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Health Management - 5509

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine

Contact: School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 0.8 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 36

Award(s):

Graduate Diploma (Specialisation)

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Program Description

The requirements of this program are for students commencing their studies in 2014. Continuing students also have the option of completing the 2014 program requirements if they wish. Continuing students can view their original program requirements in previous editions of the handbook.

This program is available for students who wish to exit the Master of Health Management degree program after completing the core courses.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

This program has been designed to provide students with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes required for senior managerial roles in health service delivery.

Program Structure

The Graduate Diploma in Health Management is offered in full-time, part-time and external modes. For most courses, external students must attend compulsory residential school workshops at the Kensington campus twice a year, once before each semester of study.

The program comprises of 36 units of credit (UOC), including four (24 UOC) core courses and two (12 UOC) electives.

Core Courses

PHCM9041 Foundations (6 UOC)
PHCM9391 Strategy Policy & Change (6 UOC)
PHCM9701 Health Leadership (6 UOC)
PHCM9748 Clinical Governance & Risk (6 UOC)

Elective Courses

Students choose 2 elective courses (12 UOC) from the following list:

PHCM9010 Community Development (6 UOC)
PHCM9012 Health Promotion & Social Pers (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 in PH (6 UOC)
PHCM9381 Policy Studies (6 UOC)
PHCM9440 Economic Evaluation in HC (6 UOC)
PHCM9441 Healthcare Economics & Fin Mgt (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 Health Aspects of MH (6 UOC)
PHCM9781 Evidence-informed Decision-mak (6 UOC)
PHCM9782 Infectious Diseases (6 UOC)
PHCM9783 Com Disease Control in HE & D (6 UOC)
PHCM9784 Tropical Disease Control (6 UOC)
PHCM9785 Predictive modelling in PH (6 UOC)
PHCM9786 Non-Communicable Disease (6 UOC)
PHCM9811 Social Studies of PH (6 UOC)

Additional Course Requirement for International Students.

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 Skills (0 UOC)

Academic Rules

The Graduate Diploma in Health Management articulates with the Master of Health Management (MHM) and the Graduate Certificate in Health Management (GradCert).

Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the school office for further information.

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Admission Requirements

Applicants are required to have either an undergraduate degree or higher degree in a health-related or public health-related discipline* and one of the following:

Honours or postgraduate qualification in a health-related or public health-related discipline; or
Two years full-time professional experience in a health-related or public health-related discipline, including as a volunteer in a health or public health organisation, or equivalent experience professional experience acquired as part of a health-related degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, Bachelor of Nursing,)
In exceptional circumstances, applications will be considered for entry where the applicant has extensive professional health or public health experience but does not hold a formal qualification in a relevant discipline. (e.g Nurses, Paramedics).

[*Examples include medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, behavioural and social sciences, human services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration and management, biostatistics, health economics.]