Graduate Diploma in Health Science

Western Sydney University

About

The Graduate Diploma in Health Science provides students with an opportunity to delve deeper into issues relevant to the Australian healthcare system as well as international models of healthcare.

It explores the socioeconomic, behavioural, biological and societal determinants of health and disease, providing a sound knowledge in epidemiology and the use of healthcare data for decision-making.

It provides an entry point to the Master of Health Science for those who wish to continue on their professional development journey with further studies.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 80 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Students must complete the following units.

Domain Units

Code	Name
401363	Health Systems and Policy

Code	Name
401076	Introduction to Epidemiology

Code	Name
401372	The Social Determinants of Health

Code	Name
401365	Healthcare Data for Decision-Making

Focus Units

Code	Name
401361	Advanced Health Service Management

Code	Name
401364	Health Systems Planning and Evaluation

Choose two alternate units from the list below

Alternate Units

Code	Name
102180	Translation from Theory and Research to Policy

Code	Name
102728	Research into Practice: bridging the clinician-researcher divide in applied and creative therapies

Code	Name
200717	Employment Relations Professional Practice

Code	Name
200719	Industrial Relations and Workplace Change

Code	Name
200721	Reward Management

Code	Name
200722	Strategic Employment Relations

Code	Name
200821	Financial Reports for Decision Making

Code	Name
200827	Developing Human Capital and Organisational Capability

Code	Name
200828	Diversity, Labour Markets and Workforce Planning

Code	Name
200845	Innovation Through Digital Technology

Code	Name
200848	Governance, Ethics and Social Entrepreneurship

Code	Name
200849	New Venture Finance

Code	Name
200850	Entrepreneurial Management Capabilities

Code	Name
200851	Innovation for New Markets

Code	Name
200852	Innovation, Creativity and Foresight

Code	Name
301028	Advanced Healthcare Data Environments

Code	Name
301029	Advanced Healthcare Software and Systems

Code	Name
301187	Managing Project Teams and Stakeholders

Code	Name
301192	Risk Management and Decision Making

Code	Name
301193	Strategic Project Management

Code	Name
301195	Time and Quality Management

Code	Name
400235	Leadership in Clinical Practice

Code	Name
301194	Financial Management of Projects

Code	Name
400238	Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care Provision

Code	Name
400241	Supporting Aged Communities

Code	Name
400777	Leadership for Quality and Safety in Health Care

Code	Name
400837	Health and Socio-political Issues in Aged Care

Code	Name
400840	Communicable Diseases

Code	Name
400418	Health Advancement and Health Promotion

Code	Name
400846	Building Organisational Capacity in Health Care

Code	Name
400847	Surveillance and Disaster Planning

Code	Name
401077	Introduction to Biostatistics

Code	Name
401080	Research Protocol Design and Practice

Code	Name
401082	Cultural and Social Diversity in Health Care

Code	Name
401173	Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

Code	Name
401174	Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases

Code	Name
401175	Analytic Approaches in Epidemiology

Code	Name
401176	Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

Code	Name
401177	Environmental Epidemiology

Code	Name
401178	Controversies in Epidemiology

Code	Name
401179	Data Management and Programming for Epidemiology

Code	Name
401238	Qualitative Research Methodology in Health

Code	Name
401366	Digital Health Management

Code	Name
401367	Patient-centred digital healthcare

Code	Name
401373	Workplace Safety and Risk Management

Code	Name
51240	Project Management

Code	Name
800218	Researcher Development 1: Reading ,Writing, and the Business of Research

Code	Name
800219	Writing Beyond the Academy: Knowledge Translation and Public Audience Communication

The units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.

800166.1 - Research Design 1: Theories of Enquiry

800167.1 - Research Literacies

Students: further information on recommended progression is available on the Postgraduate Health Science progression page.

Postgraduate Health Science Progression

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