Global Health Leadership

Unit code: HPO7001 | Study level: Postgraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
VU Online
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit provides students with the skills to lead global health projects and programs. Students will examine the contextual challenges facing leaders in global health by utilising a leadership process of scanning the environment, establishing a direction and influencing people to overcome challenges and achieve goals. Students will exhibit leadership skills needed to engage with local, national, and global stakeholders and organisations to design and implement effective global health programs. The unit critically examines the basic functions and principles of leadership, governance and management to co-create a vision, empower others, foster collaboration and share decision making. Students will demonstrate and apply negotiation and mediation skills to address global public health challenges and apply strategic principles of ethical reasoning and professional practice to advance health equity and social justice globally.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Critically review leadership, management and organisational theory and its application to public health;
  2. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the challenges for the management, governance and leadership of public health projects, programs, networks and organisations globally;
  3. Exemplify a comprehensive understanding of the management tools available to systematically assess external and internal organisational drivers of change;
  4. Propose and apply negotiation and mediation skills to address global public health challenges;
  5. Exhibit leadership skills needed to engage with local, national, and global stakeholders and organisations to design and implement effective global health programs that advance health equity and social justice globally; and
  6. Participate in an academic community through reflective and critical engagement in academic texts and understanding of principles of academic integrity.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Assignment
|
Grade: 10%
Identification of a contextual challenges facing leaders in global health (500 words)
Assessment type: Report
|
Grade: 40%
Overcoming challenges facing global health programs (2000 words)
Assessment type: Presentation
|
Grade: 50%
Principles of leadership for global health (2500 words)
Assessment type: Other
|
Grade: 0%
Evidence of completion of the Academic Integrity Modules (Hurdle)

Required reading

Selected readings will be made available via the unit VU Collaborate site.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Graduate Certificate in Global Health Leadership
HTGL | Graduate certificate | Duration: 8 months

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