Knowledge
- Identify relevant scientific research and government policy to determine their relationship to the application to quality health services management.
- Review resources and strategies to support health services management performance and assess the appropriateness of the tools and techniques for a range of health service contexts.
Skills
- Relate theoretical knowledge of research and policy to practice for a range of organisational and environmental health contexts.
- Recognise the limitations of theoretical and practical concepts in health services management and explain the implications of those limitations.
- Develop team skills to research, analyse and present solutions to complex health care issues.
Application of knowledge and skills
- Interpret specific skills in health services management and then focus on the practical application of this knowledge in learning activities and individual and team assignments.
- Undertake critical and systematic evaluations of relevant theories, concepts and practices and communicate the findings with clarity to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Criteria used to grade this task:
These reports are assessed on the following items:
- Understanding and in depth analysis of the pertinent issue 40%
- Application of theories / theoretical frameworks in analysis 20%
- Practicality of the plan dealing with the issue(s) 20%
- Logic and flow of the discussions / arguments 15%
- Essay presentation: format, spelling, grammar, references, syntax
