Health Administration Courses

Want to take the next step in your health career? Build your need expertise in business, healthcare and leadership with La Trobe’s Master of Health Administration.

Our highly ranked online course prepares you with the skills and experience you need to take on advanced roles in healthcare. When you graduate, you’ll be ready to face complex industry issues, with knowledge in business topics such as ethics, finance, research and management which apply specifically to the health sector.

Depending on your previous previous educational background, you can graduate in as little as 12 months and will have developed advanced skills in project management, process development, strategic thinking and data interpretation.

So if you want your chance to lead healthcare initiatives in an advanced role start by enquiring about the Master of Health Administration today.

Are you the sort of person who can manage multiple responsibilities and lead a team to success? Do you want to work in a management capacity within the healthcare environment? If so, the Diploma of Practice Management (HLT57715) from the College for Adult Learning could be your ticket to the next stage of your career.

Throughout this course, you’ll learn what it takes to lead a medical practice to succeed in the new, exciting and stimulating world of modern healthcare. Moving beyond the outdated notion that practice management is just about admin and accounts, you’ll develop skills and confidence in a wide range of areas, including strategic planning, leadership, budgeting, administration, account management and policy creation/implementation.

You’ll study at your own pace, completing this fully online course in just 12 months of full-time study (or 16–18 months part-time). And once you graduate, you’ll be ready to lead your workplace to success as a fully qualified practice manager. The next phase of your life and career starts now!

Gain a nationally recognised qualification in medical administration with no prior experience required in this online BSB30120 Certificate III in Business (Medical Administration) course from Foundation Education.

Designed for students with no prior academic or work experience, this course provides the foundation skills and knowledge required to take the first step in a career in medical administration. In this course, you’ll learn how to manage medical accounts and patient records; how to communicate in a workplace; how to follow required privacy and security requirements; and how to use correct medical terminology relevant to your future workplace.

This course is delivered entirely online with hands-on support from Foundation Education’s student support officers. With project-based and case study assessments, you’ll gain real-world experience as you study, and complete this course with the skills required for the workplace.

If you’re an organised and hardworking person who likes helping others, a career in medical administration could be for you. It starts with this qualification.

Please note: This is a fee-for-service program, it is not government funded.

If you are currently a nurse or a midwife, and would like to boost your career by moving into child and family focused care and evidence-informed policy, then this Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health from UTS Online could be the ideal qualification for you.

This contemporary course will teach you all the family and child care essentials, and by the end of the course you will be able to confidently and competently provide high-quality, interdisciplinary and equitable care by working in partnership with families and caregivers. You will study crucial topics such as theoretical and practical foundations of child and family health, family and community health in practice as well as learning all about the development of younger and older children within a family.

You can complete the UTS Online Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health and have the subjects, or credit points, attributed to a Master of Women’s and Children’s Health.

This Double Diploma of Practice Management (HLT57715) and Diploma of Leadership & Management (BSB50420) is specially designed for those working in a healthcare practice who are looking to upskill and successfully move into management roles.

The course focuses on improving your leadership and management skills and will enable you to successfully manage your healthcare practice in a variety of sectors, including medical, dental, chiropractic, rehabilitation and aged care, as well as to become an effective and respected leader.

You’ll learn how to:

• Gain the skills to effectively manage a healthcare practice to ensure that all processes run smoothly and efficiently
• Manage Work Health and Safety and compliance requirements to ensure practice is meeting all legislative requirements
• Develop skills in managing budgets and financial plans to understand the business financial position
• Excel at business communication and learn to exert influence when communicating with all stakeholders

Lead the digital transformation of healthcare and learn to design, develop, implement and manage leading digital health technologies with La Trobe University’s online Master of Digital Health. This course can be completed in 2 years of full-time study or 4 years part-time.

Throughout the course, you’ll study the latest digital transformation trends, innovations, frameworks and models, translated specifically for the health sector. The Master of Digital Health course aligns with the Australasian Institute of Digital Health’s (AIDH) Health Informatics Competency Framework, ensuring you gain the most relevant and leading-edge skills.

