TM5513 - Public Health Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

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.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
• The ability to think laterally and be original;
• The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
• The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise;
• The potential to lead and contribute to projects effectively and efficiently;
• The ability to make constructive contributions to project teams or collegial activities;
• The potential to resolve conflicts.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 6
Census Date 26-Jun-2009
Face to face teaching 08-Jun-2009 to 19-Jun-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Alan Hauquitz.
Contact hours:	60 hours lectures
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.