Course code: 2872 Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Full-fee-paying course: $13,200 (Australian residents); $29,250 (international students) Attendance is compulsory for some units
The Master of Health Services Management aims to provide a program for professionals working within the health care sector who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the management of health services. This degree aims to meet the vocations needs of heath care managers, the needs of their professional accrediting bodies such as Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) and Australian Council of Health Services Executives (ACHSE), as well as the needs of the health care setting in which they work.
The Master of Health Services Management aims to meet the course requirements of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators' (RACMA) full fellowship. The Health Services Management courses also aim to meet the requirements of the Australian College of Health Services Executives (ACHSE).
Applicants will need to have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with honours or graduate diploma, or a three-year bachelors degree with relevant professional experience in health management. The department will individually assess applications from students with a nursing diploma completed before the introduction of nursing degrees. In such instances, the department may require the completion of the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management before enrolling in the masters program.
Access to personal computing facilities is desirable but not essential, however access to the internet is required.
The
majority of the units have 15 hours of face-to-face teaching in Melbourne
during one week of the semester. Units are coordinated to allow students to
attend the teaching sessions of two units in the same week. The teaching
sessions are interactive and experiential and aim to discuss, clarify and
reinforce the course content and assessment requirements. A number of guest
lecturers who are recognised experts in the health services management field
are involved.
Masters students are recommended to undertake the units MPH1040 (Introduction
to epidemiology) and MPH1041 (Introduction to biostatistics), which are offered
only on-campus.
The Master of Health Services Management comprises 72 credit points. It consists of nine or 10 core and two or three elective units taken over either a 12 to 18-month period of three full-time semesters or a three-year period of six part-time semesters.
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Generally, a pass is required in the final examination to pass each unit.
Credits or exemptions may be granted for the core units where the student supplies documentary evidence of successfully completing a similar unit at a similar level elsewhere, within the last seven years. Any candidate may, with the approval of the course coordinator and the faculty, be granted credit for up to 50 per cent of their course. All credit applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
For more detailed information, contact the Postgraduate Courses Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital. Telephone (03) 9903 0563, fax (03) 9903 9556, email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au or website http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Postgraduate Courses Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, by 20 November 2000 to be considered for a first-round offer. Late applications will be accepted up to 20 February 2001.
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