Masters (Coursework)
The Master of Health Management and Leadership from Charles Sturt University is designed for health industry managers and professionals aiming to advance into management roles. It offers online study to develop skills in health service delivery, decision-making, and leadership planning.
If you're a manager within the health industry or a practising healthcare professional and you want to step into management, the Master of Health Management and Leadership from Charles Sturt University is for you. Study this course online, and develop the in-depth knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective management and leadership practice in a health services context.
You'll learn how to examine the culture of health service delivery and use evidence to make decisions that consider contemporary and emerging issues in the funding, financing, regulatory and policy influences on managerial practice. This degree will also prepare you to lead the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health service delivery.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
A Bachelor degree or AQF equivalent.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
The course consists of six (6) core subjects, an unrestricted elective and a Professional Practice or Professional Research option.
Essential set (88 pts)Core subjects48 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsHML409Foundations of Health Management and Leadership8 credit ptsHML410Applied Health Management and Leadership8 credit ptsHML501Managing Talent Productively in Health Services8 credit ptsIKC502Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities8 credit ptsHLT505Research Practice in Healthcare8 credit ptsHML507Planning Health Services8 credit ptsCompulsory subjects40 Credit PointsSelect the Professional Practice or Professional Research option
Professional Practice40 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsHML502Quality and Safety in Healthcare8 credit ptsHML503Law and Ethics in Health Management and Leadership8 credit ptsHML504Financial Management in Health Services8 credit ptsHML508Innovation and Change Management8 credit ptsHML509Digital Health Management8 credit ptsProfessional Research40 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsBMS508Research Proposal8 credit ptsHLT604Dissertation (32) in Health or Medical Science32 credit ptsElective set (8 pts)Unrestricted elective8 Credit PointsSelect an 8-point subject from level 300, 400 or 500
CodeTitleCredit PointsXUN008Unrestricted elective8 credit ptsFor enrolment pattern please refer to the handbook.
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