Overview 2021
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the International Online Course Guide (PDF 809KB) for courses that are offered to international students
This course is not currently accepting applications.
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.
The course provides students with an opportunity to advance knowledge and skills, to act as leaders in critical analysis, development, implementation and evaluation required for quality service redesign. The Master of Quality Services (Health and Safety) course objectives are to:
- develop students' advanced body of knowledge in the development and implementation of quality service management policy;
- equip students to design, implement and evaluate workplace change leading to a strengthened quality culture;
- provide an opportunity to gain a theoretical and practical appreciation of various health care systems;
- facilitate students' understanding of the strategic management of health care organisations;
- develop students' knowledge of the epidemiological issues of health care organisations;
- facilitate specialised understanding of existing health service models;
- apply best practice models for quality service design;
- extend students' knowledge, to critically review and communicate key information in relation to theoretical models and frameworks of quality evaluation;
- interpret workplace culture and its impact on quality service delivery;
- apply established theories to enhance factors that facilitate quality culture in the workplace;
- empower students to act to address barriers to the development of a quality culture in the workplace; and
- apply knowledge of monitoring and measuring performance within a quality framework.
Career outcomes
Graduates may find employment in hospital administration, health administration or risk and quality assurance management.
Course structure
Core Units
Students completing this unit will have acquired knowledge of existing health service models, the internal and external factors that influence the delivery of quality services, and the best-practice models for quality service design.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA423 Introduction to Quality Health Services
During this unit students will acquire knowledge, critically review and communicate key information in relation to theoretical models and frameworks of quality evaluation.…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Students completing this unit will have acquired knowledge about monitoring and measuring performance within a quality framework and apply knowledge of monitoring and measuring the quality of performance in complex simulated work environments.…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA419 Monitoring and Measuring Performance
Students completing this unit will have acquired knowledge about workplace culture and its impact on quality service delivery; to acquire knowledge about factors that facilitate or act as barriers to the development of a quality-culture in the workplace; apply this…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA420 The Quality Culture and implementing quality improvements
Globally, health systems are tasked with responding to contemporary challenges and the related disease burden and health needs of their population. This unit takes a systems approach to examine how health systems are designed, the key components, who pays, and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit explores the principles, theories and practice of epidemiology. Students are provided with a comprehensive introduction to the collection and interpretation of epidemiological data within the framework of health, health care delivery and human services. The unit content covers…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit aims to provide a broad understanding of governance, clinical governance and risk management within the field of health and human services covering the relatively recent development and changes that have occurred in these areas. The Unit will also…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit equips students to apply an advanced body of knowledge relating to quality service management to develop and implement 'quality' policy.…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA421 Developing and implementing 'Quality' Policy
This unit equips students to apply an advanced body of knowledge relating to quality service management to design, implement and evaluate workplace change leading to a strengthened quality culture.…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA422 Leading Quality in the Workplace
Recommended Electives
Project Management for Health Professionals provides students with the foundational knowledge required to appreciate and implement practical approaches to project management in health sciences. Students will extend their skills in the utilisation of research evidence to refine and deepen their…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA613 Project Management for Health Professionals
With the explosion of technology and data in health, the field of health informatics is growing. This unit will evaluate the field of health informatics as a discipline within the health system, and appraise key principles and theories. The foundational…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CRH500 Introduction to Health Informatics
This unit will enable students to critically evaluate the theory, practice and processes for managing data in the healthcare system. The foundations of health data, information, knowledge and wisdom will be introduced, including the concept of information architecture. Methods and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit aims to provide participants with a basic understanding of health economics, its value and limitations. It will familiarise participants with the application of economic theory to health and health care issues, and review and analyse policy and practice…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit concentrates on the fundamentals of strategy analysis, with a focus on understanding health organisations as complex adaptive systems. We will examine and debate the need for strategic planning, analysis of the health services environment (internal and external) and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BAA712 Health Sector Strategic Management
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Entry Requirements
To be eligible for an offer, an applicant must have:
- A bachelor degree or higher and be working in a health care setting (this includes but is not limited to a hospital, a GP clinic, aged care setting, primary health care, department of community services).
- Completed a Graduate Diploma or equivalent in the same specialisation
- A statement outlining area of work, and evidence of confirmation of employment. (Payslip or signed and dated statement confirming current employment status)
International Applicants
This course is not available to international students. Please enquire online for advice on alternative course options.
Articulation from
The course has articulation from the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma.
Articulation to
On completion of this course candidates may apply for credit into programs such as the MBA(Health Services).
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
International students should refer to the International Students course fees page to get an indicative course cost.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
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- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
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