You’ll complete 16 subjects totalling 240 credit points, including Big Data in health, the Internet of Medical Things (IoT), virtual models of care, digital health communication, health informatics and more.

Choose from a broad range of electives or build specialised knowledge in key technical areas such health data & business analytics, applied ehealth & health informatics, public health, digital marketing, technopreneurship, cybersecurity & artificial intelligence. Then put your knowledge into practice when you complete a digital health-focused project addressing a healthcare need or opportunity.

Despite positive changes in society’s view of women’s health in the recent years, we are still far from where we need to be on the issue – 44% of women in Australia can’t afford a doctor when they need one, and this number increases to 70% for women from non-English speaking backgrounds, 62% for women with a disability, 53% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and 57% for LGBTQIA+ (ref: Jean Hailes, 2022).

The Master of Women’s and Children’s Health from UTS Online, a first qualification of its kind, will allow you to focus on women’s and children’s specific health needs and make a difference where it counts.

This course looks at the unique and individual needs of women and children, including reproductive health, pregnancy, motherhood and menopause, while giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality, culturally appropriate and accessible care to all Australians.

By absorbing contemporary material that focuses on current issues, you will learn all about current issues in women’s and children’s healthcare globally, how to deal with legal and ethical issues in women’s health, how to manage social healthcare and all about indigenous public health.

By the end of the course you will have developed fundamental health research, policy making and healthcare management skills and knowledge that will allow you to actively take part in improving the women’s and children’s healthcare offering in Australia.

The Double Diploma of Practice Management (HLT57715) and Business (Records and Information Management) (BSB50120) from College for Adult Learning has been designed for those working in healthcare who want to increase their skills in both practice management operations and records management to successfully move into leadership roles within a healthcare practice or move into health information management.

You’ll gain the essential skills you need to successfully manage a healthcare practice in a variety of sectors, including medical, dental, chiropractic, rehabilitation and aged care, while also developing records management skills. including overseeing health billing and information systems, to propel you into health information management (HIM) roles.

 You’ll also learn how to manage WHS and compliance to ensure practice is meeting all legislative requirements.

Health and social assistance is Australia’s largest and fastest-growing sector, with employment projected to grow by 15.8% over the five years to November 2026. If you have an interest in women’s and children’s health, and would like to boost your career and take advantage of the growth within the sector, then the Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Children’s Health from UTS Online could be the ideal qualification for you.

It will give you a strong foundation to pursue a career in women’s and children’s health by teaching you all about the existing issues in women’s and children’s health. You will learn about global and local perspectives in sexual, reproductive, and maternal health; legal and ethical issues in women’s health, as well as current issues and challenges facing women’s and children’s health globally.

By the end of this innovative course you will be well positioned to take on senior roles in women’s and children’s health and policy making.

You can complete the UTS Online Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health and have the subjects, or credit points, attributed to a Master of Women’s and Children’s Health.

The nationally accredited HLT47321 Certificate IV in Health Administration  teaches you how to understand and apply medical terminology, lead effective workplace relationships, communicate effectively with clients and work in a culturally diverse environment.

With a HLT47321 Certificate IV in Health Administration you’ll be able to perform a range of administrative functions in health services, both autonomously and as a senior member of staff in an administrative team. You may find yourself working in medical institutions, such as clinics, hospitals, community health centres and private practices. Once you’ve attained this online health care qualification, you can also choose to continue your studies and expand your career opportunities with a Diploma of Practice Management.

Complete this course online, at your own pace, with flexibility that could see you complete your qualification in 12 months or less.

You’ll be required to complete practical tasks under the direction of a qualified supervisor as indicated in the assessment requirements of each unit of competency. This includes the completion of task documents and templates, which you must complete with observation tasks. This assessment must be completed in a pre-approved health administration workplace under the direct supervision of a suitably qualified, pre-approved workplace supervisor or supervisors.