M6S Graduate Diploma of Leadership (Health and Human Services)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 1 Years, up to a maximum of 5 Years
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

Hobart: 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 designed to enhance the professional skills of health and human service professionals, clinical leaders, managers and policy/planning practitioners working, or aspiring to work, in leadership or management positions within the broad health and human service sectors in Australia and internationally.

Graduates will develop in-depth contemporary knowledge of health and human service systems across a range of leadership and management dimensions including system planning, policy, strategy, governance, risk management, legal issues, ethics, health economics, financial management, quality & safety, leading & managing change, professional supervision, epidemiology, evaluating data/ evidence and translating evidence into practice. The course is able to be completed entirely via distance study methods but can be supported with optional mixed method delivery in some components of study at Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Rozelle campuses particularly through short course intensives.

Learning outcomes

The Graduate Diploma of Leadership (Health and Human Services) qualifies individuals who will apply a specialised body of knowledge and skills related to health & human service provision, system improvement, research and practice in a range of contexts for highly skilled professional practice, scholarship and as a pathway for further learning.

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma program will:

Integrate and relate specialised knowledge of the Australian health & human service system and fundamentals of leadership and management to situate professional practice and system development in different aspects of effective health & human service delivery;
Identify, manage, analyse, synthesis, evaluate and apply information relevant to improving health & human service deliver applying information relevant to improving health & human services across diverse contexts ;
Critique the quality and relevance of contemporary research related to health & human services management, leadership and delivery across a diverse range of settings;
Analyse, generate and communicate effective responses to complex problems and challenges in the context of leading & managing health & human service delivery and personal professional practice;
Communicate effectively with a range of audiences and communities utilising different modalities; and

Apply learning to demonstrate autonomy, judgement, adaptability, responsibility and accountability as a health & human service professional.

Career outcomes

Middle and senior leadership/management positions within the health and human service system including: clinical leadership positions professional discipline leadership positions, operational management positions within government and non-government organisations, senior policy and administrative positions within government and non-government organisations, service planning & commissioning roles within government and private practice leadership & management.

Course structure

Year One

CAM520

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2
Hobart	Spring school (extended)

Courses & Units

Graduate Diploma of Leadership (Health and Human Services) (M6S)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Career outcomes

Course structure

Year One

Global Health Systems

Leadership in Health and Human Services

Management in Health and Human Services

Risk Management and Governance

Year Two

Evaluating Health Interventions

Leading and Managing Change in Health and Human Services

Introduction to Epidemiology

Systems Thinking in Public Health

Translational Research and Health Service Innovation

Clinical Redesign

Clinical Supervision in Health Professions

Positive Psychology & Leadership

Introduction to Biostatistics

Health Economics

Public Health Intervention Practice

Health Research Methods

Healthcare Organisational Behaviour

Accounting for Managers

Managing People and the Employment Relationship

Strategic Management

Entry requirements

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

International students

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