Project Management for Health Professionals
Postgraduate
TAS-CNA613 2025Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 16 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Price from
- $3,027
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Project Management for Health Professionals
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate how project management responds to and implements change in health care.
- Develop a project plan based on evidence of best practice in response to an identified issue.
- Propose evaluation strategies that assess impact and outcome of a project.
- Implement various communication strategies relevant to promoting teamwork and project management.
- Discuss potential ethical implications of project work.
- Module 1: Ethics and principles of Project Management
- Module 2: Using MS Teams
- Module 3: Working in Groups
- Module 4: What is a Project?
- Module 5: Project Scope
- Module 6: Stakeholders and Communication
- Module 7: Project Scheduling, Timeframes and resource needs
- Module 8: Financial implications (budget)
- Module 9: Managing Project Risks
- Module 10: Project Quality Management
- Module 11: Project Evaluation
- Module 12: Reporting and closure
Project Management for Health Professionals provides students with the foundational knowledge required to appreciate and implement practical approaches to project management in health sciences. Students will extend their skills in the utilisation of research evidence to refine and deepen their understanding of the processes involved in project management. This subject has a focus on developing the strategies necessary to initiate, plan, implement, evaluate, finalise and disseminate the results of a health sciences project.
- Quizzes (10%)
- Group Report and individual reflection (45%)
- Project Group Agreement (20%)
- Group Presentation (25%)
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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
- TAS-ADP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
- TAS-AQS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-CDP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-APD-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-AQS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-CDP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-APD-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
Postgraduate
TAS-ADP-GCEGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-GDIMaster of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-MAS