Health management courses
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With a qualification in health management comes the confidence to innovate and take the lead. Health management professionals make ethical decisions in the best interests of patients, staff, and their organisation. A current qualification is your ticket to remaining relevant in healthcare today, and a blueprint to lead healthcare staff and services into tomorrow.
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PostgraduateACU-LMH-GDI
Take the lead in healthcare settings
Build practical leadership skills for a wide range of healthcare environments. You’ll explore current approaches in play with healthcare administrators and managers. Delve into policy and planning. Work on coaching and mentoring.
100% online
1 year full time or part time equivalent
UndergraduateUAD-HSM-DEG
Lead the health services that care for your community’s wellbeing
Prepare for a rewarding management career and thrive in healthcare settings. You’ll study core business skills and gain specialist knowledge in health services policy, planning, and promotion. Graduate into health admin roles and work your way up.
100% online
3 years full time or part time equivalent
UndergraduateECU-COM-DEG
Combine essential business skills with a commerce specialisation
A job-ready course created in consultation with industry, delivered by academics with industry backgrounds. Tailor your degree to suit your career goals with majors including accounting, HRM, management, marketing, sports business, and tourism.
Online & on-campus
3 years full time or part time equivalent
PostgraduateGRF-HSM-GCE
Step up to leadership in your health services career
Commit to this accredited postgraduate health services degree, and graduate ready to lead services and improve systems. Explore today’s health service management issues. Understand the health workforce. Learn from experienced healthcare professionals.
100% online
6 months full time or part time equivalent
PostgraduateTAS-HSS-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Safety and Quality)
Get current with industry practices and make healthcare safer
A formal qualification developed by the Australian Institute of Health Service Management. Study national standards, models, and frameworks. Understand how clinical safety, quality, and accountability are critical when managing health services.
100% online
PostgraduateMUR-HMG-GCE
Step up to leadership in nursing and health care
A postgraduate qualification for healthcare professionals seeking career advancement. Open doors to management with skills in mentoring, supervision, and coaching. Bolster your knowledge of safety and quality. Explore ethics, law and policy.
100% online
6 months full time or part time equivalent
PostgraduateCSU-HML-MAS
Become a strategic health services leader
For health professionals looking to upskill in leadership. You’ll gain skills to plan, implement and monitor health services delivery. Navigate funding, regulatory and policy matters. Innovate and make changes with confidence.
100% online
Approx. 1.5 years full time or part time equivalent
PostgraduateUND-NLM-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders)
For registered nurses seeking leadership capabilities
Learn how to manage conflict and foster collaboration in healthcare settings. If you’re an experienced nurse and ready for the challenge of leadership, start with this postgraduate nursing course. Make confident decisions, plan, and manage resources.
100% online
6 months full time or part time equivalent
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What does a health management course cover?
While subjects vary between courses, most cover business topics and the health system.
Learn to take the lead in healthcare with exceptional administration and management skills. Master contemporary professional management practices including mentoring, clear communication, delegation, leading by example, and consistent and transparent actions. Sharpen your financial management skills. Consider human factors, hire the right people, and retain them.
With expert guidance from experienced academics, you’ll deepen your knowledge of the health system. Explore theory, practice, and the latest thinking in health management. Deep dive into the workings of healthcare workplaces. Learn and engage in the principles of health service management. Envision future directions of health services.
Health management course highlights
- Hear insights from industry experts and academics.
- Engage with local and national leaders in the field.
- Gain interdisciplinary experience through cohort networking.
Health management course specialisations
- Improve both quality and safety in patient care and facilities.
- Apply research outcomes to your own work settings or policy environment.
- Explore sector specific specialisations including aged care and nursing.
Health management careers
Through Open Universities Australia, you can apply your practical studies with leading Australian universities to a range of healthcare environments. Gain entry to, or progress your career in health services management, humanitarian organisations, social welfare management, and public and private hospital and community settings.
In general, health management courses appeal to:
- Clinical leaders looking to formalise or specialise.
- Managers in other fields preparing to transition to healthcare.
- Senior practitioners embarking on their own private practice.
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