Master Of Health Administration

Course details

The Master of Health Administration course aims to enhance the competencies of middle level health service managers, equipping them to move to more senior management positions. It is designed to allow students to investigate advanced issues in management through both industry based projects and seminar topics offered at the masters level.

>Our Courses Offer You…

• A balance between essential theory and management tools
• Teaching staff with senior management experience
• Study and networking with peers in a convenient location
• Assessment tasks that address current issues in your workplace
• Convenience of online learning combined with face-to-face workshops
• >Our teaching (methods, content, class times and location) is designed to be flexible to suit our students’ needs. Our core faculty has strong practical management experience and is supported by both industry-based lecturers and academic leaders. In this way, we ensure that the course content is updated constantly and stays relevant to the needs of practicing healthcare managers.
• >Our degrees are structured to enable students to extend their study from Graduate Diploma through to Masters level, with all units of study fully credited at the next level. Each year, more students are choosing to complete the Masters, which is becoming the industry standard.
• >The Graduate Diploma and Masters programs are accredited by the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM).

COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the program, graduates are expected to be able to:

• Apply management theories and principles to the solution of  management problems in health and aged care
• Analyse and critically discuss current issues and dilemmas in health services
• Apply their skills in policy creation and critique
• Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of the health system and its financial, economic and statistical models and methods
• Exercise an enhanced understanding of the legal and ethical framework of management practice in health

COURSE CODE

MHA

COURSE OUTLINE

The course consists of 11 modules:

• HACM9100 – Managing People
• HACM9101 – Managing Organisations
• HACM9102 – Financial Management in Health Care
• HACM9104 – Corporate Communication
• HACM9200 – Health and Aged Care Policy and Systems
• HACM9201 – Health Law
• HACM9202 – Safety and Quality in Health Care
• HACM9206 – Health Informatics
• HACM9207 – Health and Aged Care Operations Management
• HACM9300 – Strategic Management
• HACM9301 – Management Project

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Healthcare professionals currently working in a healthcare institution looking to move into senior management positions.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be at least 23 years old with a degree from a recognized university OR a diploma in Nursing, Allied Health or Healthcare related field AND have at least 4 years of working experience in the health or aged care sector.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

• Attendance / participation
• Online tasks
• Group work and presentation
• Assignments

>* Students are required to complete a Management Project, equivalent to the thesis component, for the Master of Health Administration course.

GRADUATION CRITERIA

Please take note that the graduation criteria is available in the students’ handbook which will be given upon enrolment into the course. Public could also access the information by calling or e-mailing to the college for information.

CERTIFICATE AWARDED

Master of Health Administration, awarded by Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

HOW TO APPLY

Submit a completed application form to Parkway College.