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PDC54246 - Managing Teams in the Healthcare Setting

Course Details

Course Summary

This online Short Course will provide students with an understanding of the healthcare manager’s role in developing and facilitating effective teams in the workplace. The course will enable managers to reflect on their roles in healthcare and to examine their responsibilities in relation to leading effective teams. It explores the elements of teamwork, tools to manage teams in healthcare and examines the variables that impact on teamwork.

The fee for this short course will be $240.00.


Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements, however, students enrolling in this course should work in the healthcare profession.


Course Details

Course Type Short Course (Professional Development)
Student Availability
  • Domestic
Fees
Application Mode
  • Other
How to Apply
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Study Area
  • Health
Skill Area
  • Health

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes
Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes
Not Applicable

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

This course provides Professional Development for health professionals.

Undertaking this course enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course students will be awarded 10 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours and a CQUniversity Certificate of Completion.

Course Structures

Study Mode Definitions

  • Online: Online courses provide the flexibility to study without normally requiring a student to visit a campus. Course content is studied through a number of means including the use of online discussion forums, electronic library resources, by contacting lecturers and teachers, and receiving study materials online/electronically. Work integrated learning, including placements, may be included in some courses.
  • On-campus: Students studying in on-campus mode typically are expected to attend and participate in regular, structured on-campus teaching and learning activities throughout the University’s academic term. These activities may include lectures, tutorials, workshops and practice, online or other activities and normally will be timetabled at a CQUniversity campus or approved delivery site.
  • Mixed Mode: Students studying in mixed mode will participate in a combination of online learning activities in addition to site-specific learning activities, which may include residential schools, co-op placements and/or work-integrated learning as a compulsory requirement of a unit. The additional site-specific learning activities are what differentiates a mixed-mode unit from an online unit.

*All study modes may include Vocational placement and/or work integrated learning.

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Standard Course Structure

10 hours
  • Online
No units are associated with this course


Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Review the elements of effective teams in healthcare
  2. Understand the terms management and leadership and how this relates to teamwork
  3. Examine skills for managing team cohesion
  4. Understand the healthcare manager’s role in innovation and change
  5. Discuss the notion of empowerment in regard to managing a team.

Assessment

Online Quiz

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