Overview 2020
Location
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
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Course objectives
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
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