Leadership in Health Management
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Overview
In the contemporary health system, managers provide organisational leadership to ensure services continue to evolve to meet diverse community needs across different sectors. Effective leadership requires cutting-edge knowledge and skills to address these challenges.
The course is designed and delivered by experts in health management.
The course will be divided into two separate blocks:
- Block 1: Effective leadership by individuals and organisations
- Block 2: Resolving conflict, building workplaces
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The course will explore the role of health care leaders in:
- corporate and clinical governance
- continuous quality improvement
- organisational performance, financial performance and evaluation
- media and communications
- strategic policy, planning and evaluation
- community and staff engagement
- leadership and team building
- change management.
Who should participate?
Ideal for individuals who aspire to leadership roles and who require the knowledge and competencies to enable them to cope with the complex and changing environment of healthcare delivery.
Core concepts
On completion of this course, you will have:
- an understanding of the principles and concepts of organisational governance and the systems and structures required to exact governance
- an understanding of the principles and concepts of quality management and continuous quality improvement
- the ability to critically evaluate organisational performance
- the ability to manage media and communications both internally and externally
- an understanding of the principles and practice of policy development, planning and evaluation
- the ability to understand and demonstrate personal attributes and leadership skills and the ability to engage staff and the community and to lead strategic negotiations
- an understanding of the relevance of Indigenous and international health issues to health management.
Details
Where and when
Please note:
During Covid-19 restrictions, content will be delivered through a blend of live and pre-recorded sessions, scheduled across the course delivery days. This will enable participants to cover content in their own time, while also providing opportunities to consolidate learning through peer collaboration and discussion with course convenors. Recordings of all sessions will be made available via the QUT Blackboard site.
This course is delivered across two workshop blocks, each consisting of two full-day seminars. Participants can choose to attend both workshop blocks, or both workshop blocks and assessment.
Workshop Block 1:
- Live Streamed Monday 17 - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
Workshop Block 2:
- Live Streamed Thursday 27 - Friday 28 August, 2020
9am to 5pm, each day.
Certification
You will receive recognition of your participation once you complete the workshop.
If you register with the assessment module and successfully complete the assessment, you will receive a certificate of completion which can be used to apply for advanced standing in a related award course.
Cost
Workshop Blocks Only
| Registration type | Investment |
|---|---|
| Standard registration | $2,231.77 (GST included) |
| Earlybird registration (closes 4 weeks prior to course commencement) | $2,008.60 (GST included) |
| QUT Alumni registration * | $1,672.83 (GST included) |
| Australasian College of Health Service Managers (ACHSM) Members * | $1,897.01 (GST included) |
.
Workshop Blocks and Assessment
| Registration type | Investment |
|---|---|
| Standard registration | $2,789.72 (GST included) |
| Earlybird registration (closes 4 weeks prior to course commencement) | $2,510.75(GST included) |
| QUT Alumni registration * | $2,092.29 (GST included) |
| Australasian College of Health Service Managers (ACHSM) Members * | $2,371.26 (GST included) |
.
*Please note: Only one discount type can be applied to standard course prices.
Registrations will close 13 August 2020
More details
Option to undertake assessment for credit (advanced standing) in the unit Leadership in Health Management (PUN632) in some postgraduate award courses.
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