HSM202 The Dynamics of Health Care Practice (8)

Abstract

This subject frames the modern health services as a complex system, and builds on this by presenting the concepts of organisational culture and individual perception. This foundation is used to prepare students to communicate, influence, make decisions, participate in teams, and also to lead teams, successfully. The understandings emerging out of this work are then applied to the more complex matters that frequently impact on health services, including change, conflict and interdisciplinarity.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 2
Internal	Bathurst Campus
Internal	Port Macquarie
Distance	Bathurst Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: HSM202
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Biomedical Sciences

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

Be able to describe the organisation of health services and their complex nature
Be able to discuss the tension between protocol driven practice and a health service's inherent unpredictability
Be able to analyse the relationship between organisational culture and performance
Be able to explain how individual perception can both facilitate and hinder health professional practice
Be able to discuss how health professionals can use an understanding of organisational behaviour to communicate, influence and make decisions
Be able to evaluate the benefits and challenges of teamwork in health care

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

The health service as a complex adaptive system
Organisational culture
Individual perception
Communication
Influence
Teamwork
Decision making
Conflict
Change and change management
Team leadership
Interdisciplinarity

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