Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management

Course code: 2314 + Course abbreviation: GradDipHlthServMt + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus for international students (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)

Off-campus for domestic students (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, provides a broad framework from which to manage clinical health care systems by attention to human resource, financial, information, medico-legal, political, cultural, economic, ethical, industrial, technological and psychosocial issues. This course articulates with the Master of Health Services Management or can lead to the Master of Public Health. Students are required to complete compulsory block requirements each semester.

Course objectives

On completion of the course students should be able to: 1. demonstrate a detailed understanding of the principles of financial, resource and information management in clinical health care systems; 2. analyse the economic, political cultural, ethical, industrial, technological and psycho-social determinants of clinical health care systems and their relationship to health policy initiatives; 3. demonstrate an understanding of the medico-legal issues in clinical health services management; 4. demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of health care systems; 5. demonstrate an understanding of, and skills in, health care quality assurance and quality improvement; 6. demonstrate an understanding of the factors which influence the design and implementation of health programs; 7. demonstrate the epidemiological and statistical skills necessary for the understanding of evidence based medicine, quality improvement and health program evaluations; 8. demonstrate a familiarity with research initiatives in clinical health policy and clinical health policy/clinical health services planning; 9. demonstrate skills in working in a team and team leadership; and 10. demonstrate skills in literature review, report writing, oral presentations, verbal and visual communications and the basic use of computers.

Course structure

Students are required to complete six core units and two electives.

Core units

MPH2065 Law for health systems
MPH2066 Clinical leadership and management
MPH2067 Principles of health care quality improvement
MPH2068 Financial issues in health care management
MPH2069 Health systems policy
MPH2072 Reform and development of health services

Elective units

ECX9700 Introduction to Health Economics
ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
One elective (selected from DEPM postgraduate units)

Alternative elective units

NUR9201 Case management and care integraton
NUR9215 Advanced nursing practice in context
GHS9850 Nursing practice and management
CPE7603 Contemporary issues in health informatics

Assessment

Assessment includes web-based tasks, written assignments, examinations, and individual and group presentations.

Contact details

Postgraduate Office: telephone: +61 3 9903 0563; email: pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad

Course coordinator

Professor Just Stoelwinder

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