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Working in the Indigenous Health Sector (POPH90234)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2017
Overview
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This subject will build on the foundations provided by the core Public Health Leadership and Management subject offered in the MPH. It provides students with specific knowledge for leading effective organizational and programmatic responses towards Closing the Gap in Indigenous health status. It examines models of leadership and management that support Indigenous health service delivery, including comprehensive primary health care and Aboriginal community control, primary health care partnerships and related regional structures. It includes leadership in Indigenous contexts including the management of stakeholder relationships and community accountability and examines related implications for organizational leadership and management. It examines organizational theory and management, financial management and human resources management, highlighting particular challenges in Indigenous primary health care contexts. It includes strategies for managing internal and external accountabilities, multiple funding providers, service contracts, short-term funding cycles, and staff performance in resource and capacity limited organizational environments.
Intended learning outcomes
It is intended that students completing this subject will be able to:
- Compare key elements of a comprehensive primary health approach within diverse Indigenous contexts;
- Advocate specific primary health care service delivery structures and associated funding strategies to enable equitable access for Indigenous clients in a specific urban, regional or remote setting;
- Describe the diverse accountabilities required of managers of Aboriginal community-controlled health services;
- Analyse the feasibility of participation in a contemporary Indigenous health policy and program initiatives for a specific Aboriginal community-controlled health service;
- Develop a mediation policy for Aboriginal community-controlled health service staff in relation to difficulties regarding organizational change, family obligations or professional role development.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Critical thinking and analytical skills
- Working with others and in teams
- Problem-solving Initiative, autonomy and organizational skills
- Oral communication skills
- Leadership skills
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Group oral presentation (15 minute with accompanying 500 words abstract and PowerPoint notes) due on last day of the Intensive {hurdle requirement} (40%)
- Essay (3,000 words) {hurdle requirement} due at the end of Semester (60%)
- Intensive Attendance (minimum of 75% attendance required) {hurdle requirement}(Pass/Fail)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2017
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation Indigenous Health - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022