The Master of Clinical Medicine (Leadership and Management) has been developed in collaboration with NSW Health, specifically to provide a new career pathway for Hospitalists.

The program will:

• Develop doctors within the hospital medical workforce to be clinical leaders with a generalist perspective across the hospital.
• Provide participants with the appropriate knowledge, professional skills, attitudes, and ability to be effective communicators and clinical care co-ordinators across independent clinical disciplines and the gaps that exist in hospital processes.
• Provide continuing education for doctors working in hospitals who wish to participate in a Masters-level university program to extend their knowledge or to gain the skills to conduct research-based system re-design.
• Train doctors who wish to develop skills for clinical leadership roles within hospitals. This may include a range of existing and developing positions, such as senior hospitalist positions within NSW Health facilities.

Completion of this degree satisfies an eligibility criterion for Senior Hospitalist positions in NSW Health facilities.

The Master of Clinical Medicine (Leadership and Management) is a 80 unit coursework Masters degree made up of eight 10-unit courses completed part-time over two years. Provision will be made for an exit award - the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine - after completion of 40 units.

The program will be delivered within an experiential framework and involve of a range of health service personnel as well as University teaching staff. As part of the admission process, a “Letter of Support” must be provided from a Departmental or Organisational Sponsor confirming that the applicant has organisational commitment to undertake the program, applicants are also required to designate a local Academic Supervisor for each course.

As e-learning and communication systems including Blackboard, are used extensively to support delivery of the program, ensures the program's availability to clinicians anywhere within the NSW Health system and facilitate the development of a learning community.

An Exit Award of the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine is available after the completion of 40 units.

The program has been designed specifically for:

• Senior Clinicians in the medical workforce who are extending their responsibilities into clinical leadership and management within their workplace.
• Clinicians in the early stages of their career who are recognised as having potential to develop and manage systems of patient care across the health system.
• Doctors anticipating an ongoing personal role in providing and improving clinical care in hospitals.