Graduate Certificate in Health Management

Graduate Certificate

This course aims to meet the needs of health professionals who are required to document evidence of continuing education in order to maintain active membership in their professional associations, the Australasian College of Health Service Management.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

0.5 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Code

GradCertHM

Study Mode

Online

About this course

This course aims to meet the needs of health professionals who are required to document evidence of continuing education in order to maintain active membership in their professional associations, the Australasian College of Health Service Management. It is designed to serve as a flexible, self-directed entry into other advanced academic courses such as a the Master of Health Management.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) hold a AQF Level 7 Bachelor qualification in the same or another health, business or management discipline from a recognised education provided;

or

(b) satisfy UNE by means of other relevant* professional experience by submitting a Statement of Service from your employer and/or a resume outlining a minimum of three years' full-time (or equivalent) relevant* professional experience.

* Relevant disciplines include, but not limited to: Counselling, psychology, social work, nursing, teaching, human resources, life coaching, community services, children's services, youth work, care for the aged, care for the disabled, residential client care, welfare studies, human welfare studies, pastoral care and medicine.

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

appraise the interface between health care management theory and practice;
understand the analysis of management problems and problem solving techniques;
understand specialist knowledge of management methods in managing people and resources;
understand the policy and system dynamics driving change in the health sector; and
critically analyse available evidence to address problems and opportunities in health and aged care policy and practice.

Career pathways

Middle and senior management positions in health-related fields.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at University of New England (UNE).

80.8%

Overall satisfaction

76.9%

Skill scale

61.5%

Teaching scale

96.8%

Employed full-time

Data source