Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Business Skills for Health Professionals
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 52 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Prerequisites
Admission to MA-DIET Master of DieteticsAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Evaluate the qualities of a good leader, and how to manage people and teams.
2. Examine the legal and professional requirements for setting up a private practice/business in their profession and
develop a business case and marketing plan.
3. Explain the scope of practise, duty of care, relevant policies/guidelines and accreditation/registration requirements of their profession.
4. Critically appraise various forms of entrepreneurship and its application in Australian and Global contexts.
5. Explore characteristics, mindset and skills of entrepreneurs while demonstrating ethical conduct, and self-reflect
on how this can be applied in their own situation.
Courses with unit
Master of DieteticsUnit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Learning and Teaching Structure
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| On campus | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact 4 days in week 1 of semester and 4 days in final week of semester Lecture (3hrs x 4 days) Workshop (3 hrs x 4 days)
|
12 12 |
2 2 |
24 24 |
| Online Contact Blackboard collaborate (weeks 3,5,7,9)
|
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Specified Learning Activities Group work Readings
|
1 1 |
10 10 |
10 10 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation
| Recommended |
| 78 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 40% | 1,2 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3 |
| Assignment 3 | Group | 30% | 4,5 |
General skills outcomes
- Teamwork Skills
- Analysis Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Communication Skills
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Ability to work independently
Content
- Management and leadership styles
- Organisational structure and behaviour
- Principles of industrial relations and legislation, human resource management, risk assessment
- Theories of planning
- Business principles and planning, including financial planning, business contracts, budgeting & accounting, marketing, development of business cases
- Acts of law, including Workplace Health and Safety, Anti-discrimination Act, Privacy Act, Guardianship and Advanced Health Directives
- Insurance – Professional liability and indemnity
- History of your health profession, relevant policies and guidelines and accreditation/registration requirements and professional issues
- Scope of practise and Duty of care
- Codes of professional conduct and ethics
- Various forms of entrepreneurship and its application
- Marketing and self-promotion
Study resources
- Reading materials and references.
Reading materials
References
Mellor, R. (2008). Entrepreneurship for everyone: A student textbook. Sage.
Willis, E., Reynolds, L., & Keleher, H. (Eds.). (2016). Understanding the Australian health care system. Elsevier Health Sciences.