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Leadership in Health Care
PostgraduateMUR-SHP5112025
Explore the relationship between leadership, strategy and planning, along with health workforce development and organisational outcomes. Sharpen your current skills in leading, or step up to the challenge.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 15 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025,
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,160
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Leadership in Health Care
About this subject
On successful completion of the subject you will be able to:
- Examine leadership theory, team development theory, and the role of leaders and teams in the health care context and use these to critically reflect on your own experiences of leadership in the workplace
- Analyse and describe leadership ethics, integrity, emotional intelligence and core competencies for effective leaders
- Evaluate the role and function of leadership in strategic planning, stakeholder management and workforce development, and the relationship with organisational outcomes
- Analyse and explain the relationship between leadership and operational and strategic risk, and leadership and lean thinking
- Apply leadership theory and current research to improve skills and performance and promote reflective practice in the context of health care leadership
- Foundations of leadership.
- Leadership starts at home.
- Leading the team.
- Leadership and the organisation - operational leadership.
- Leadership and the organisation - strategic leadership.
- Future directions of health care leadership.
This subject introduces students to leadership in diverse health care environments. It explores the complexities and challenges of strategic leadership and examines theoretical and contemporary evidence-based practice perspectives within the context of the Australian Health Care System and current research. The relationships between leadership, strategic planning, health workforce development and organisational outcomes are discussed. This subject is suitable for health professionals working in leadership and management roles, and those aspiring to do so.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Online Forum (25%)
- Leadership Development Review (40%)
- Narrated Powerpoint Presentation (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- MUR-AWC-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Wound Care
- MUR-HCM-MAS-2025 - Master of Health Care Management
- MUR-HMG-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management
Others
Enrolment in a Graduate degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Wound Care
PostgraduateMUR-AWC-GCE
Master of Health Care Management
PostgraduateMUR-HCM-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management
PostgraduateMUR-HMG-GCE