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Overview  2020

Entry Requirements

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Duration

Minimum

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

Distance Launceston
Semester 1, Semester 2

This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students

This course is offered for professionals working as middle and senior managers in health care sector who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the management of patient safety and service quality within health care organsiations. It is appropriate for hospital administrators, risk and quality assurance managers, and senior medical, nursing and allied health administrators.

The School of Health Sciences, aims to create an educational environment which values critical, reflective thinking, life-long learning, acquisition of generic attributes and professional development. This course contextualises the advanced knowledge and skills for students to understand the importance of and participate in quality and safety in Healthcare delivery. In the Graduate Diploma of Quality Services research units are introduced which extend abilities to generate and transmit solutions to complex quality and safety in healthcare problems. Course objectives are intended to:

  • advance theoretical and practical appreciation of various health care systems;
  • allow students to gain an in-depth knowledge of strategic management of health care organisations;
  • enable students to understand epidemiological issues of health care organisations;
  • generate strategies to identify and implement best practice models for quality service design;
  • demonstrate problem solving and critical analysis skills for quality evaluation;
  • enable students to critique workplace culture and its impact on quality service delivery and;
  • develop solutions to address barriers to the development of a quality culture in the workplace.

Career outcomes

Graduates may find employment in hospital administration, health administration or risk and quality assurance management.

Course structure

Entry requirements

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

Scholarships

For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.

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Domestic
13 8827 (13 UTAS)
International
+61 3 6226 6200
Email
Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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