Public health and administration

Learn the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting wellbeing. As a public health graduate, you’ll have the skills to develop, plan and manage solutions that improve population health. You may choose to become a clinical educator, cultivating clinical learning in fast-paced health care workplaces, or improve health care organisation’s culture and practices. You’ll also have the opportunity to investigate improving social and political systems, including environmental, economic, technical, educational and legislative measures. In health administration you’ll study the mechanics of service delivery, governance, resourcing and learn to deliver operational excellence.

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Career outcomes

Our public health graduates have pursued careers in:

  • epidemiology
  • health education
  • policy analysis
  • population health units
  • consumer advocacy
  • project management
  • program development
  • community development 
  • public health policy development
  • international health agencies
  • non-governmental organisations
  • community health organisations

Our clinical education graduates have pursued careers in:

  • academic lecturing
  • healthcare education
  • simulation technician
  • simulation centre management
  • simulation pedagogy research
  • clinical education outcomes research
  • military and emergency services educator
  • work-integrated learning pedagogy research

Our health management graduates have pursued careers in:

  • international healthcare
  • nurse unit management
  • health services management
  • health policy development
  • public health management
  • social welfare management
  • healthcare executive leadership
  • humanitarian organisation leadership
  • private healthcare facility management

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