TM5513 - Public Health Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

This subject introduces management theory and skills as they pertain to public health. Topics include: people management, strategic and operational leadership, managing in teams, change management, project management, risk analysis and management, quality improvement, management in various settings - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and developing countries. Team work and conflict management will be improved through experiential learning.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the basic principles of management theory;
• use management techniques in health care settings;
• work more effectively as a member of a team;
• understand the important attributes of leadership.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 6
Census Date 27-Jun-2008
Face to face teaching 16-Jun-2008 to 27-Jun-2008
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Alan Clough, Dr Alan Hauquitz
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Alan Clough, Dr Alan Hauquitz.
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (15%); presentations (30%); case studies (15%); assignments (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.