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Overview

The Master of Public Health / Health Management is an innovative and a popular approach to postgraduate health education, enabling candidates to specialise both in public health and health management.  The combined program provides graduates with essential knowledge, skills and attributes to carry out senior managerial and leadership roles in … For more content click the Read More button below. Candidates wishing to qualify for both the Master of Public Health and the Master of Health Management can do so with a total of 72 UOC. The Master of Public Health (MPH) is widely recognised as essential for a career in population health, including health promotion, primary health care, policy formulation, research, and management of health programs. The Master of Health Management (MHM) has been designed to provide students with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes required for senior managerial roles in health service delivery.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Ability to integrate advanced knowledge and skills for protection of the health of populations and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases through the use of epidemiological methods and contemporary theories and techniques;
2.
Appraise the health promotion needs of populations and determine effective interventions drawing on contemporary approaches and evidence;
3.
Critically analyse health care systems and policy contexts in order to develop evidence informed health management strategies drawing on recent scholarship and contemporary approaches to organisational practice in health settings;
4.
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);
5.
Demonstrate sophisticated capabilities for leading and managing in complex health settings including the capacity for improving health service outcomes through research driven and evidence based risk management and clinical governance quality processes;
6.
Investigate and apply relevant research and research-based methods to inform public health and health services questions, priorities, policies and practice across a diverse set of contexts;
7.
Investigate, analyse and synthesise health service and population health-related data and issues to plan and evaluate strategies, policies, projects and programs informed by current theoretical debates, techniques and practices;
8.
Demonstrate multidisciplinary ways of working and high level skills in leading, communicating, working in teams and advocacy to enhance health service outcomes;
9.
Demonstrate sophisticated cultural awareness and a global perspective for working productively as health service professionals in local, national and international settings;
10.
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.

Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure
72 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 72 UOC as a standalone program.

1. Compulsory courses - 42 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 30 UOC

Core Courses

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

PHCM9041
6 UOC
Foundations in Public Health and Health Care Systems
PHCM9391
6 UOC
Strategy, Policy and Change
PHCM9441
6 UOC
Healthcare Economics and Financial Management
PHCM9701
6 UOC
Health Leadership and Workforce Management
PHCM9748
6 UOC
Clinical Governance and Risk Management
PHCM9012
6 UOC
Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health
PHCM9498
6 UOC
Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health

Specialisations

Completion of a specialisation is optional. Students may choose a maximum of one specialisations listed below as part of their Masters of Public Health.

PHCMAS
30 UOC
Public Health
PHCMFS
30 UOC
Infectious Diseases Control
PHCMIS
30 UOC
International Health
PHCMJS
30 UOC
Health Promotion
PHCMPS
30 UOC
Primary Health Care
PHCMSS
30 UOC
Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing
PHCMTS
30 UOC
Health Economic Evaluation
PHCMUS
30 UOC
Epidemiology
PHCMVS
30 UOC
Social Research
PHCMZS
30 UOC
Public Security
PHCMCT
30 UOC
Ageing and Health

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.

PHCM9100
0 UOC
Academic Practice

Prescribed Electives

Students must complete 30 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.

PHCM9103
6 UOC
Independent Study 6 Units of Credit
PHCM9143
6 UOC
Internship
PHCM9148
6 UOC
Minor Project
PHCM9144
12 UOC
Project

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

For more information about admission requirements for various UNSW programs, visit the following website(s):
Domestic Students
International Student

Related Programs

Related Programs

Master of Health Management - MHM8901 - Health Management
Master of Health Management (Extension) - MHM(Extn)8902 - Health Management (Extension)
Master of Public Health - MPH9045 - Public Health
Master of Public Health (Extension) - MPH(Extn)9046 - Public Health (Extension)
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)

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Pathways

Articulation Arrangements

Graduate Diploma in Public Health - GradDipPH5507 - Public Health
Graduate Diploma in Health Management - GradDipHM5509 - Health Management
Graduate Certificate in Health Management - GradCertHM7360 - Health Management
Graduate Certificate in Public Health - GradCertPH7368 - Public Health
Master of Health Management - MHM8901 - Health Management
Master of Public Health - MPH9045 - Public Health

Professional Outcomes

Accreditations

Professional Recognition

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
Current Students 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.

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:

Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

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