The Master of Remote Health Management is a 54-unit program which is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences. The program is normally undertaken in three semesters full-time or six semesters part-time.
This articulated program is offered in mixed mode through Flinders NT.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Management and the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Management and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.
Students who hold the graduate certificate or the graduate diploma are granted credit for topics already taken.
Admission requirements
Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Management must normally hold a four-year degree or an honours degree, or a three year degree (or equivalent as determined by the Faculty Board) together with two years of remote area experience.
Course aims
This course aims to prepare people as managers to work with the people and professionals of remote areas to keep remote and Indigenous people well and manage ill-health. It aims to provide education across three major content areas that underpin practice within the discipline of Remote Health locally, nationally and internationally.
These content areas are:
- the remote context – an inseparable work and living environment characterised by unique cultural, linguistic, social, economic, geographical, and climatic conditions
- public health – a population based framework for planning, developing, managing and evaluating initiatives and programs to promote health and prevent disease
- application to practice – the inter-professional and profession specific skills, knowledge and attributes required for competent, confident, accountable remote and Indigenous health management within a primary health care framework.
Learning outcomes
At the completion of the course students are expected to be able to:
- extend their knowledge of applying management theory to remote and Indigenous practice through critically appraising literature and implementing this knowledge to use research findings to make evidence based management decisions
- develop ethical decision making skills and work within a Primary Health Care framework that takes into account unequal power relationships between people providing and using remote health services when making management decisions
- possess a sound knowledge of economic factors influencing health service delivery and be considered to be expert managers of remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care services
- have developed leadership capacities through elective studies applied in specific areas of remote health service delivery
- listen well, respond constructively and convey their knowledge, understanding, reasoning and decision making in both written and spoken form and in a culturally safe manner
- advocate for sustainable, efficient, accessible and equitable health service delivery to improve health outcomes for remote, isolated, marginalised and Indigenous people worldwide
- possess a high level of resourcefulness with regards to organising their activities, prioritising their tasks, managing their time productively, and utilising goods and services in a socially and environmentally responsible way
- recognise that the world is dynamic and changing, and that isolated practice requires a commitment to continually updating skills and knowledge in response to the changing health technologies and health care needs of remote and Indigenous people locally, nationally and internationally
- work cooperatively and productively across the diverse geographical, cultural, social and economic settings of remote and Indigenous health practice showing respect to the ideas and perspectives of Indigenous persons and negotiating and resolving conflict or difficulties in a culturally safe and decolonising way.
Program of study
To qualify for the Master of Remote Health Management, a student must complete 54 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core topics
45 units comprising
REMH8001 Context of Remote & Indigenous Health (4.5 units)
REMH8002 Remote & Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8012 Project Management (4.5 units)
REMH8014 Ethics Power and Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8015 Research and Evidence Based Decision Making (4.5 units)
REMH8016 Foundations of Remote Health Management; People, Planning and Money (4.5 units)
REMH8017 Remote Health Services: Organisation, Resources and Workforce (4.5 units)
REMH8018 Remote Health Management; Policy and Leadership (4.5 units)
REMH8019 Health Economics (4.5 units)
REMH8024 Remote Primary Health Care Governance, Quality and Safety (4.5 units)
Elective topics
plus 9 units of electives chosen from the topics listed below:
REMH8003 Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8004 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 1 (4.5 units)
REMH8005 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 2 (4.5 units)
REMH8008 Remote Child Protection Practice 1 (4.5 units)
REMH8009 Remote Child Protection Practice 2 (4.5 units)
REMH8010 Remote & Indigenous Individual Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8011 Remote Pharmacy in Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8013 Public Health Principles for Remote & Indigenous Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8020 Remote & Indigenous Health Promotion (4.5 units)
REMH8021 Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8022 Research and Evaluation for Remote & Indigenous Health (4.5 units)
REMH8023A Remote & Indigenous Research Dissertation (4.5 units)
REMH8025 Recognising and Responding to Dementia in Indigenous Communities (4.5 units)
REMH8026 Working with People with Disability in Remote and Indigenous Communities (4.5 units)
Except with permission of the Board:
- the program must be completed within nine consecutive semesters;
- no topic may be attempted more than twice.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 18 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
