Graduate Certificate of Applied Management (Health) (Distance Learning

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Management (Health) is designed for public health managers, administrators, clinicians and medical practitioners with a need to acquire essential management skills while expanding and upgrading their clinical and specialist competencies.

Graduates will develop a strong portfolio of skills that can be applied to day to day operations of community health facilities. These will be both management based and health based, with health options being further enhanced by the specialisations in Public Health, and Drug and Alcohol Studies.

The Health Promotion Specialisation has no new intake in 2009.

Our degree programs are renowned for their student-centred approach and emphasise the development of the skills and knowledge necessary for careers in a rapidly changing international environment. Many of our professional qualifications are recognised around the world. As one of Australia's top 10 research universities, we are recognised as a leader in medical and health research and education, supported by our multidisciplinary and collaborative approach.

Graduates will develop a strong portfolio of skills that can be applied to day to day operations of community health facilities. These will be both management based and health based.

Completion of a Bachelors Degree in a Health Field and 3 years relevant Health/Allied Health Work Experience.

This program is available to offshore International students only.

Under Academic Senate resolution (01:335) (28 November 2001), the Faculty accepts that it is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations for students with special needs, in liaison with the Student Support Unit, which offers practical assistance and advice to students with a disability or chronic illness. The Faculty will seek advice from the Student Support Unit as to what constitutes "reasonable accommodations" under Anti-Discrimination legislation.

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Management (Health) program is a 40 unit program. Students are required to complete EPID6420 Epidemiology A - Basic Methods, two courses (20 units) from the Group A (Management) options and one course (10 units) from the Public Health Stream options.

The Health Promotion Specialisation has no new intake in 2009.

The Health Promotion Specialisation has no new intake in 2009. Only students already undertaking the Health Promotion specialisation will be able to enrol in HPRO6710 and HPRO6750.