Plan, coordinate and improve healthcare services through innovation
Healthcare environments are under intense pressure to focus on service delivery and accountability and are in critical need of innovative ways of working.
Leading Health Services Innovation is a comprehensive program designed in partnership with Metro North Health to support its workforce innovate, transform and lead improvements in the health sector.
This program is designed specifically for middle managers, and emerging change leaders, including clinicians and health service administrators.
Depending on your individual learning goals there are several options for engaging with Leading Health Services Innovation.
Option 1 - Graduate Certificate in Health Services Innovation
- Student membership with the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM)
- An annual conference and three roundtable discussions with guest presentations from health service executives and industry experts
This postgraduate program combines elements of leadership, contemporary knowledge in health innovation, and successful implementation of new ways of working. Delivered part-time over two years, this graduate certificate combines online, face-to-face and self-directed learning underpinned by the Australian Qualifications Framework.
The program also includes:
There is a dedicated support team available to assist with any questions you have:
For further information regarding the Graduate Certificate program and application process, email the Program Director. Contact: Program Director: Dr Jennifer Kosiol
For Metro North Hospital and Health Service Staff please click the button below for more information.
Option 2: Leading health service innovation micro-credentials
Not ready to take the step to apply to be part of the postgraduate program just yet? Or would you like to enhance your knowledge and development opportunities now? You might like to consider one of the health, aged and social care micro-credentials.
These micro credential courses are smaller, self-funded and self-paced pieces of online learning* that are suitable for aspiring and current leaders working in health, aged and social care.
The micro-credential courses include:
Health Leadership
- Health innovation leadership
- Transforming a culture for innovation
Health Economics
- Health economic concepts and principles
- Health economic evaluation methods
- Budget impact assessment in health business cases
There is a dedicated support team available to assist with any questions you have:
For queries relating to these micro credentials, email the Health Services Management Program Director. Contact: Professor Reece Hinchcliff
Visit the health, aged and social care micro credentials page by clicking the button now.
* Minimum enrolment numbers apply.
Pathways for Leading Health Services Innovation
Further study pathways exist for students who complete options 1 or 2 in the Leading Health Services Innovation program.
Completing a bundle of micro-credentials (Option 2) may provide recognition of prior learning which could be used for credit in the Graduate Certificate of Health Services Innovation.
Completing the Graduate Certificate in Health Services Innovation (Option 1) provides students with opportunities to consider:
Useful Links
Health Services Management Griffith University
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