Graduate Certificate of Business Healthcare

The Graduate Certificate of Business Healthcare is designed for health professionals seeking to advance their career and capability in leading and managing with impact in the healthcare sector.

You’ll learn to apply leadership and entrepreneurial skills to the delivery of health services within a private, public and community healthcare setting.

You’ll also develop skills and knowledge in finances, business communication, managing teams, and innovative solution implementation.

When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to move into a management or leadership role within the community or private practice.

And for those wishing to pursue further study, this course pathways into Swinburne's MBA and MBA (Executive) courses.

The Graduate Certificate of Business Healthcare builds on the skills and knowledge of students from their undergraduate degrees by addressing the skills needed to manage and lead in community or industry. Students will learn to apply leadership, design thinking and entrepreneurship skills and to gain insight into accounting skills to foster meaningful partnerships that lead to outcomes within community and industry. The course will equip allied health professionals with business, innovation and accounting skills to complement advanced allied health skills. Graduates may move on to further business studies and may move into management or leadership roles within the community or private practice.

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Business Healthcare students must complete 50 credit points comprising:

• 4 core units of study (50 credit points)

Units of study

ACC60002 Accounting Information and Managerial Decision Making ENT60009 Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design PHT70004 Leadership and Enterprise for Health Professionals PHT80005 Health Care Models and Service Delivery * Outcome units - m atched exemptions are generally not granted for Higher Education outcome units.

A recognised bachelor degree in an Allied Health discipline.

• apply coherent and advanced knowledge of entrepreneurship, leadership and leadership accounting concepts in the health management context using critical thinking
• apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to identify and implement innovative solutions to complex problems in the healthcare context
• communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, including senior management, function as an effective member or leader of a team
• demonstrate and apply professionalism, leadership, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and a deep awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context.

The Swinburne graduate attributes signify that Swinburne intends that its teaching programs assist all its graduates to be:

• capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas
• entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• effective and ethical in work and community situations
• adaptable and able to manage change
• aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing.