NUR5327 · Management and leadership in healthcare practice

Overview

This unit examines the concepts of management and leadership as applied to the conduct of health professional practice. The content is delivered in four modules. The first module examines key professional and organisational structures that govern the scope and practice of health professionals’ work in particular healthcare contexts. The uses and roles of policy (development, utilisation and compliance) in assisting governance will be studied. In the second module, contemporary methods for the organisation of work in healthcare environments will be examined including human resources management. These also will be considered in relation to industry and technology reforms; political, business and social agendas; and developmental strategies. The third module examines principles and models for strategic planning and operational interventions for the management and development of health services and work. The fourth module examines the role of interdisciplinary engagement and activities in relation to health professional leadership and management strategies.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Compare and contrast leadership and management responsibilities and outcomes associated with the organisation of health professional practice.
2. Critique contemporary methods of organising health professional work in a range of practice contexts
3. Apply leadership and management principles to a health professional practice setting to ensure delivery of safe, quality care
4. Critically debate professional and workplace governance structures that have been proven to be successful in particular healthcare workplace contexts.
5. Differentiate drivers for change (e.g. industry and technology reforms; political, business and social agendas) and proactively lead health professional responses to changing and dynamic environments.
6. Critique commonly used strategies for strategic planning and operational implementation in particular healthcare workplace contexts
7. Recommend techniques related to enhancing interdisciplinary engagement that can be used in health professional leadership and management situations
8. Distinguish between leadership and management principles to influence health services and professional organisations to enhance the voice of health professionals in improving the quality of service delivery and health policy development.
9. Evaluate the implementation of a specific management and leadership strategy in the conduct of health professional work

Workload

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including tutorials and online activities. Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.