Overview

This unit provides students with leadership, management and business skills critical for health professionals, particularly for those looking to move into business within health care. It will also explore entrepreneurship in the health space and support students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that incorporates creativity, innovation, diagnostic and critical abilities needed for work readiness in a changing world.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PHT70004 Leadership and Enterprise for Health Professionals

Rules

Pre-requisite
Admission into MA-PHYS - Master of Physiotherapy

OR

MA-PHYS1 - Master of Physiotherapy

OR

GC-BUSHC Graduate Certificate in Business Healthcare

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Evaluate the qualities of a good leader, and how to manage people and teams
  • Examine the legal and professional requirements for setting up a private practice/business in their profession and develop a business case and marketing plan
  • Critically appraise various forms of entrepreneurship and its application in Australian and Global contexts
  • Explore characteristics, mindset and skills of entrepreneurs while demonstrating ethical conduct, and self-reflect on how this can be applied in their own situation

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		4.00 6 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		4.00 6 weeks 24
Specified Activities
Various		8.00 6 weeks 48
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.00 6 weeks 54
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Group 30% 1,2 
PresentationIndividual 30% 3,4 
e-PortfolioIndividual 40% 1,2 

Content

  • Management and leadership
  • Various forms of entrepreneurship and its application
  • Brand Marketing, networking and self-promotion
  • Organisational structure and behaviour
  • Innovation thinking and business modelling
  • In-industry examples and exposure to leaders and professionals implementing real world innovation.
  • Business case study analysis and assessment of start up to mature business.
  • Theories of planning
  • Business principles and planning, including financial planning, business contracts, budgeting & accounting, marketing, development of business cases
  • History of your health profession, relevant policies and guidelines and accreditation/registration requirements and professional issues
  • Scope of practice and Duty of care
  • Consider the implications of digital technology on entrepreneurship, leadership and management.
  • Codes of professional conduct and ethics

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.