Master of Health Care Management - Gerontological Healthcare
Murdoch University - Perth Campus
Australia,Western Australia
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24 Months
Duration
CAD 37,080/year
Tuition Fee
CAD 0 FREE
Application Fee
Jul 2025
Apply Date
Australia, Western Australia
Type: University
Location Type: Urban
Founded: 1973
Total Students: 25,000 +
Campus Detail
Main Campus Address
90 South St, Murdoch WA 6150, Australia
Master of Health Care Management - Gerontological Healthcare
Program Overview
This course aims to cultivate excellence in quality, leadership and management in health professionals working in Quality, Safety, Risk or Middle Management roles in acute, community, mental health, primary and aged care public and private sectors.
On completion of the course, you will have the capacity and capability to apply these skills in a range of management positions and become a leader and champion of change.
Choose to specialise in either Gerontological Healthcare or Contemporary Mental Health.
In Gerontological Healthcare, you will develop specialist skills in the care of older adults and expand your career pathway in a range of healthcare settings.
In the Contemporary Mental Health major, you will develop specialist skills in the care of people with mental health illnesses, meet the professional development needs of graduates interested in specialist mental health practice, and be updated on evidence-based therapeutic approaches to care.
Major: Gerontological Healthcare
Are you a health professional seeking career development in the growing speciality of older peoples' healthcare? Do you want to be seen as a leader in the field of ageing, with skills and knowledge applicable across a range of health care settings?
This major in Gerontological Healthcare is designed to reach the healthcare professional who wishes to develop specialist skills in the care of older adults and expand their leadership pathway in a range of health care settings.
This major will aim to develop excellence in contemporary older person’s healthcare care to meet the professional development needs of graduates interested in ageing studies and evidence-based approaches to practice and policy development.
3 reasons to study Gerontological Healthcare at Murdoch
- Study at your own pace with flexible, online learning.
- Gain evidence-based skills and strategies that are immediately applicable to your work.
- Take a step towards specialising in Gerontological Healthcare practice.
What you’ll learn
- Appraise all available information to make timely, person-centred, evidence-based decisions to achieve agreed health goals for older persons.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills and technical research skills to evaluate and synthesise complex information to specialist and non-specialist stakeholders
- Display safe, caring, respectful, responsive, and therapeutic relationships with older people during health and illness across a range of healthcare contexts.
- Demonstrate the capability to operate with a high degree of personal autonomy and accountability
- Design, implement, and appraise health care for older people that ensures quality, safety, and cultural responsiveness.
- Adapt to working in complex health environments whilst always acting within appropriate professional, ethical, and legal frameworks.
- Create effective and collaborative interdisciplinary relationships to facilitate implementation of holistic safe health care.
Application Fee
Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE Tuition Fee
CAD 37,080 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
Living Cost in Murdoch University - Perth Campus
CAD 29,710 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Check program website for more information about funding options.
