Graduate capabilities for health service managers: reconfiguring health management education @UNSW.
The Master of Health Administration program at UNSW was extensively revised in 2006 to ensure that it effectively meets the challenging and dynamic environment of health service managers in local and global health contexts. This paper describes the innovative approach to the redesign of the health management program within the Faculty of Medicine. It outlines the method and considerations undertaken, particularly in identifying and embedding new graduate capabilities within the program. The paper concludes that using an outcomes-based approach and engaging with key stakeholders provides opportunity to identify and promote critical capabilities needed by managers to support the challenges confronting health services, including workforce flexibility. Further research is required on how such curriculum initiatives might impact on the performance of health service managers, but initial indications are that the health industry recognises the need and value of this approach.
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Level 2, Samuels Bldg, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. l.meyer@unsw.edu.au
Lois D
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Meyer
Alan R
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Hodgkinson
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Knight
Maria Theresa
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Sophie K
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di Corpo
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Bhalla
D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D014495:Universities