Why study the Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours)?
The Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours) course is designed for people working full time in health or human services who want to conduct research to improve practice or systems in their workplace.
This course is ideal for students who wish to focus on research in professional practice. It includes units on action research, evidence-based research methods and a major project, along with the opportunity to study a variety of other units relevant to professional practice.
UTAS is a leader in the field of interdisciplinary learning, which is critical for interdisciplinary collaboration and addressing the thorny problems of system reform. You will study with people from diverse clinical and professional adminisatrative backgrounds with the common interest of improving the way we do things.
This course is also a pathway to any of the Masters level courses in Health, including the Master of Clinical Leadership (M7M) and Master of Health and Human Services (M7N); students can transfer full credit for units they have studied in this course that also appear in the Masters level course schedules. This course can be credited towards the Professional Doctorate in Health (M9D) on the same basis as a Masters degree. For further information on transition between the Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours) and Masters refer to Masters Pathway Study Options.
Course objectives
This course is designed for students who already hold a bachelors degree in any clinical specialty to prepare them for conducting research into issues facing health services. It is part of the University's translational research agenda, which recognises that staff conducting applied research in a health or human services facility need a solid foundation in both the wider context of quality improvement and reform and in research methods that support the credibility of this research and its application to the broader community of practice. Dissemination to this community will also be supported by providing students with an opportunity to draft papers for eventual publication.
Refer to the Course and Unit Handbook for more detailed information.