Master of Clinical Medicine (Leadership and Management)

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.

The M Clin Med 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 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.

a) hold a bachelor degree which qualifies them to practice medicine in Australia,

and

b) show evidence of current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to work as a medical practitioner in Australia; and provide EITHER

(i) evidence of English language skills at IELTS academic level 7 or the equivalent, and achieve the required minimum score in each component of the IELTS academic module, OET or approved (AHPRA) alternatives

OR

(ii) a statement from their employing hospital confirming that the applicant has at least two years documented professional work experience, carried out in the medium of English and undertaken within two years of the submission of application for entry to the M Clin Med (L&M) program

(Note: Applications from applicants seeking admission on the basis of ii) above will be considered on a case-by-case basis).

• Note: The supporting documentation includes evidence of:

  a. English Language proficiency

  b. Minimum of three years F/T postgrad medical experience

  c. Current contract for continuous employment, at least one year at 0.5 FTE or above, or statement from the hospital Executive indicating that the applicant is anticipated to remain in current employment situation for at least twelve months

  d. Two Clinical Referees Reports from clinicians, one of whom has experience of the applicant's workplace performance in the clinical area in which they have been working

  e. Commitment to ongoing professional development, evidenced by a summary of the CPD activities undertaken in the previous 2 years

  f. Declaration of Support from the applicant's departmental or organisational sponsor confirming that they have organisational commitment to undertake the program.

The program will be delivered within an experiential framework and involve of a range of health service personnel as well as University teaching staff.

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

It is anticipated that the M Clin Med will be applicable to International candidates who can make arrangements with NSW health facilities to satisfy the program admission requirement of a current contract for continuous employment for at least 1 year at 0.5 FTE or above. Current application is limited to domestic candidates.

Students with disabilities who require reasonable adjustments to undertake their program should contact the Disability Support Service before semester or early in the semester. Some adjustments need up to 4 weeks lead time to organise, so it is imperative that early contact is made. The Disability Support Service and relevant Faculty and School officers will work together to ensure reasonably adjustments are provided in a timely manner.

Please note: All students must fulfil the inherent requirements of the programs and courses they are undertaking. While reasonable adjustments can be made, these adjustments cannot compromise academic integrity. It is the student¿s responsibility to check all the requirements of courses, and consider the effects of any medical condition or disability on their ability to complete course requirements. Please visit http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/disability/ for more information.

Residential Weekend Workshops - candidates are required to participate in a weekend residential workshop associated with each of the following courses:

• CLAM6002
• CLAM6003
• CLAM6005
• CLAM6008