Graduate Certificate in Hospital and Health Services Management
Central Queensland University
About
The Graduate Certificate in Hospital and Health Management will provide contemporary knowledge and skills to enable healthcare managers to excel in Australia’s complex and dynamic health care environment.
This course examines International and National healthcare, contemporary reform agendas and governance in health care organisations while allowing you to apply this understanding to your own workplace.
You will learn to identify and minimise risk, determine access and equity issues and examine organisational culture to effect positive organisational performance.
Structure
Course Structure
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- Complete the core structure
Core Structure
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| Number of units: 4 | Total credit points: 24 |
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| --> HHSM20001 | Australian Health Care Structures | --> |
| --> HHSM20002 | Managing Access and Equity in Health Care Settings | --> |
| --> HHSM20003 | Using Health Data: Recognising Risk to Initiate Change | --> |
| --> HHSM29001 | Organisational Culture in Health Care Workplaces | --> |
Entry requirements
What do I need to start?
Entry Scores
Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to have a bachelor degree or to show substantial equivalent experience as a health leader or manager in a healthcare setting.
Security Requirements
NA
Health Requirements
NA
Assumed Knowledge
Not applicable.
Fees and Charges
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Learning outcomes
Core Learning Outcomes
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- Evaluate Australian health care models against international models
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- Analyse the relationship between Commonwealth and State funding and health care reforms and their relevence to managing a health care organisation
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- Compare health care governance models across Government, non-Government, private and charitable health sectors
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- Analyse management responsibilities in recent health care reform in relation to equity and access
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- Examine health data to manage risk and initiate innovation
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- Evaluate the impact of organisational culture on health care organisational performance.
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| 1. KNOWLEDGE Have specialised knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> |
| 2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review,analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> |
| 3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> |
| 4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice | --> | --> | ||||
| 5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts | --> | --> | ||||
| 6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> | --> |
| 7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts | --> | |||||
| 8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts | --> | --> | ||||
| 9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters | --> |
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