Course details

Summary

This degree provides you a postgraduate qualification to: enhance your specialist knowledge, research development, and continuation of your study towards a Master's or Doctoral degree.

The leadership and management papers are open to all qualified health professionals. The PgDipHSc provides you with the opportunity to undertake an approved course of study to advance your specialty discipline, knowledge and scholarly development.

Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in Leadership and Management papers (60 points):

You must complete:

• HEAL817 Leadership and Management I (15 points)

And select 45 points from:

• HEAL818 Leadership and Management II (15 points)
• HEAL819 Interprofessional Collaboration (15 points)
• HEAL837 Health Policy Applied (15 points)
• HEAL820 Health Economics (15 points)
• HEAL845 Professional Supervision (30 points)
• HEAL821 Clinical Governance and Quality (30 points)
• HEAL822 Quality Evaluation in Health (15 points)
• MAOH803 Effective Supervision in Maori Health (15 points)

And select one research paper:

• HEAL840 Critical Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice^ (15 points)
• HEAL811 Integrative Research (15 points)

Select one professional paper:

• HEAL812 Health Professional Practice (15 points)
• HEAL813 Practice Reality (15 points)

Complete the following specialty core paper:

• HEAL818 Leadership and Management II (15 points)

And select one paper from:

• HEAL837 Health Policy Applied (15 points)
• HEAL820 Health Economics (15 points)
• HEAL845 Professional Supervision (30 points)
• HEAL822 Quality Evaluation in Health Care (15 points)
• HEAL821 Clinical Governance and Quality (30 points)
• HEAL822 Quality Evaluation in Health (15 points)
• MAOH803 Effective Supervision in Maori Health (15 points)
• Interprofessional Practice Innovation (15 points)
• HLAW801 Health Law (15 points)

You may also be able to choose other relevant optional papers with the approval of the Associate Dean (Academic).

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed the following or equivalent: Bachelor of Health Science; or Graduate Diploma in Health Science; or relevant professional practice or experience in a related health field equivalent to a bachelors degree.

The applicant may be required to provide evidence of current professional practice.

English Language requirements:

Minimum IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; TOEFL iBT score of 90; Certificate in English for Academic Study (CertEAS) with A grade; GIE with B+ grade; CAE minimum overall score of 176; PTE minimum overall score of 58.