This innovative dual degree will equip you with the knowledge, skills and attributes required to carry out leadership and management roles in population health, clinical settings and departmental health services.

Gain experience in managing and improving health services and systems across diverse settings. Learn the specialist knowledge and skills to recognise the relationships between public health and healthcare delivery. You’ll graduate with the capabilities to lead in increasingly complex and rapidly changing environments.

The program includes core courses related to:

• strategic planning
• policy development
• change management
• quality enhancement
• decision-making
• epidemiology
• biostatistics
• health promotion
• health policy
• planning and management 
• addressing challenges associated with the social determinants of health.

This degree is designed for professionals who want to enhance their career opportunities by specialising in both public health and health services leadership and management. 

The Master of Health Leadership and Management/Master of Public Health can be completed in 1.7 years of full-time study or three years part-time. The program is made up of 12 courses total, including:

• eight core courses
• four elective courses

• Core courses
• Elective courses
• Public health specialisations
• Research extension options

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There’s strong demand in Australia and globally for professionals with specialised interdisciplinary skills in public health and health management. This dual degree enhances your career prospects as you’ll graduate with leadership skills underpinned by public health principles.

This dual degree can lead to a career in:

• government departments and ministries of health
• public health networks
• local area health services
• universities and research institutes
• international health policy and funding institutions
• non-governmental agencies
• mental health services
• indigenous health organisations
• health services general management
• health services c-suite roles
• government and non-government policy
• medical communications
• medical insurance management
• non-government health service management
• health economics
• health program management
• health care consultancy.

For entry into this degree, you must have one of the following: An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management and two years full-time professional or volu

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