Health Ethics, Law and Governance

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise health ethics and law requirements and formulate strategies to address these from a management perspective.
  2. Evaluate governance structures, policy and processes with a comparative view to other jurisdictions.
  3. Compare governance in the public and private sectors to provide accessible and equitable services.
  4. Assess the role of governance for strategic objectives in health e.g. cost-effectiveness, quality and safety in care delivery through performance, collaboration and openness.
  5. Summarise the social and ethical considerations when managing health organisations.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-HSM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Service Management

Elective

• TAS-HSM-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management
• TAS-HIM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Information Management
• TAS-MPA-MAS-2024 - Master of Professional Accounting

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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