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Leading Healthcare Change for Impact (PADM90014)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
August
Overview
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Today's healthcare system is multifaceted, complicated and often resistant to change. This subject will examine strategies for leading change in clinical settings and healthcare organisations. Participants will learn how to build and lead change initiatives, as well as to access resources, negotiate with others and effectively deal with obstacles as they implement their innovative programs.
Topics covered will include:
- Developing and implementing change initiatives
- Leveraging funding within the healthcare system
- Negotiating to get what is needed from others
- Anticipating and overcoming obstacles to change
Teaching/learning formats include:
- Interactive facilitator presentations
- Case studies
- Group exercises
- Small team discussions of participant leadership challenges
- Participant presentations
- Guest speakers: senior clinical leaders who will share their leadership challenges and solutions
The informal exchange of insights and experiences among participants is a key aspect of learning.
Intended learning outcomes
Students should be able to:
- Navigate and influence their healthcare system in order to fund initiatives
- Initiate and implement constructive change within their healthcare organisations
- Lead improvements in patient quality and safety through effective innovation
- Collaborate with practitioners from other health disciplines to achieve best outcomes for their patients and organisations
- Appreciate the importance of exchanging feedback, support and assistance with colleagues
Generic skills
- Ability to bring new problem solving and analytic skills to issues of clinical leadership
- Lead teams and work well as a member of a team
- Break down unfamiliar and difficult challenges, make plans for, and lead the implementation of, programs that address these challenges
- Communicate leadership visions and plans effectively through both spoken presentations and written documents.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, students must be admitted to one of the following courses, this subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
- Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership (SC-CLNLEAD)
- Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research (N34AA)
- Master of Clinical Research (N01AA)
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
- 10 minute individual oral presentation, due during the intensive delivery, (20%)
- 1,500 word individual reflective paper, due 2 weeks after the end of the intensive delivery, (30%)
- 2,500 word individual action learning paper, due 4 weeks after the end of the intensive delivery, (50%)
Note: Students will receive feedback on their presentation in class. The first written assessment feedback will be given via email and/or LMS prior to the submission of the final assessment
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- August
Principal coordinator Jill Klein Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 21 hours (3 days of intensive workshop) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 7 August 2019 to 9 August 2019 Last self-enrol date 7 August 2019 Census date 13 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2019 Assessment period ends 9 September 2019 August contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing EducationFurther Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/major/specialist-certificate-in-clinical-leadership/Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149 Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT.Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Pre-reading, identification of potential leadership change initiatives (one page summary)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Type Name Course Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership
Last updated: 3 November 2022