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The Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management provides students with the theoretical and technical capacities for leadership roles in health service management in Australia or internationally.

The program provides the opportunity for health professionals to upskill, push their career forward, and improve their employability.

You will develop your professional judgement, and graduate with the essential knowledge and skills required to improve health services across a range of settings. The program fosters essential skills required for health management and leadership roles including strategic leadership, change management, workforce management, quality enhancement and decision making.

Through the graduate certificate, you can continue on to study the Master of Health Leadership and Management and associated dual and extension programs.

• Pathway to further study
  Students can articulate from the graduate certificate into the graduate diploma and the Master of Health Leadership and Management. You can elect to further your studies by adding an extension to gain research experience through additional research methodology courses and/or an advanced research project. You can also combine your master’s degree withÌýpublic health, global health or infectious diseases intelligence through our dual or dual extension options. Studying two programs concurrently enhances your career prospects and gives you the opportunity to combine knowledge and skills from two related disciplines. Opportunities are also available to progress from a coursework master’s degree that includes a research component to enrolment in a PhD.

• Industry relevant program
  This program is designed to be relevant to the workplace, with many opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. One such opportunity is our internship program, where you’ll gain practical experience in relevant health organisations. We offer a range of domestic and international internship placements in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

• Flexible delivery
  Complete your study from anywhere in the world. This program provides flexible learning options so you can complete the degree according to your needs and commitments. Courses can be taken online or face-to-face, full-time or part-time. Our online learning spaces facilitate collaborative learning so you can connect with fellow students and course convenors in real-time.

Study Australasia’s first health leadership and management program
For more than 60 years, this program has equipped students with the knowledge and skills required to respond to the challenges faced by health managers and leaders.

Gain international connections through the PLuS Alliance
The PLuS Alliance combines the strengths of three leading research universities – Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW – to solve global challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to take online courses with Arizona State University to bring a global perspective to your education. Moving away from the traditional classroom, this program will immerse you in a global learning environment, where you’ll study alongside students from Australia, the United States and around the world.Ìý

Join a sector-leading population health community
Join a community that’s playing a key role in enhancing population health and healthcare systems. This program is delivered by the School of Population Health – a dynamic, international community of staff, alumni, practitioners and students. Our multi-disciplinary teaching and research staff have research and practitioner experience in local, national and international settings. Research and collaboration opportunities are available for students in our internationally recognisedÌý. You will be part of a community involved in translating ground-breaking research into disease prevention and response strategies and informing health policy.

Build your professional network
Join an engaged cohort of like-minded students and a successful alumni community. Our graduates currently hold leadership roles in public and private services spanning ministries/departments of health, local health districts, public service roles relevant to social determinants of health, non-government organisations across Australia and around the world, in addition to graduates who bring population health expertise to their clinical work.Ìý

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