Graduate Diploma of Health Management

About the course

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, provides a broad framework from which to manage clinical health care systems by attention to human resource, financial, information, medico-legal, political, cultural, economic, ethical, industrial, technological and psychosocial issues. The programme builds executive-level capability in strategy, finance, operations, and organisational leadership for global business environments.

Career outcome

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8 and Monash Graduate Attributes. Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that students will be able to:1. demonstrate a detailed understanding of principles of financial, resource and information management in clinical health care systems2. demonstrate a detailed understanding of medico-legal issues in clinical health management3. demonstrate a detailed understanding of basic elements of health care systems4.

Living Costs in Alfred Hospital**

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Average Salary***

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***Source: PayScale.com (2026)