Master of Health Care Management
Murdoch University
About
Build your skills in leadership and management to further progress your health care career.
This course is for you if you currently work in quality, safety, and risk roles within community, mental health, primary and aged care and are looking to transition into a management position, or are currently in a middle management position wishing to progress further.The course includes a focus on safety and quality to address the increased need for leadership and governance of healthcare for patient safety.
It provides the hard and soft skills needed within a clinical context, including leadership and managerial skills, financial management in healthcare, policy and human factor considerations.As part of the course you’ll undertake hands-on learning through project work, which focuses on an aspect learned within the course that can be applied to a clinical setting.
This strong emphasis on professional practice is informed by research evidence, ensuring you have the concepts, insights and practical skills relevant to leading change and driving innovation in the healthcare sector.6 reasons to study a Master of Health Care Management at MurdochLearn in a virtual classroom in this fully online course to help you fit study into your working life.
Study on your own terms with flexible full or part-time study.
Take advantage of free workshops and seminars to help you with writing, statistics and analysing data, ethics, how to run surveys and research as a postgraduate student.
Be taught by leading academics who are qualified nurses with experience across Australia with research expertise in patient safety, leadership, resilience and management.
Choose to complete an applied health services project through a health industry placement or a health care management research project of your choice, where you’ll design a research project related to health care management.
Focus on your area of speciality and interest through a choice of innovative and creative elective units.Develop your skillsBuild essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals.
Topics you’ll cover include:safety and quality in health care leadership in health care bioethics and law for health care leadership health policy in Australia and beyond managing in a health care environment.Your careerAs a graduate of this course you will fulfil industry demand for increased middle management skills.
The delivery of high quality services is essential within the health industry, particularly in private and aged care sectors.Careers could include:Accreditation Coordinator Quality and Risk Manager HR Projects Director Health Care Clinic Manager Clinical Nurse Manager.
Structure
Course Core 36 credit points
Required Units 33 credit points
| Unit code | Unit name | Credit points |
|---|---|---|
| SHP501 | Safety and Quality in Health Care | 3 |
| SHP510 | Bioethics and Law for Health Care Leadership | 3 |
| SHP511 | Leadership in Health Care | 3 |
| SHP541 | Health Policy in Australia and Beyond | 3 |
| SHP602 | Human Factors: The Impact on Patient Safety | 3 |
| SHP603 | Applied Health Services Project | 6 |
| SHP604 | Reflective Practice in Health Management | 3 |
| SHP612 | Managing in a Health Care Environment | 3 |
| SHP632 | Applied Health Research Methods: From Research to Practice | 3 |
| SHP639 | Financial Management in Health Care | 3 |
Specified Elective Units 3 credit points
| Unit code | Unit name | Credit points |
|---|---|---|
| EDU616 | Teaching, Learning and Working in Culturally Diverse Environments | 3 |
| OR | ||
| SHP638 | Health Care Education | 3 |
| OR | ||
| SHP641 | Clinical Governance | 3 |
Entry requirements
Advanced Standing
Everyone has a different path to university so if you’ve already completed formal or informal learning, you could receive advanced standing. Also known as recognition of prior learning, advanced standing can reduce the amount of study needed to complete your degree by giving you credit for certain units.
Formal learning can include previous study in higher education vocational education or adult and community education. Informal learning can include on the job learning, various kinds of work and life experience.
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