Undergraduate USA-HLTH3065-2023

Project Management for Health and Wellness

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Duration

10 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

03 Apr 2023
18 Sep 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the major components of project management and factors impacting on project success.
Identify a range of strategies to address challenges and enhance project outcomes.
Explain the appropriateness of various project management tools and techniques for use in health and wellbeing contexts.
Outline a project, including identifying key stakeholders, goals, resource requirements, time frames, risk assessment and potential evaluation plan.

Topics covered

- What is Project Management
- Teamwork
- Evidence to support projects and SWOT Analysis
- Stakeholders: Identification and Managing
- Goals, Objectives and Strategies
- Risk Management
- Evaluation
- Resourcing
- Project Scheduling

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Discover how project management concepts can be applied to community development and population health and wellbeing contexts.

This course allows you to identify a range of strategies that can be used to address challenges and enhance project outcomes. You’ll cover a range of topics including project scope and scheduling, stakeholder mapping, risk assessment, resource gathering and evaluation planning.

UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.

Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.

This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Public Health degree. Please note: you are responsible for completing any relevant prerequisite courses before enrolling in this course.

Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Assessments

Essay (40%)
Plan (60%)

Textbooks

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