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Flinders University-City Campus hosts ACHSM Future Health Leaders event
Entering the Health Management profession provides huge career opportunities and the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) is the peak member body for healthcare managers. The Health Management industry will experience a rapid loss of talent over the next decade as 40% of today’s workforce moves into retirement. To consider a career in health management, the Future Health Leaders (FHL) event is your gateway to an exciting and well-paid career!
Flinders University City Campus will host an FHL event on
Monday 21 May 2012
From 5.30 to 9.30p.m.
Room 2.3 Flinders University city campus
Victoria Square Adelaide SA 5000
Food and refreshments will be provided. FHL events are an easy way to build a professional network while gaining valuable career advice. You’ll be eligible to win movie tickets on the night, and any new student member sign-ups will go in the draw to win a trip to the 2012 National Congress on the Gold Coast
To learn more about this event and to register your attendance please visit the ACHSM website Let's power up your journey as a Health Care Leader ... today
Last bookings: Friday 18th May 2012.
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Congratulations to our 2011 prize winners
SA Health Prize in Health Administration – Amanda Biddle
Graduate Diploma in Health Administration Prize – Usha Ritchie
St Andrew's Hospital Prize in Health Administration – Joanne Wagner
Graduate Certificate in Aged Care Administration Prize – Suzanne Young
Australasian College of Health Service Management, SA Branch, Health Management Prize – Philippa Hetzel
Our sincere congratulations go to all prize-winners and also to all 2011 Health Management graduates. Well done.
Current Health Care Management student Sarah Brown is the manager of The Western Desert Dialysis Project, which has been nominated for a Human Rights award. Listen to the interview by Norman Swan on the ABC Radio National’s The Health Report at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3375218.htm . This project brings dialysis services to remote communities, which enables patients to stay with their families.
Articles of Interest
Professor Judith Dwyer hones in on an outbreak of ignorance in her latest article, "Wilful Ignorance: method of choice for implementation failure" in The Health Advocate, October 2011 Newsletter, Issue 11, page 34. Click on the link and flip to page 34.
Another article of interest "Is Casemix a neoliberal plot?" by Professor Judith Dwyer has been published in The Health Advocate, August 2011 Newsletter, Issue 10, page 21. Click on the link to access the article and scroll to page 21.
Professor Dwyer's article on '
Do we have the right to die? (PDF 263KB) ' in The Health Advocate, April 2011 Newsletter, p 20.
Professor Judith Dwyer discusses '
Recognition of Indigenous Australia (PDF 279KB) ' in The Health Advocate, December 2010 Newsletter.
Associate Professsor Peter Satterthwaite and Carol J Atkinson, 2010, "
Using 'reverse triage' to create hospital surge capacity: Royal Darwin Hospital's response to the Ashmore reef disaster (PDF 173KB) ", Emerg Med J published online October 28, 2010.
Professor Judith Dwyer was interviewed by the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand recently. See 'Corporate Member Interview - Health Care Management at Flinders University' in the September 2010 Newsletter.
Professor Judith Dwyer gives some pointers on authority in the new system, '
Implementing Good Ideas (PDF 258KB) ' in The Health Advocate, August 2010.
Flinders Courses make China's Top Ten "Two Flinders University postgraduate courses taught in China have been chosen by the Chinese Ministry of Education as quality benchmarks in reviewing the hundreds of overseas-based courses offered in China". Click on the link to read more.
The Intergenerational Report: Judith Dwyer asks can baby boomers change the health and aged care future? (PDF 264KB) , The Health Advocate, April 2010, p33.
Professor Judith Dwyer recently contributed to the article Hospital Reform: Good in Parts which appeared in the ABC's The Drum Unleashed, on 5 March 2010.
Prescription for Managing Hospitals, The Australian, 23 September 2009, Higher Education Section, p.31.
Research Report published
The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health's was launched in Canberra on 17 August 2009 by Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma. Click on the title to view the full report
Overburden Report_contracting for Indigenous Health Services.pdf (PDF 1MB) available on the CRCAH website. This research project was lead by Professor Judith Dwyer assisted by Kim O'Donnell, Josée Lavoie, Uning Marlina and Patrick Sullivan.
Other publications of interest:
Student research publication
Prowse, L. and Coombs T. (2009). The use of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) to inform discharge and transfer decisions in community mental health services. Australian Health Review, February. Vol 33:1, pp13-18. Click on the title to read the abstract of a paper on community mental health care by Ms Liz Prowse, based on her work in the Master of Health Administration.
Experts Call for Health Reform
Options for reform of Commonwealth and State governance responsibilities for the Australian health system (PDF 315KB) Professor Dwyer and her colleague Professor Kathy Eagar prepared an options paper on governance reform for the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, August 2008.
The case for evidence-based policy:
Dwyer J (2008) Unwanted Pregnancy, Mental Health and Abortion:Untangling the Evidence , Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2008, 5:2.
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