Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

2020 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2020 course information
Award granted	Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)
Course Map	This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2020. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2020. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 3 2020. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne)
Cloud Campus	Yes
Duration	2 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	093045F Burwood (Melbourne)
Deakin course code	M703
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Deakin's MBA (Healthcare Management) is jointly run and managed by the Deakin Business School and the School of Medicine. It offers the best of both worlds - the core of Deakin's MBA program and a tailored set of health units designed to prepare you to manage and lead healthcare services in Australia and overseas.

We recognise that the efficient management and delivery of healthcare will be one of the most pressing challenges facing economies over the coming years. The program offers you the opportunity to tailor MBA studies to the particular issues and challenges associated with the healthcare sector. You will learn the very latest in business and management thinking - and have the opportunity to tailor it to healthcare settings.

To excel in a healthcare organisational environment or management role today, you need more than mere business knowledge. You need a comprehensive understanding of the policy context you work in, and skills to formulate and implement strategies that are necessary to operate efficiently and effectively.

To manage the growing challenges of the nation's health and provision of healthcare, you not only need to understand the health policy and funding context, but also the business end of healthcare delivery such as financing, marketing and economics.

This course offers an advanced combination of business insight and healthcare focus to succeed in this critical area of health service delivery.

Indicative student workload

In addition to attendance at structured learning activities (including classes, seminars, residentials and on-line) students are required to undertake individual and group activities and self-driven learning. While structured activities vary between units and modes of delivery, students would normally be expected to allocate approximately 150 hours total to each unit. Some core units may require attendance at residential presentations up to 5 days duration.

Career opportunities

As healthcare service delivery becomes complex because of changing population, disease profile and medical technology; so has the requirement for qualified healthcare managers increased. There is a pressing need for trained and skilled healthcare executives and leaders in Australia and the Asia-Pacific to lead and manage healthcare service delivery into the future. The Deakin MBA (Healthcare Management) course content has been developed in consultation with industry and by academics with several years of industry experience. With the Deakin MBA (Healthcare Management) qualification in hand you are well positioned to either progress in your existing healthcare management career or embark as a healthcare manager.

Participation requirements

Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.

Placement can occur at any time, including during the standard holiday breaks listed here: https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/key-dates.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.

Mandatory student checks

Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Business Administration (M501)
Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (M601)
Master of Business Administration (M701)

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline Specific knowledge and capabilities	Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental business principles and concepts to develop insights into processes that drive healthcare systems and contribute to the development of new knowledge through use of appropriate research principles and methods.
Communication	Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental business principles and concepts to develop insights into processes that drive healthcare systems and contribute to the development of new knowledge through use of appropriate research principles and methods
Digital Literacy	Select and use digital technologies to locate, curate and disseminate information relevant to the operation of healthcare services and support the research and analysis of complex healthcare systems issues.
Critical thinking	Apply critical thinking and analysis skills to evaluate complex data, relationships and projects that underpin the functioning of healthcare services.
Problem Solving	Apply problem solving skills and creativity to arrive at evidence-based decisions and imagine strategies and the changes required to implement recommended courses of action.
Self-management	Developed an enhanced insight into leadership style and reflect on own ability to take personal accountability and act as a confident leader in the healthcare industry.
Teamwork	Demonstrate the ability to develop networks and business relationships and leverage these to achieve collaborative and mutually beneficial outcomes.
Global Citizenship	Engage in professional and ethical practice that demonstrates awareness of and adaptability to, diverse social, cultural and environmental contexts in healthcare management.

Course rules

To complete the Master of Business Administration (Healthcare management), students must attain a total of 16 credit points, consisting of 8 credit points of core units offered by the Faculty of Business and Law and 6 credit points of core units and 2 credit points of elective units offered by the Faculty of Health, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point unit, MAI010 Academic Integrity. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.

Students are introduced to research tools and techniques in core units of the course where they learn analytic skills and the practical application of those skills in professional contexts. They must also complete advanced level units and a capstone unit that require them to integrate the skills learnt over their course of study and produce applied pieces of research with reference to prevailing literature.

Course structure

Core units

Faculty of Business and Law Core

MBA700

The Deakin Advantage: Leadership and Professional Development

MBR701/MBA701

Strategy and Value Creation ^{^}

MBR702/MBA702

Financial Decision Making ^{^}

MBA703

The Economic Environment

MBR704/MBA704

Marketing, Positioning and Consumers ^{^}

MBA705

Business Processes and Technology

MBR706/MBA706

Leading People in Organisations ^{^}

MBA707

The Deakin Advantage: Capstone

^{^}MBR code denotes Residential version of unit.

Faculty of Health Core

HME704

Fundamentals of Health Informatics

HME711

Health Law and Ethics

HME712

Healthcare Operations

HME713

Clinical Governance

HSH769

Comparative Health Systems

HSH725

Research Literacy for Health Practice

Course structure

Elective units

The remaining 2 credit points may be selected from the list below:

HME705

Hospital Financing

HME710

Health Management Practicum

HSH719

Economic Evaluation 1

HSH744

Epidemiology 1

HSH762

Resource Allocation and Priority Setting

HSH766

Economics and Health Policy Analysis

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point unit

To be completed in the first trimester of study:-

MAI010

Academic Integrity

Work experience

This course does not require students to complete compulsory work integrated learning units.

Other course information

Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work-integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. Refer to the relevant unit guide.

Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central

Other learning experiences

This course includes the option of other learning experiences including residential units.

Research and research-related study

The MBA-Healthcare Management course being a professional course as opposed to a research-oriented course is unlike many Masters level course, which requires extended periods of research study. However, the course recognises the importance of imparting research skills to its students. This education is delivered through the core unit HSH725 Research Literacy for Health Practice (1 credit point).