C04246v1 Master of Health Services Management and Planning
Award(s): Master of Health Services Management and Planning (MHSMPlan)UAC code: 942811 (Autumn semester), 945811 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 071627K
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 96
Course EFTSL: 2
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course offers a mid-year intake for local and international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This is a comprehensive course in health services planning and management and aims to expand students' knowledge and future career opportunities. The course develops students' knowledge and skills, which leads to an enhanced capacity to plan and manage health services in a diverse range of health settings.
Graduates of this course are exposed to academic and industry leaders who share their experience and knowledge to facilitate insight into the contemporary health service management environment.
Course aims
This course is designed to prepare new, aspiring, and middle health service planners and managers to assume a leadership role in the strategic and operational management of a wide range of health services and facilities. The content aims to develop skills in planning and evaluating health services, understanding health needs, and managing people, resources, systems and processes within health services to meet the changing needs of communities, clinicians, governments and organisations.
Career options
Career options include positions as managers and/or planners in health authorities, hospitals, primary and community care, aged care services and other healthcare facilities in the public, private, not-for-profit, government and non-government health sectors.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
This evidence may include extensive relevant work experience in a health or human services field.
Applicants must have at least one year's full-time equivalent experience in a medium to large organisation, preferably in the health or human services area. Work experience undertaken in small work settings (e.g. private practice settings with a small number of professionals) or as part of intern requirements are not accepted.
Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree but who have extensive relevant work experience in a health or human services field and can demonstrate the capacity to undertake tertiary study may also be considered eligible.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is two years of full-time or four years of part-time study.
Subjects are offered via on-campus study. Part-time students usually study two subjects a semester and full-time students usually study four subjects a semester.
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 96 credit points, comprising 14 core subjects offered by UTS: Health and UTS: Business and two electives offered by UTS: Health and UTS: Design, Architecture and Building. Students who wish to undertake an elective that is not listed should seek advice from UTS: Health.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90397 Electives | 12cp | |
| STM90535 Core subjects (Health Services Management and Planning) | 66cp | |
| STM90713 Core subjects | 18cp | |
| Total | 96cp |
Course program
Example programs are shown below.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92917 Using Health Care Data for Decision Making | 6cp | |
| 92296 Epidemiology and Population Health | 6cp | |
| 92297 Health Systems and Change | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 21720 Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 92946 Project Part A | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 26703 Introductory Health Economics | 6cp | |
| 92847 Planning and Evaluating Health Services | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90397 Electives | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 23787 Health Technology Assessment | 6cp | |
| 92295 Advanced Health Services Planning | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90397 Electives | 12cp | |
| Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92917 Using Health Care Data for Decision Making | 6cp | |
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92847 Planning and Evaluating Health Services | 6cp | |
| 21720 Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 92296 Epidemiology and Population Health | 6cp | |
| 92946 Project Part A | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 23787 Health Technology Assessment | 6cp | |
| 92295 Advanced Health Services Planning | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90396 Electives | 12cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92297 Health Systems and Change | 6cp | |
| 26703 Introductory Health Economics | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90396 Electives | 12cp | |
| Autumn commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92917 Using Health Care Data for Decision Making | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92296 Epidemiology and Population Health | 6cp | |
| 92297 Health Systems and Change | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 21720 Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 92946 Project Part A | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92847 Planning and Evaluating Health Services | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92295 Advanced Health Services Planning | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90397 Electives | 12cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 26703 Introductory Health Economics | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90397 Electives | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 23787 Health Technology Assessment | 6cp | |
Professional recognition
Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM)
Other information
Further information is available from:
UTS Student Centre
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
Dr Jennifer Bichel-Findlay
Course Coordinator
email Jennifer.Bichel-Findlay@uts.edu.au
