Semester This unit explores aspects of women's health policy, strategies for health promotion and some fundamentals of woman-focussed research, publication and health practice. Key issues identified in the National Women's Health Policy and Strategy are examined, as well as some of the initiatives arising from these and the changes since the National Women's Health Program was subsumed under the Public Health Funding Outcomes Agreement. Essential elements of publication are discussed and participants provided with an opportunity to research a question of their choice through the literature and to prepare an article suitable for publication. This unit provides an introduction to the context and role of health service management, management theory and the processes of management in health services. It aims to extend the student's thinking on issues currently affecting health services and encourages them to develop a firm understanding of theoretical concepts behind modern management practices.
Assessment is in the form of two essays.
This unit is designed to explore and analyse concepts related to human resource management. It examines how an organisation's goals can be achieved through effective planning for and attracting, selecting, motivating, developing and compensating people who are willing and capable of contributing to the provision of quality health care. The understanding of the role of information, information systems and their management is one of the challenges for managers. This unit looks at the nature of information and the way it is used to support clinical services and to manage health organisations. It also discusses the revolution in technologies, the range of systems that are being developed and their impact on the operation and management of services.