If you are a career-minded healthcare professional looking to enhance your prospects, apply now for a postgraduate tertiary course in healthcare management and administration offered by Flinders University.
An ageing population and worsening chronic lifestyle-related disease are contributing to an unprecedented demand for highly skilled and well-educated healthcare professionals to improve levels of health care in their communities.
Our Courses
Our health administration postgraduate courses will enhance your understanding of health and aged care systems including leadership, financial management, operations management, safety and quality, health law, ethics, informatics and digital health.
You will have opportunities to apply these skills to your own work settings and policy environment.
Complete this graduate certificate part-time in 12 months.
If you’re working in health and aged care, the graduate certificate will provide you with the opportunity to acquire deeper knowledge and enhanced skills in aged care management.
The course builds on your current workplace experience and promotes the application of management theories to existing problems. This strong industry focus is aimed at delivering direct benefits to you through knowledge and to aged care workplaces through its application.
This course will introduce you to some core competencies. Successful completion of these will better equip you to carry out management tasks and provide you with the opportunity to proceed to further graduate level coursework.
The course is available on campus or online (+ full-day intensives on campus in Adelaide).
A Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Management at Flinders University is open to health professionals and academics.
Elevate your career in the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare with our Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Management at Flinders University. This program offers a flexible, one-year part-time course designed to empower healthcare leaders and professionals to thrive in the digital and virtual healthcare realm.
One of the College of Business, Government and Law’s newest offerings, the postgraduate certificate is a flexible, one-year part-time course for healthcare leaders and health workers to transition and upgrade their skills for the digital and virtual world.
“Health leaders need human-centric skills and competencies to manage future workforce and implement digital transformation in the workplace. This course can be your way to shape the future of healthcare with innovative digital health solutions and strategies ” says Program Director Associate Professor Angie Shafei, who has over 25 years’ experience in industry and academia in health and aged care.
“The course will provide you with the skills to introduce and manage digital strategies in health care organisations,” says Senior Lecturer Mark Brommeyer, who has more than 30 years’ experience in digital health.
If you have health leadership, career growth or digital upskilling goals, the Flinders Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Management offers tech-first skills in leadership and management in a health context to assess and implement virtual care models and emerging digital health technologies, with a curriculum co-created with industry.”
With Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points approved for key topics by both the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and the Australasian College of Health Service Management, the course is delivered by hybrid and interactive learning with “real-time” peers, industry experts and also colleagues for networking.
Hybrid-mode means participants can attend the classes and interactions live in Adelaide or synchronously via videoconferencing on the face-to-face days.
The core topics are:
Digital Health, including artificial intelligence, big data and cybersecurity; Virtual Health, Innovation and Co-Design, Health Informatics and Strategic Leadership and Management in Health and Aged Care. The Graduate Certificate provides a pathway into the Master of Health.
Complete this part-time graduate certificate in less than 12 months.
If you’re working in health and aged care, the graduate certificate will provide you with the opportunity to acquire deeper knowledge and enhanced skills in aged care management.
The Graduate Certificate in Health Administration builds on your current workplace experience and promotes the application of management theories to existing problems. This strong industry focus is aimed at delivering direct benefits to you through knowledge and to aged care workplaces through its application.
The graduate certificate will introduce you to some core competencies. Successful completion of these will better equip you to carry out management tasks and provide you with the opportunity to proceed to further graduate level coursework.
The course is available on campus or online (+ full-day intensives on campus in Adelaide). This program is also offered in Singapore.
Enhance your skills and knowledge with a graduate diploma.
Our graduate diploma is an opportunity to extend your study on from a graduate certificate.
This course is designed to enhance the competencies of health and aged care managers by building on their current workplace experience and promoting the application of management theories to existing problems.
This is accomplished through leadership and expertise provided by our teaching staff (who are also experienced managers) and of health and aged care leaders in both the public and private sectors.
The course prepares graduates for entry to the Australasian College of Health Service Management.
Study a course that has been accredited by the Australasian College of Health Service Management.
If you’re a middle level health and aged care manager, this course aims to enhance the competencies that will equip you to move to more senior management positions.
It is designed to allow you to investigate advanced issues in management through a combination of classroom and online learning with peers and supervised industry-based project/research work.
The course prepares graduates for entry to the Australasian College of Health Service Management and assists medical practitioners to enter the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.
This program is also offered in Singapore.
For more information on our underlying approach to teaching and learning, and the capabilities we intend to assist our students to acquire or strengthen, please refer to the Statement of Graduate Attributes.
Credit for previous study
Credit may be granted for other formal postgraduate studies in health administration or similar relevant discipline. Credit is not normally granted for clinical studies.
Credit will be granted toward the Master of Health Administration if you have completed the Public Sector Management Program with a credit average result.
Recognition of prior learning for one elective topic may be sought for full completion (i.e. including assessment requirements) of one of the following short courses:
Credit agreements are in place for prior learning from the following courses:
I am now employed in the aged care industry. Mecwacare in Victoria has hired me as a Business Development Coordinator: a step in the door. Just four core units helped give me enough knowledge to prepare me for the interview. I would like to report that I have a sound understanding of the basics because of the study with you and have had no problem in understanding any of Mecwacare's information so far. The core subject of the Master degree has covered everything that I need for this job so far.
As a famous saying goes, time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Before coming to Australia, I was once a health administrator in a capital city of middle China. A dream coming back to university emerged in my mind. Flinders University gave me chance to fulfil my dream. It is hard to describe how excited I was when I received the offer.
