9041 - Health Management/Infectious Diseases Intelligence
Master of Health Management - MHMMaster of International Public Health - MIPH9044 - Int Pub Hlth/Hlth Mgmt
Master of Health Management - MHMMaster of Public Health - MPH9047 - Public Health/HealthManagement
Master of Health Management - MHMMaster of International Public Health (Extension) - MIPH(Extn)9053 - International Public Health (Extension) / Health Management
Master of Health Management - MHMMaster of Public Health (Extension) - MPH(Extn)9056 - Public Health (Extension) / Health Management
Master of Health Management (Extension) - MHM(Extn)Master of Public Health - MPH9057 - Public Health / Health Management (Extension)
Master of Health Management (Extension) - MHM(Extn)Master of International Public Health - MIPH9058 - International Public Health / Health Management (Extension)
Program Requirements
Progression Requirements
Pathways
Articulation Arrangements
Graduate Diploma in Health Management - GradDipHM5509 - Health Management
Graduate Certificate in Health Management - GradCertHM7360 - Health Management
Master of Health Management (Extension) - MHM(Extn)8902 - Health Management (Extension)
Professional Outcomes
Accreditations
Professional Recognition
Recognition of Achievement
Award with Excellence
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The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.
Additional Information
Further Information
Program Fees
At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
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