Why study healthcare leadership with SCU Online?
Expand your skillset
Unlock new opportunities beyond frontline care with advanced skills and knowledge.
Strategic leadership skills
Build strong leadership capabilities to drive impactful change in your organisation.
Outstanding student support
#1 in Australia for Education Student Support *
* Good Universities Guide 2023
The SCU Online benefits
Evidence-based thinking
Integrate evidence-based strategies across various healthcare disciplines to drive informed decision-making and enhance leadership effectiveness.
User-friendly learning environment
Experience a seamless online learning platform that simplifies learning, making it easy to engage and progress.
Tailored for professionals
Designed with busy healthcare professionals in mind, our program offers flexibility to balance education with demanding schedules.
How does online study work with SCU?
- With no exams, you’ll learn through quizzes, videos, interactive presentations and more.
- Connect with academics and students through online chat platforms and discussion boards.
- Access support throughout the course, including feedback from a learning coach and a dedicated student success advisor from enrolment through to graduation.
- Live classes are optional but encouraged for networking, while the course is self-paced.
- To make the most of your learning experience, we recommend dedicating around 20 hours per week to your studies.
A typical study period at SCU Online
Pathway to masters
The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership provides you with the first significant step to advancing your career. If you finish your certificate and want to take your learning further, everything you complete will be credited towards your online Master of Healthcare Leadership.
Graduate Certificate
4 Units, or continue studying
Masters Degree
+ 8 Units
Our healthcare courses
At SCU Online, we offer 100% online postgraduate courses in healthcare leadership, designed for busy shift workers. Follow your ambition, learn more about our postgraduate study options below.
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership
Start your journey towards a Masters.
A Graduate Certificate in healthcare leadership will extend your knowledge in evidence-based care, and learn how to lead teams of health professionals. Use contemporary theory to drive change, laying the foundation to become a strategic healthcare leader with 100% online, shift work-friendly learning.
Master of Healthcare Leadership
Prepare for emerging opportunities in healthcare.
Set yourself apart with a postgraduate qualification in healthcare. You can translate your years of experience in direct care, supervision, training, management and implementing change, into the credentials you need to progress into management and leadership. Use it to move up within nursing, midwifery or allied health, or take a leap into a completely new health arena. You’ll learn management and leadership, clinically applicable and rigorous research skills alongside other healthcare professionals in units taught by highly qualified industry experts.
