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Overview

The Master of Public Health / Master of Health Leadership and Management (MPH/MHLM) dual program is an innovative postgraduate degree designed for professionals who want to enhance their career opportunities by specialising in both public health and health services leadership and management. The dual program integrates the public health approach … For more content click the Read More button below. Our dual MPH/MHLM program fosters critically reflexive practice. Through a multi-disciplinary, problem-based approach you will graduate with the skills to contribute to improving public health outcomes. You will gain experience in managing and improving health service systems across diverse settings. Learn the specialist knowledge and skills to recognise the relationships between public health and healthcare delivery, graduating with the capabilities to lead in increasingly complex and rapidly changing environments. The program includes core courses related to strategic planning, policy development, change management, quality enhancement, and decision-making, coupled with core public health skills in epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, health policy, planning and management, and addressing challenges associated with the social determinants of health. Through the MPH/MHLM dual program you combine two highly sought-after degrees. Graduate work-ready, with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes to carry out leadership and management roles in population health, clinical settings and departmental health services. Graduates typically find employment across a range of employers, including in government Ministries and Departments of Health, NGOs, primary care and community healthcare services, hospital settings in the public and private sectors in Australia.

Our dual MPH/MHLM program fosters critically reflexive practice. Through a multi-disciplinary, problem-based approach you will graduate with the skills to contribute to improving public health outcomes. You will gain experience in managing and improving health service systems across diverse settings. Learn the specialist knowledge and skills to recognise the relationships between public health and healthcare delivery, graduating with the capabilities to lead in increasingly complex and rapidly changing environments.

The program includes core courses related to strategic planning, policy development, change management, quality enhancement, and decision-making, coupled with core public health skills in epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, health policy, planning and management, and addressing challenges associated with the social determinants of health.

Through the MPH/MHLM dual program you combine two highly sought-after degrees. Graduate work-ready, with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes to carry out leadership and management roles in population health, clinical settings and departmental health services.

Graduates typically find employment across a range of employers, including in government Ministries and Departments of Health, NGOs, primary care and community healthcare services, hospital settings in the public and private sectors in Australia.

Stand Alone Programs

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Health Leadership and Management

Double Degree Structure

Students must complete 72 UOC.

1. Compulsory courses - 48 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 24 UOC

Core Courses48 Units of Credit:

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

PHCM9012

6 UOC

Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health

PHCM9041

6 UOC

Foundations in Public Health and Health Care Systems

PHCM9391

6 UOC

Health Organisations, Strategy 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

PHCM9794

6 UOC

Foundations of Epidemiology

PHCM9795

6 UOC

Foundations of Biostatistics

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.

PHCMFS

24 UOC

Infectious Diseases Control

Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing

PHCMTS

24 UOC

Health Economic Evaluation

Academic Practice: International Students

International students from non-English speaking countries enrolled in the full time program 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 Electives24 Units of Credit:

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.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from 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.

Additional 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:

Domestic Students

Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)

International Students