Public Health (Extension) / Health Management

The Master Public Health (Extension) / Master of Health Management dual program is an innovative approach to postgraduate health education enabling candidates to specialise in both public health and health management and develop research skills in public health.The dual MPH (Extension) / MHM program provides students with advanced disciplinary knowledge … For more content click the Read More button below.The Master Public Health (Extension) / Master of Health Management dual program is an innovative approach to postgraduate health education enabling candidates to specialise in both public health and health management and develop research skills in public health.The dual MPH (Extension) / MHM program provides students with advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills to undertake population health and health services management roles in government, community and health service settings in Australia and internationally.

The program develops public health and health services leaders who have the capabilities to manage within increasingly complex and rapidly changing health system environments.

The program promotes sophisticated understanding and application across the complex body of multidisciplinary knowledge of public health and health management including:

epidemiology, biostatistics, social determinants of health, health promotion, population targeted health research methods, leadership and workforce management, strategic planning and change management, quality improvement, and health program and policy design, implementation and evaluation.

Graduates are equipped with the specialised skills needed for health management research and evidence based professional practice and leadership across a range of contexts including ministries and departments of health, government and non-government and voluntary organisations, primary care and community healthcare services in both public and private sectors.

The program fosters judgment-ready practitioners critically reflexive practitioners who can manage and improve health service systems and outcomes and can contribute to improving public health outcomes in diverse settings.Read More

Core Courses

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.keyboard_arrow_down

• PHCM90126 UOCHealth Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health
• PHCM90416 UOCFoundations in Public Health and Health Care Systems
• PHCM93916 UOCStrategy, Policy and Change
• PHCM94416 UOCHealthcare Economics and Financial Management
• PHCM94986 UOCEpidemiology and Statistics for Public Health
• PHCM97016 UOCHealth Leadership and Workforce Management
• PHCM97486 UOCClinical Governance and Risk Management

Specialisation Requirements

Students may select one of the following specialisations for the MPH.keyboard_arrow_down

• Specialisation
• PHCMSS30 UOCAboriginal Health & Wellbeing
• PHCMTS30 UOCHealth Economic Evaluation
• PHCMJS30 UOCHealth Promotion
• PHCMIS30 UOCInternational Health
• PHCMFS30 UOCInfectious Diseases Control
• PHCMPS30 UOCPrimary Health Care
• PHCMZS30 UOCPublic Security
• PHCMUS30 UOCEpidemiology
• PHCMVS30 UOCSocial Research
• PHCMCT30 UOCAgeing and Health

Academic Practice: International Students

Students from non-English speaking countries who have not previously completed a degree in Australia or other English speaking country are also required to take the core course PHCM9100 Academic Practice in their first semester. This course is also available to all other students to assist in gaining maximum benefit from their study, particularly if returning to study after a long break. The course is offered at no charge to students and does not contribute to the UOC requirements of the degree.keyboard_arrow_down

• PHCM91000 UOCAcademic Practice

PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES

Students must take at least 30 UOC, up to a maximum of 48 UOC of the following courses.Students may also apply to the Program Director to be allowed to replace up to 12 UOC of prescribed course electives with a 6 UOC Independent Study (PHCM9103) or 6 UOC Internship (PHCM9143).keyboard_arrow_down

• any level 9 Public Health and Community Medicine course
• any level 5 ASU Medicine course

EXTENSION PROJECT AND COURSEWORK ELECTIVES

Students must take one of the following options to complete the extension component of their program (24UOC):- 6 UOC research project and 3 additional prescribed elective courses (18 UOC); or- 12 UOC research project and 2 additional prescribed elective courses (12UOC); or- 18 UOC major research project and 1 additional prescribed elective course (6 UOC).Part-time students can complete the 12 UOC Project (PHCM9144) part time by enrolling in PHCM9145 (6 UOC) in two consecutive terms or the 18 UOC Major Project (PHCM9150) by enrolling in PHCM9151 (9UOC) in two consecutive terms or PHCM9152 (6 UOC) in three consecutive terms.keyboard_arrow_down

• PHCM91486 UOCMinor Project
• PHCM915018 UOCMajor Project
• PHCM914412 UOCProject

Major Project Maturity Requirement

Students must complete 48 UOC comprising PHCM9012, PHCM9498 and PHCM9041 and five additional prescribed electives with a minimum WAM of 65 before taking any of the following courses. The elective courses can include MHM core courses.keyboard_arrow_down

• PHCM915018 UOCMajor Project
• PHCM91519 UOCMajor Project
• PHCM91526 UOCMajor Project

Applicants are required to have either:

• An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)* and two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, MD)

OR

• An undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)*

[*Examples include, but are not restricted to, medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, dentistry, social work, sociology, behavioural and social sciences, psychology, marketing, human services, emergency services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration, business, management, engineering, law, science, mathematics and statistics, economics, policy studies and development studies.]

Applications will be assessed in accordance with the UNSW Recognition of Prior Learning Policy and Procedure.

Application Procedure

For Australian citizens, permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, applications for postgraduate coursework programs at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine are online through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).

For international students, applications for postgraduate coursework programs at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine are online through UNSW Apply Online.

Please contact the Student Services office for further information postgrad-sphcm@unsw.edu.au

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;Global Citizens

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;Global Citizens

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);LeadersProfessionalsGlobal Citizens

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;ProfessionalsGlobal Citizens

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;Global Citizens

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;Global Citizens

8.Demonstrate multidisciplinary ways of working and high level skills in leading, communicating, working in teams and advocacy to enhance health service outcomes;Global Citizens

9.Demonstrate sophisticated cultural awareness and a global perspective for working productively as health service professionals in local, national and international settings;LeadersProfessionalsGlobal Citizens

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.ProfessionalsGlobal Citizens

11.Identify and critically appraise research literature in an area of public health and determine research question/s and appropriate methodologies to address these question/s.Global CitizensLeadersProfessionals

12.Demonstrate ability to plan and execute a scholarly public health research-based project using relevant methodologies for contributing understanding to the field within the specific area of research.ScholarsGlobal CitizensLeaders