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:

1. Understanding and in depth analysis of the pertinent issue 40%
2. Application of theories / theoretical frameworks in analysis 20%
3. Practicality of the plan dealing with the issue(s) 20%
4. Logic and flow of the discussions / arguments 15%
5. Essay presentation: format, spelling, grammar, references, syntax