This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, aims to provide a graduate program for professionals working within
the health care sector who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the
management of health services.
The course is completed in one year part-time and is offered in a distance
education mode with compulsory residential block requirements each semester.
The course is not offered on a full-time basis.
This degree allows students to gain core competencies in health services
management, including leadership, human resource and financial management of
health services that can be built upon in the Graduate Diploma in Health
Services Management and master degrees.
Applicants must have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with honours or
graduate diploma, or a three-year bachelors degree with relevant professional
experience in a health-related field. The department will individually assess
applications from students with a nursing diploma completed before the
introduction of nursing degrees.
This course comprises of two core and two elective subjects.
Assessment is by written assignment, examination, individual and group presentation.
Inquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181.
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