Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education and Leadership
PostgraduateUND-MEDI51102025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 9 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,930
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education and Leadership
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Determine key factors which are impacting the nature of healthcare delivery in an educational and leadership context.
- Describe the educational implications for the changing nature of health care.
- Identify a set of key principles for facilitating change in health professional education.
- Key contemporary issues
- A changing healthcare landscape
- Leading change in a health professional education context
This subject provides learners with an opportunity to explore key contemporary issues facing health professional educators and leaders as we traverse the changing learning and healthcare landscape.
Established principles pertaining to leading organisational change are explored to consider strategies and innovation in the way in which we plan and deliver educational change to improve established practices in health professional education.
- Reflection (10%)
- Discussion paper - contemporary issues in HPE (40%)
- Proposed practice innovation (50%)
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The University of Notre Dame Australia is committed to delivering an excellent student experience, alongside a high standard of teaching, research, and training. As a leader in ethical education, Notre Dame aims to develop students’ critical reasoning and their ability to make ethical decisions—crucial skills to progressing their careers and leading purposeful lives. At Notre Dame, students navigate their future with an ethical education online.
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UND-HPE-MAS-2025 - Master of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-HPE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
- UND-HPE-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education
- UND-NUR-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- UND-NUR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Nursing
- UND-NUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Nursing (Coursework)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education
PostgraduateUND-HPE-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Nursing
PostgraduateUND-NUR-GCE
PostgraduateUND-NUR-GDI
Master of Nursing (Coursework)
PostgraduateUND-NUC-MAS