Health Management and Leadership

With this Health Management and Leadership degree from Charles Sturt University you'll learn how to examine the culture of health service delivery and use evidence to make decisions that consider contemporary and emerging issues in the funding, financing, regulatory and policy influences on managerial practice.

This degree will also prepare you to lead the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health service delivery.

Key facts

• You'll study your health management master's online - an ideal way for busy professionals to upgrade their qualifications while working.

• Everything is online (so no need to travel to a campus), from lectures and discussion groups to assessments. All backed up with 24/7 IT support.

• When you start your graduate certificate, you'll study small, modularised subjects first. That way you can ease back into incorporating study around your other commitments.

• As you approach graduation, you could have the option to progress straight into the master's degree if you want to continue your studies.

Career opportunities

• Diverse health management and leadership roles are found in the public and private sectors throughout Australia and overseas.

• For those looking to advance into management, Charles Sturt University's Master of Health Management and Leadership will give you a competitive edge in your bid to enter leadership and management positions.

• For those already working in management, the degree provides knowledge and skills that will boost your credentials and widen your career prospects.

• Manage units and departments in a range of public and private healthcare practices, including nursing, allied health, physiotherapy, paramedicine, medical science, medicine, dentistry and the aged care sector.

Courses Include:

• Applied Health Management and Leadership

• Managing Talent Productively in Health Services

• Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities

• Research Practice in Healthcare

• Planning Health Services

• Quality and Safety in Healthcare

• Law and Ethics in Health Management and Leadership