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Health Management - 5509

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine

Contact: School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 0.8 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 36

Award(s):

Graduate Diploma (Specialisation)

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Program Description
This program is available for students who wish to exit the Master of Health Management degree program after completing the core courses.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
This program has been designed to provide students with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes required for senior managerial roles in health service delivery.

Program Structure
The Graduate Diploma in Health Management is offered in full-time, part-time and external modes. For some courses, external students may need to attend residential school workshops at the Kensington campus twice a year, once before each semester of study.

The program comprises of 36 units of credit (UOC), including four (24 UOC) core courses and two (12 UOC) electives.

Core Courses
Elective Courses

Students choose 2 elective courses (12 UOC) from the following list:
Additional Course Requirement for International Students.

Students from non-English speaking countries who have not previously completed a degree in Australia or other English-speaking country are required to take the following additional preparatory course in their first semester. This course is also available for all other students to assist in gaining maximum benefit from their study. The course is made available at no charge to students and does not contribute to the UOC requirements of the degree.

Academic Rules
The Graduate Diploma in Health Management articulates with the Master of Health Management (MHM) and the Graduate Certificate in Health Management (GradCert).

Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the school office for further information.

Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

Admission Requirements
Applicants are required to have either an undergraduate degree or higher degree in a health-related or public health-related discipline* and one of the following:
  1. Honours or postgraduate qualification in a health-related or public health-related discipline; or
  2. Two years full-time professional experience in a health-related or public health-related discipline, including as a volunteer in a health or public health organisation, or equivalent experience professional experience acquired as part of a health-related degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, Bachelor of Nursing,)
  3. In exceptional circumstances, applications will be considered for entry where the applicant has extensive professional health or public health experience but does not hold a formal qualification in a relevant discipline. (e.g Nurses, Paramedics).
[*Examples include medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, behavioural and social sciences, human services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration and management, biostatistics, health economics.]

Further Information

Related Program(s)


7360 Health Management
8901 Health Management
8902 Health Management (Ext)
9047 Public Health/HealthManagement

Area(s) of Specialisation
med 5509

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