Risk Management and Governance

About this subject

• What you'll learn

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

  1. Critically analyse the key components of governance and clinical governance frameworks and their application in health and human service settings.
  2. Evaluate risks and risk management scenarios drawing on appropriate strategies and tools in health and human service environments.
  3. Apply principles of governance and risk management to develop quality improvement initiatives that enhance service delivery in health and human service settings.
  4. Develop effective high-level leadership communication skills and strategies to foster a culture of safety and quality among health and human service teams, ensuring compliance with best practice standards.
  5. Integrate evidence-based approaches into decision-making processes to address complex issues related to safety, quality, and risk management in health and human service settings.

• 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-AQS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-APG-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)

Elective

• TAS-ADP-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Individual Study 8 hours weekly; Independent Learning 2 hours weekly.

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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