Overview 2023
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Delivered over 1 year this fully flexible online program is designed to fit around the busy lives of health professionals working in the healthcare industry:
- your expertise will be developed in planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based health service improvements
- develop your advanced problem solving and analytical skills to help 'diagnose' service delivery issues and inefficiencies
This is the perfect course for anyone motivated by positive change and improvement in healthcare whether you are a practising health professional in a public, private or not-for-profit organisation, or a healthcare service administrator. Your experience will be built upon to equip you with the essential skills, tools and knowledge to lead improvement initiatives. This implies better outcomes for consumers of healthcare.
So enhance your career opportunities and begin the journey into healthcare improvement today.
Learning Outcomes
Career outcomes
Enhancement of their role as healthcare professionals with the ability to plan and evaluate evidence-based healthcare/services improvements into practice. By consolidating and advancing communication skills, students will be able to build more effective relationships with patients and other health professionals.
Course structure
Students must satisfactorily complete 50 credit points of study.
Compulsory Units
Students completing this unit will acquire advanced problem-solving and analytical skills for the ‘diagnosis’ of service delivery blockages, quality and safety issues, and system inefficiencies. The unit draws upon a solid theoretical and empirical basis, and introduces students to a…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CAM509 Clinical Redesign Diagnostics and Analysis
Students completing this unit will acquire advanced problem-solving skills, encompassing the design of targeted clinical redesign solutions to meet identified quality and safety issues, gaps, and system inefficiencies found within health services. The unit draws upon a solid theoretical and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CAM510 Clinical Redesign Solutions and Implementation
This unit provides a framework for understanding the links between knowledge and practice. It is about considering the when, why and, importantly, how of translational research in practice. It is also designed to encourage the development of the capacity of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Semester 1 | ||||
| Online | Semester 2 | ||||
| Online | Spring school (extended) | ||||
View all details for CAM538 Translational Research and Health Service Innovation
This unit introduces students to the clinical redesign methodology and its process. Students will learn about effective redesign methods, theories and frameworks in a global context to prepare them to initiate clinical redesign in practice. Students will learn about evaluating…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
- Completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in a health or human welfare studies and services field, or equivalent overseas qualification, or
- Alternatively, completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in any discipline, AND
- At least five years relevant professional and/or industry experience in a health or human welfare studies and services field.
For International students
Admission to most postgraduate coursework courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree. Applicants must achieve the required grade in their qualifying studies, meet any prerequisite subjects, and meet English language requirements to be eligible for an offer.
English Language Requirements
For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship , evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.
Course Specific Requirements
- Completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in a health or human welfare studies and services field, or equivalent overseas qualification, or
- Alternatively, completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in any discipline, AND
- At least five years relevant professional and/or industry experience in a health or human welfare studies and services field.
Credit transfer
Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.
Articulation
Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Redesign can articulate with full credit (50 points) into the Graduate Diploma and Master of Healthcare Redesign. The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Redesign is an exit award for the Graduate Diploma of Healthcare Redesign and Master of Healthcare Redesign.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
This is a full-fee course, which means you’ll need to pay the full amount for your studies. Commonwealth Supported Places are not available in this course. However, there are still support options available for eligible students to help you manage the cost of studying this course.
You may be able to fund all or part of your tuition fees by accessing a FEE-HELP loan from the Australian Government. FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists domestic full-fee students to pay for University, which is repaid through the Australian Tax System once you earn above a repayment threshold. This means you’ll only have to start repaying the loan once you start earning above a specific amount
Our scholarships and prizes program also offers more than 400 scholarships across all areas of study. You can even apply for multiple scholarships in one easy application.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
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.
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