Course details

Summary

This is an innovative qualification for health professionals and graduates of health sciences, public health, commerce, law and arts degrees, who seek to improve the experiences of patients, the health of communities and populations, and the operations of health services.

Programme overview

Health leadership is a varied and complex field. If you are interested in a career where you can play a part in helping to improve the experiences of patients, the health of communities and the operations of health services, this is the ideal programme for you.

Study a wide range of topics from quality in health care to health care economics, public health principles and health informatics principles.

Health leadership opens doors in careers such as health management, health care quality improvement, international health management and more in this exciting challenging field.

Clinical Quality and Safety

The quality and safety of health care around the world has become of increasing concern in recent years, in light of spiraling health care costs and a greater knowledge of the extent of harm to patients undergoing treatment. The field of health care Quality and Safety is now a dynamic and interdisciplinary one that attempts to detect and remove hazards in health care systems, better understand the factors that lead to clinical errors, and introduce initiatives that reduce patient harm, increase health care quality and control costs.

Study outcomes

You will study health care systems, gain a better understanding of their complexity, how and why they sometimes go wrong, and what has been successful so far in improving care, reducing harm and controlling costs. You will learn methods for identifying causes of harm, approaches for redesigning aspects of health care systems, and analytical techniques for monitoring and detecting improvements in safety, teamwork and quality. Study in these areas takes place at the level of clinical practice as well as organizational and managerial levels of the clinical workplace.

Career Opportunities

The Master of Health Leadership in the specialization Clinical Quality and Safety can lead to careers in health care management, clinical change management, health care equipment and process redesign, teamwork improvement, and the development of safer health care technologies.

Programme structure

The MHlthLd can be completed as a 120-point or 180-point taught masters degree, depending on the level of study you have completed.

The 180-point programme can be completed in three semesters (18 months) full-time or up to 12 semesters (6 years) part-time. The 120-point programme can be completed in two semesters (1 year) full-time or up to eight semesters (4 years) part-time.

Further study options

• Master of Health Sciences
• Master of Public Health
• Doctor of Philosophy

Entry criteria

Taught 120 points: Within the past five years you must have completed one year of postgraduate study, following an undergraduate degree, at a recognised university (or similar institution) with a GPE of 5.0. Your study must be in a relevant discipline and have included courses in population health, health management, health informatics and/or māori health.

Taught 180 points: You must have completed an undergraduate degree at a recognised university (or similar institution) in a relevant discipline with a GPE of 5.0. Relevant disciplines include all health professional degrees, and non-clinical degrees in approved subjects including public health, health sciences, health social sciences, commerce and law.

English language requirements:
IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.