Project Management for Health Professionals

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate how project management responds to and implements change in health care.
  2. Develop a project plan based on evidence of best practice in response to an identified issue.
  3. Propose evaluation strategies that assess impact and outcome of a project.
  4. Implement various communication strategies relevant to promoting teamwork and project management.
  5. Discuss potential ethical implications of project work.

• 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:

Elective

• TAS-APM-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
• TAS-APM-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-APG-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning. Online webinar - 3 x 1-hour.

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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