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The Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management provides students with the theoretical and technical capacities for leadership roles in health service management in Australia or internationally. The program provides the opportunity for health professionals to upskill, push their career forward, and improve their employability. You will develop your professional judgement, and graduate with the essential knowledge and skills required to improve health services across a range of settings. The program fosters essential skills required for health management and leadership roles including strategic leadership, change management, workforce management, quality enhancement and decision making. Through the graduate certificate, you can continue on to study the Master of Health Leadership and Management and associated dual and extension programs.
There are two pathways for entry and a third exceptional pathway. These include:
Pathway 1
Applicants must have both:
a) A three year undergraduate degree in any field of study
b) Two years of full-time professional or volunteer experience in a relevant field (see list below)**. The professional experience may include experience in health or public health services acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration, e.g. MBBS, MD.
Pathway 2
Applicants must have at least one of the following:
a) An undergraduate degree plus an honours in a relevant field of study (see list below)*
b) Postgraduate degree in a relevant field of study (see list below)*
Pathway 3
In exceptional circumstances, applications will be considered for entry when they have extensive professional health or public health experience but do not hold a relevant degree qualification. A minimum of five years full-time relevant professional experience is required and an interview with the School of Population Health may be conducted.