Master of Health Leadership and Education

School of Medicine

Are you an emerging or established leader in health, who also works in an educational capacity, or is transitioning to an educational role in a clinical tertiary or academic setting? If so, the Master of Health Leadership and Education from The University of Notre Dame Australia is the ideal qualification for you. This postgraduate program is available part-time and is facilitated entirely online. You will complete a combination of coursework and dissertation and will develop a wide repertoire of both leadership and educational skills specifically aimed at best practices across all health and academic contexts.

At The University of Notre Dame Australia, School of Medicine, we are dedicated to the provision of postgraduate education that is designed and presented in collaboration with the health sector to support the translation of learning into practice. Students in their final year of study in the Master's program will complete a workplace project to consolidate their research training.

The Master of Health Leadership and Education is designed to meet the unique learning needs of interprofessional health leaders and educators in a variety of healthcare settings and clinical and/or academic contexts. In acknowledging complex lives and multiple priorities this degree is flexible. Learners will extend their foundational knowledge and skills in leadership and educational theory and explore their professional development in the context of their specific leadership and educational practice. This qualification provides a pathway for the health professional interested in applying their leadership and educational practice to ultimately prepare for leading innovative and purposeful change in their health professional context.

The Postgraduate Medicine Associated Programs offers a nested suite of programs in the areas of Health Leadership and Health Professional Education, with multiple exit points. The nested programs provide an opportunity for students to complete and exit with a Graduate Certificate of either Health Leadership or Health Professional Education, and then build upon their studies through the completion of a unique Graduate Diploma or Master's degree (by coursework) that combines both the Leadership and Education streams.

A Master of Health Leadership and Education can lead to private and public sector careers, including roles such as health manager, project evaluation/administration or policy officer, finance officer/chief finance officer, health business analyst, and health information officer. For those graduates who choose more education-centred electives, this degree can lead to careers as a health professions educator, education researcher, staff development educator, medical educator, and clinical educator, across both the higher education settings, and within the public and private health sectors.

The first year (the Graduate Certificate equivalent) will be provided through a multimode study design, that includes online self-directed learning modules and virtual learning sessions.

This first year will then translate into a fully online learning experience in the Graduate Diploma year through the Notre Dame core courses Ethics in Professional Life and Research Methods in Health, and electives to engage students in areas of interest to them.

The final Master year follows a traditional format of research learning and engagement, with enrolment in two (2) courses that are a combination of coursework and dissertation. The students will be supported by the course coordinator as they engage in a review of the subject literature to support project design, implementation strategies and evaluation.

In addition to the Graduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Education program requirements, the student will complete two (2) compulsory courses below in their final year of study:

• MEDI6008 Professional Practice Project A
• MEDI6009 Professional Practice Project B

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

Please note: the availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.