Course

Health Leadership - PHCM2007

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine

School: School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Course Outline: PHCM2007 Course outline

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The course aims to develop students understanding of different approaches to leading and managing at different levels in health services in local and international contexts to improve individual, community and population level outcomes. Students will be introduced to the common and overlapping skills and features of effective health leadership within public health agency settings requiring coordinated system-wide action through to health care management in more clinically focused patient delivery settings. Topics include management and leadership theories and models; systems perspectives and strategic thinking; influence, power and leading change; managing interprofessional teams and motivating staff; conflict management and improving health worker performance.
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