Graduate Diploma in Health Management

Graduate Diploma

This course aims to meet the needs of health professionals who are required to document evidence of continuing education in order to maintain active membership in their professional association, the Australasian College of Health Service Management.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time, 4 years part-time

Course Code

GradDipHM

Study Mode

Online

About this course

This course aims to meet the needs of health professionals who are required to document evidence of continuing education in order to maintain active membership in their professional association, the Australasian College of Health Service Management. It is designed to serve as a flexible, self-directed entry into other advanced academic courses such as the Master of Health Management.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor qualification in the same or another health, business or management type discipline from a recognised educational provider;

or

(b) hold an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate in Health Management from the University of New England;

or

(c) hold an AQF Level 8 postgraduate qualification in the same or another health, business or management discipline from a recognised educational provider.

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

critically appraise the interface between health care management theory and practice;
apply evidence based problem solving skills in the analysis of complex issues in health management;
apply management methods in managing people and resources;
apply specialist knowledge of health services management reform agendas to the healthcare industry; and
critically analyse the policy and system dynamics driving change in the health sector.

Career pathways

This course prepares future health service managers, leaders and health policy makers to learn and work within middle and senior management positions in health-related fields. The program is designed to give graduates the skills to innovate, lead and manage in complex regulatory environments.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at University of New England (UNE).

80.8%

Overall satisfaction

76.9%

Skill scale

61.5%

Teaching scale

96.8%

Employed full-time

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