Master of Health Sciences (Health Leadership and Management)

Summary

UC's Health Sciences qualifications give health professionals, non-clinical members of the health workforce, and others interested in the health sector or health issues the opportunity to examine critically a range of significant issues in health sciences, and where relevant to improve their professional practice.

The Master of Health Sciences allows you to put together a postgraduate programme of study across health-related disciplines, such as the functioning of the health system, from the management of health information, to health in communities. The increasing focus on prevention and lifestyle change provides enormous potential for a refocusing of health strategies and allied areas such as education, sport and recreation, and local government.

This gives you considerable flexibility, and the opportunity to plan a programme to suit your interests, current employment, or career goals, providing opportunities for interdisciplinary postgraduate study for students already working in health or related services who wish to extend their knowledge and skills, or recent graduates seeking employment in these sectors.

The Master of Health Sciences (MHealSc) is a research-inclusive qualification worth 240 points. You will be supervised by some world-leading researchers in Te Kura M?tai Hauora | School of Health Sciences.

You may either follow a general programme, or focus on a specialisation and receive your qualification endorsed in one of several areas:

Health Leadership and Management

The new Health Leadership and Management endorsement offers you the opportunity to extend your experience into strategic and operational roles where you can develop innovative business solutions for better health outcomes.

Health organisations face daily challenges ranging from staffing and workload, to complicated processes and information systems, funding and and policy limitations. In these disruptive environments, effective leaders perform vital roles, using multiple skills such as strategic planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, communication, negotiation, recruitment and managing risk.

The Health Leadership and Management endorsement of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences, the Master of Health Sciences, and the Master of Health Sciences Professional Practice will help you develop your capability and interpersonal skills to shape and develop teams with high engagement, collaboration, resilience and innovation.

Further study

UC offers a Doctor of Health Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Sciences.

Career opportunities

Many graduates continue to work within their health profession while others work in health-related fields, the social services, or local or central government.

Students in the Nursing endorsement will be eligible to apply for registration with Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa | Nursing Council of New Zealand.