Master of Advanced Practice - Clinical Leadership

Curtin University

This new, accelerated 12-month master course has been designed to meet changed health industry demands, both across the Australian health sector and globally, that require advanced practice clinicians, clinical leadership and clinical research skills in identified areas of healthcare. The first of its kind in Western Australia, this course combines specialisations in clinical practice with research practice. It is suitable for registered nurses, midwives, paramedics and oral-health therapists wanting to develop distinctive careers involving research activities within clinical settings.You will learn the skills of evidence-informed clinical practice, including relevant health-care policy standards and strategies that enable translation of evidence into practice. You will also explore qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research processes, and related ethical considerations, for applied health research and evaluation practices. This course is structured so you can study a postgraduate health specialisation of your choice as part of a graduate certificate or the Master of Advanced Practice. The graduate certificate is a progressive course in that you can choose to pause your studies after gaining your graduate certificate or continue studying for your master’s degree. The Clinical Leadership specialisation is available to study as a graduate certificate and as part of the Master of Advanced Practice.Key components include:leadership theories applied to healthcare and research in clinical practice, which will prepare you for leadership roles within professional healthcarerelevant practice codes, standards, policy and legislation and critical-thinking skills that generate effective solutions to healthcare team issues access and synthesis of information relevant to clinical leadership and the promotion of optimal outcomes for clients collaborative research that may lead to improvements in clinical practice. The Clinical Leadership specialisation is offered in semesters 1 and 2 at both Curtin Perth and Curtin Singapore.

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