Graduate certificates and postgraduate diplomas
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management – Melbourne (City) (HPHSM)
Coordinator: Dr Zhanming Liang
Tel: (03) 9479 5136 or 9479 1750
Email: z.liang@latrobe.edu.au or phe.postgrad@latrobe.edu.au
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2-5 years part-time
The postgraduate diploma course provides an opportunity for people working in the health sector to develop advanced health management skills through postgraduate study. The core subjects assume no specific prerequisite knowledge in health management. Rather, they are designed to introduce current health managers and experienced health professionals to the formal study of health management. The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management provides a comprehensive study package to ensure that current and potential health care managers, in both clinical and business management roles, acquire the full range of competencies required of Australian health managers. The course provides a structure for the study of the public health and health service policy context in which the manager works, together with an emphasis on the specific knowledge and competencies effective managers need. Our students have found that the combination of formal coursework and practical learning components is effective in assisting them to develop their competence as managers.
Admission requirements
Applicants are required to hold a minimum three year undergraduate degree and have at least two years professional experience working in the health system. For those without formal qualifications, but with experience in health services management, there is a special entry category of ‘recognition of prior learning’, and selection criteria may include work experience and skills. Special entry students may be required to undertake prerequisite studies.
Course structure – postgraduate diploma
The course is normally undertaken on a part-time basis over two to five years, but may be undertaken full-time over one year. The subjects may be taken in any order. All subjects are worth 15 credit points. The program timetable is designed to accommodate working students, and offers a combination of evening, block and online modes.
| Teaching period | Subject code | Subject title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HOR | Healthy Organisations | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4AHS | The Australian Health Care System | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HRM | Human Resource Management in Health Services | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4PDE | Program Development and Evaluation | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HDD | Health Data for Decision Making | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4HDE | Health Data for Decision Making – Skills Enhancement | |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4LAE | Health Service Law and Ethics | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4HSR | Health Service Resource Management | 15 |
| plus one elective subject such as: | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4HSO | Health Management Strategy and Operations | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4HPA | Health Policy Analysis | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHEHCQ | Health Care Quality 1 | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4CHS | Comparative and Historical Study of Health Sciences 2 | 15 |
| or any other postgraduate elective offered in the School of Public Health, subject to approval by the course coordinator | |||
Key 1 Subject PHE4HCQ is offered as both an online subject and face-to-face.
Key 2 Subject PHE4CHS is offered as an online subject.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management is structurally integrated into the Master of Health Administration, enabling participants who perform at a high academic level to proceed with further studies.