Postgraduate - CourseGraduate Diploma in Health Services Management

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Course code	2314
Managing faculty	Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Abbreviated title	GradDipHlthServMt
CRICOS code	037848B
Total credit points required	48
Standard duration of study (years)	1 year FT, 2 years PT This course must be completed in a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 4 years. The course duration is inclusive of any periods of intermission.
Study mode and location	On-campus (Alfred Hospital) Off-campus (Alfred Hospital) Students are required to attend a number of compulsory blocks of on-campus/on-site study days.
Admission, fee and application details	http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/2314
Contact details	School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine: telephone +61 3 9903 0563; email pgradenq@monash.edu or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/
Course coordinator	Professor Just Stoelwinder

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

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.

Outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/alignmentofoutcomes.html).

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

demonstrate a detailed understanding of principles of financial, resource and information management in clinical health care systems
demonstrate a detailed understanding of medico-legal issues in clinical health services management
demonstrate a detailed understanding of basic elements of health care systems
demonstrate a detailed understanding of health care quality assurance and quality improvement
demonstrate a detailed understanding of factors which influence the design and implementation of health programs
demonstrate a detailed understanding of epidemiological and statistical skills necessary for the understanding of evidenced based medicine, quality improvement and health program evaluations
be familiar with research initiatives in clinical health policy and clinical health policy and clinical health services planning
demonstrate skills in working in a team and team leadership
demonstrate skills in literature review, report writing, oral presentations, verbal and visual communications and the basic use of computers
demonstrate skills in analysis of the economic, political, cultural, ethical, industrial, technological and psycho-social determinants of clinical health care systems and their relationship to health policy initiatives.

Assessment

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

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by The Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) for College entry and advancement purposes.

Structure

This course consists of seven core units and one elective.

Requirements

Students complete:

MPH5020 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
MPH5265 Law for health systems
MPH5266 Clinical leadership and management
MPH5267 Principles of health care quality improvement
MPH5268 Financial issues in health care management
MPH5269 Foundations of health policy
MPH5272 Reform and development of health services

plus one of:

ECC5970 Introduction to health economics
GHS5850 Nursing leadership and management
MPH5042 Climate change and public health
MPH5285 Human factors for patient safety
MPH5286 Applying and practicing the principles of patient safety and quality improvement
NUR5315 Advanced nursing practice in context
any postgraduate unit offered by the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Suitable units can be identified using the browse units toolbrowse units tool (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search) in the current edition of the Handbook; postgraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 4-5 and 9.

Areas of study

Health services management

Progression to further studies

This course articulates with 2872 Master of Health Services Management or can lead to 0046 Master of Public Health.

Alternative exit(s)

Students may exit this course with 3870 Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management providing all requirements for that award have been met.

Award(s)

Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management