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Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Redesign

Graduate Certificate

In Australia and around the world, demand for healthcare services is escalating amidst pressures to do more with less - this calls for utilising existing resources more efficiently.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

1 - 3 years full-time

Course Code

M5P

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

International Fees

$21,950 per year / $10,975 total

About this course

In Australia and around the world, demand for healthcare services is escalating amidst pressures to do more with less - this calls for utilising existing resources more efficiently. The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Redesign equips you to lead the positive change you want to see in healthcare service delivery.

Delivered over 1 year this fully flexible online program is designed to fit around the busy lives of health professionals working in the healthcare industry:

your expertise will be developed in planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based health service improvements
develop your advanced problem solving and analytical skills to help 'diagnose' service delivery issues and inefficiencies

This is the perfect course for anyone motivated by positive change and improvement in healthcare whether you are a practising health professional in a public, private or not-for-profit organisation, or a healthcare service administrator. Your experience will be built upon to equip you with the essential skills, tools and knowledge to lead improvement initiatives. This implies better outcomes for consumers of healthcare.

So enhance your career opportunities and begin the journey into healthcare improvement today.

Entry requirements

Completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in a health or human welfare studies and services field, or equivalent overseas qualification, or
Alternatively, completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in any discipline, AND
At least five years relevant professional and/or industry experience in a health or human welfare studies and services field.

Admission to most postgraduate coursework courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree. Applicants must achieve the required grade in their qualifying studies, meet any prerequisite subjects, and meet English language requirements to be eligible for an offer.

English Language Requirements

For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship , evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.

Course Specific Requirements

Completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in a health or human welfare studies and services field, or equivalent overseas qualification, or
Alternatively, completed undergraduate degree (at AQF 7 level) from an Australian higher education provider in any discipline, AND
At least five years relevant professional and/or industry experience in a health or human welfare studies and services field.

What you will learn

1 Apply relevant theories, methodologies, and frameworks to the redesign of healthcare services, and interpret the influence of contextual factors operating at different levels within your healthcare sector, relevant to health service redesign.

2 Develop and apply critical-thinking skills, drawing on knowledge of relevant theories, frameworks, and contexts, to improve practices within a person-centred healthcare context.

3 Select and apply relevant frameworks, methodologies, and sources of evidence to analyse and implement contextually fit-for-purpose healthcare improvements

4 Apply personal insight, communication skills and leadership skills as a vehicle for transfer of knowledge to a variety of audiences towards the continual improvement of healthcare services, at a local level.

Career pathways

Enhancement of their role as healthcare professionals with the ability to plan and evaluate evidence-based healthcare/services improvements into practice. By consolidating and advancing communication skills, students will be able to build more effective relationships with patients and other health professionals.

Course structure

Students must satisfactorily complete 50 credit points of study.

Credit for prior study or work

Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at University of Tasmania.

84.1%

Overall satisfaction

73.3%

Skill scale

69.4%

Teaching scale

95%

Employed full-time

$107.7k

Average salary

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