Health Management - 8901
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
Contact: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 1 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 30
Min UOC For Award: 48
Award(s):
Master of Health Management (Specialisation)
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Program Description
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
The program comprises 48 units of credit (UOC) consisting of 36 UOC of core courses and 12 UOC of elective courses:
Core Courses
- PHCM9041 Foundations (6 UOC)
- PHCM9391 Strategy Policy & Change (6 UOC)
- PHCM9441 Healthcare Economics & Fin Mgt (6 UOC)
- PHCM9701 Health Leadership (6 UOC)
- PHCM9748 Clinical Governance & Risk (6 UOC)
- PHCM9781 Evidence-informed Decision-mak (6 UOC)
Students from non-English speaking countries who have not previously completed a degree in Australia or other English-speaking country are required to take the following additional preparatory course in their first semester. This course is also available for all other students to assist in gaining maximum benefit from their study. The course is made available at no charge to students and does not contribute to the UOC requirements of the degree.
- PHCM9100 Academic Practice (0 UOC)
A large variety of electives are offered, enabling students to focus on areas of interest and professional relevance. Core courses from the Master of Public Health or Master of International Public Health programs can be taken as electives towards the Master of Health Management. In addition, students may enrol in health management electives which are offered by other schools and academic units within the University of New South Wales after seeking approval from the program coordinator.
The following electives are offered:
- PHCM9010 Community Development (6 UOC)
- PHCM9050 Immunisation Policy & Practice (6 UOC)
- PHCM9082 Advanced HE & FM (6 UOC)
- PHCM9108 Program Design & Evaluation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (6 UOC)
- PHCM9129 Prevention and Management (6 UOC)
- PHCM9132 Applied Research Methods: PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9331 Ethics and Law (6 UOC)
- PHCM9381 Policy Studies (6 UOC)
- PHCM9440 Economic Evaluation in HC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9471 Comparative H'lth Care Systems (6 UOC)
- PHCM9517 Advanced Biostatistics (6 UOC)
- PHCM9518 Advanced Epidemiology (6 UOC)
- PHCM9520 Social Epidemiology (6 UOC)
- PHCM9604 Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit (6 UOC)
- PHCM9605 International Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9606 Reprod, Matern & Child Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9611 Rehab and Restorative Care (6 UOC)
- PHCM9612 Environmental Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9613 Management of Aged Care (6 UOC)
- PHCM9615 Principles & Practice of PHC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9621 HIV/AIDS: Responses (6 UOC)
- PHCM9622 The Global HIV Epidemic (6 UOC)
- PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9628 Health Impact Assessment (6 UOC)
- PHCM9630 PH Perspectives of Ind Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9632 Indigenous Health & Wellbeing (6 UOC)
- PHCM9634 Case Studies Aboriginal Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9662 Health Aspects of Crises (6 UOC)
- PHCM9702 Management of Lab Services (6 UOC)
- PHCM9711 Managing Human Resources (6 UOC)
- PHCM9731 Outbreak Investigation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9761 Public Mental Health (Aust.) (6 UOC)
- PHCM9782 Infectious Diseases (6 UOC)
- PHCM9783 Com Disease Control in HE & D (6 UOC)
- PHCM9784 Tropical Disease Control (6 UOC)
- PHCM9785 Infectious disease modelling (6 UOC)
- PHCM9786 Non-Communicable Disease (6 UOC)
- PHCM9811 Contagion: Soc & Cul Aspects (6 UOC)
- PHCM9103 Independent Study (6uoc) (6 UOC)
- PHCM9143 Internship (6 UOC)
- PHCM9148 Project (6 uoc) (6 UOC)
The following streams are available in the Master of Health Management:
8901 Master of Health Management - Internal Stream (PHCMMS8901)
8901 Master of Health Management - External Stream (PHCMNS8901)
Academic Rules
Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the school office for further information.
Fees
Admission Requirements
Further Information
Related Program(s)
7360 Health Management
5509 Health Management
8902 Health Management (Ext)
9047 Public Health/HealthManagement
9044 Int Pub Hlth/Hlth Mgmt
Area(s) of Specialisation