Arthur, Walter, Mark, Angelita, to name just a few - their kind help benefited me a lot. Their spirits of pursuing excellence will inspire me to move forward forever. Their passion to serve students impressed me deeply.
Wherever I go and whatever I do in the future, I will never forget my respectable teachers. I will proudly make announcement to all my friends in China: Flinders University is an excellent institution where I fulfilled my dream.
I found my time as a student with Flinders University to be a great experience. The best aspects of studying for my master’s degree were working with other students from different backgrounds and learning from the fantastic academic staff and guest speakers.
I found studying challenging as I combined this with working and becoming a mother. The University was really supportive of me continuing my studies and allowed me to enrol for distance and cross institutional study.
I am putting my new theoretical knowledge into practice working in women's health as a nurse and midwife.
I gained the education needed to strengthen my skills through the outstanding professors in the Health Care Management department. Each one of the instructors is helpful and very knowledgeable in their subjects. The curriculum teaches you what you’re supposed to know to make each student an expert.
Flinders allowed me to explore my field in real life by offering many opportunities to engage with people in the same field, online discussions, debates with classmates, workshops and expert speakers. Research was also important and added to my career. I have grown as an individual in many ways.
This study overseas program gave me a more complete sense of individuality and a curiosity for the rest of the world, while eliminating much of the judgment and bias from my mindset that I had previously.
I began the Graduate Certificate in Health Administration having not studied for almost thirty years. I juggled full-time work and a family, and to my astonishment, my return to study experience was one of the best years of my life.
I enjoyed the blend of online and face to face learning and the support of other students in both those platforms. Equally, the lecturers and guest speakers provided relevant and real time information and I soon found myself immersed in the breadth of the course content.
My academic prize (and particular encouragement from Tiffany Carlin) inspired me to enrol mid-year and upgrade to the graduate diploma.
I enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Health Administration when I was newly appointed to a team leader role. As I had only graduated from pharmacy school a few years beforehand, I felt the need to broaden my skills and experience.
Over the years, I have studied a wide variety of subjects, all of which have provided me with a far better understanding of the health sector and how I might be able to contribute to and work effectively within it. It was very satisfying to know that my studies directly benefited my workplace.
I attribute the successful completion of my Master of Health Administration in assisting me to develop my leadership qualities. I believe my continued on-going professional development has served as a catalyst for my ability to adopt and share ideas which have influenced my colleagues, by facilitating patient care based on best practice.
I believe in ongoing educational opportunities to gain and share knowledge and forge professional relationships and networks which provide a solid foundation for planning quality service improvements that benefit the patient, the nurse, the professional community and the public. I keep abreast of international and national research, trends and best practice models.
I have no doubt that I would not be in the position that I currently am without having participated and now completing masters study. I am part of a very exciting opportunity, redesigning how we deliver health care and leading staff at the Royal Adelaide Hospital to move into what will be the most state of the art hospital in Australia. This is certainly a once in a generational opportunity.
With the support and encouragement of Judith and Janny, I have a solid grounding in policy and strategy that has been invaluable in guiding my new career in the field of disability policy.
While I was studying many of my colleagues asked ‘what are you going to do with the degree when you finish?’ My answer was simple – I tried to apply the knowledge I acquired throughout the course to my daily work, not saving it for later.
Are you an allied health or nursing professional living and working in a rural area while you'll be studying?
You may be eligible for a scholarship through the Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (S.A.R.R.A.H).
Our short courses will give you a taste of postgraduate study in health administration.
Successful completion of the courses can lead to credit towards your future postgraduate study at Flinders.
Current students can also undertake some short courses as a way to fast track their postgraduate degree.
Study in Singapore or China
Study health administration and management in Asia through our teaching programs in Singapore and China.
Our offshore courses are run by our academic faculty, supplemented by visiting experts and local lecturers to ensure relevance of the teaching materials to the local context.
You can study Health Administration in Singapore through our partner organisation Parkway College of Nursing and Allied Health.
The program is delivered by a combination of visiting academics from across Australia and local Singaporean teaching staff.
The two-year Master of Health Administration comprises:
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Health Administration you need to complete the first four topics (subjects) in the program. Complete the first eight topics to qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Health Administration.
Enquiries from Singapore:
Adelene Kok Lai Yee
Program Administrator
Tel +65 6508 6908
SHM@parkwaycollege.edu.sg
Enquiries from other countries including Australia:
Professor Arthur van Deth, or
Mrs Tiffany Carlin
Health Care Management
College of Business Government and Law
Flinders University
College of Business, Government and Law enquiries: +61 8 8201 3300
Study a Master of Hospital Administration with Flinders in conjunction with Nankai University, located in Tianjin.
More than 2400 students have graduated from this degree across 21 cohorts.
Nankai University teaches basic MBA style business topics and Flinders teaches seven specialised health topics via intensive workshops. These topics are similar to the topics taught in Singapore and Australia.
Lectures are delivered in English and are translated by a translate with content knowledge. All teaching materials such as PowerPoints are translated into Chinese.
Enquiries from China:
Professor Liu Binglian, or
Ms Zheng Ying
College of Economic and Social Development
Nankai University
Tel: 86-022-2350 6161
Enquiries from other countries including Australia:
Professor Arthur van Deth, or
Mrs Tiffany Carlin
Health Care Management
College of Business Government and Law
Flinders University
College of Business, Government and Law enquiries: +61 8 8201 3300
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