Management Challenges in Health

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
PUBH 3015
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Course ID
204705
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Campus
Online
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Public Health
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Andrew Gardner
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Course level
3
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

Healthcare organisations in the 21st century are being challenged by rapid changes. These include the impact of an ageing population that is straining healthcare resources and delivery, advances in medical technology, digitisation of workflow, increased consumer expectations about the quality of care, changes in the roles and responsibilities of healthcare organisations, competition for market dominance, unparalleled growth in the knowledge-based healthcare economy, and imbalances in workforce distribution. Due to these changes, healthcare organisations must adapt, learn and innovate. This requires a paradigm shift in the mindset and skills of healthcare leaders, managers and practitioners. In this course, you will learn management concepts, tools and techniques to address some of the daunting challenges that healthcare organisations are facing. The course modules consist managing organisational transformation, change strategy, services, and behaviour, and management of knowledge and employee performance in healthcare organisations. The course uses real-world health-related scenarios in its materials and assessments to develop optimal learning.

Course learning outcomes

  • Critically evaluate core management principles as they apply to the healthcare environment (includingmanaging complexity; systems thinking; managing change; organisational behaviour; leadership).
  • Evaluate and apply core principles of designing and managing systems in health service delivery.
  • Use appropriate frameworks and tools to critique service delivery models in the broader healthcarecontext.
  • Apply current state analysis approaches to address organisational challenges.
  • Create a future state vision for a healthcare organisation by developing a healthcare transformationstrategy.
  • Apply inter-professional communication, collaboration and teamwork skills to a healthcare managementproblem.

Availability

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Census date
Fri 22/05/2026
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Enrol by date
Fri 01/05/2026
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Mon 08/06/2026
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Last day to WF
Mon 22/06/2026

Class details

Online

Class number
Class number 36038
Section
Section 01OL
Size
Size 500
Available
Available 500
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- Online ,

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed PUBHLTH3500OUA Management Challenges in Health at the University of Adelaide

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