Reflective Practice in Health Management
PostgraduateMUR-SHP6042026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
Become an advocate for self-awareness and interpersonal skills. Learn the power of communication in influencing and persuading those around you. Lift a mirror to your management style – including your beliefs, experiences and background.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 19 July 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 15 weeks
- Price from
- $2,212
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Reflective Practice in Health Management
About this subject
On successful completion of the subject you should be able to:
- Illustrate the origins of reflective practice, describe models and frameworks for critical reflection, and practice reflective writing skills
- Interpret the relationship between reflective practice and emotional intelligence, ethics and values, professionalism, and professional development
- Evaluate the application of reflective practice to communication and supervision in the context of healthcare leadership and management
- Communicate knowledge of the role of reflective practice in lifelong learning and healthcare research
- Apply reflective practice, leadership and management theory, and current research to practice, and critically reflect upon performance to improve skills
- Origins of Reflective Practice & Models for Critical Reflection
- Reflective Writing
- Ethics and Values in Reflective Practice
- Reflective Practice and Emotional Intelligence
- Reflective Leaders and Managers
- Reflective Leadership and Management
- Professionalism and Professional Development
- Supervising the Reflective Practitioner and Mentoring
- Reflective Practice as an Organisation
- Research and Life Long Learning
This subject focuses on reflective practice as an essential component of effective leadership and management. It explores the importance of self-awareness, and the interpersonal processes associated with effective communication, influence and persuasion. Frameworks for critical reflection are examined in the context of professionalism, supervision, lifelong learning, and research in the health care setting. Students will have the opportunity to examine how their beliefs, perceptions, experiences and backgrounds influence their ability to lead and manage.
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 Discussion Forum (30%)
- Reflective Journal (30%)
- Reflective Development Review (40%)
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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-HCM-MAS-2026 - Master of Health Care Management
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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Health Care Management
PostgraduateMUR-HCM-MAS