| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN or GCHH or GCNG or GDNG
Overview
Healthcare professionals in specialist and/or advanced practice positions are integral to the quality leadership and management of health care and health care facilities. It is important that they have knowledge of the leadership and management strategies and techniques needed to achieve effective healthcare outcomes.
This Masters level course provides healthcare professionals with the opportunity to reflect on the leadership and management aspects of their role and apply theoretical knowledge to the realities of leadership and management practice in health care.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- demonstrate academic and professional literacy skills by critically examining leadership, management and organisational theories and identifying how these may be adapted and applied in healthcare practice
- critically evaluate management policies and practices and recommend areas for improvement and change within their organisation in the areas of resource management, provision of healthcare services, and change management
- Develop their own style of leadership and management relevant to their area of healthcare practice
- Demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leadership and Management Theories and their application to advanced nursing practice. | 25.00 |
| 2. | Organisational Theories and their application to the context of advanced nursing practice. | 25.00 |
| 3. | Resource management including human resource planning, cultural diversity, care delivery strategies, and information management. | 25.00 |
| 4. | Change management including Change Theories, implementing planned change, and dealing with conflict. | 25.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | No | 40 | 1,2,4 |
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Essay 2 | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4 |