Health Executive Education

Our executive education program offers an opportunity to advance your career as a current or future health leader. As the national university we prepare leaders to make a difference and to shape the future of health and healthcare in Australia and the region.

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ANU College of Health & Medicine

The ANU College of Health and Medicine delivers world-class research and education in medicine, medical science, psychology, and population health. Our Health Executive Education program offers an opportunity to advance your career as a current or future health leader, to accelerate your impact and influence as a leader, manager, policymaker, or innovator shaping the most pressing issues in healthcare nationally and globally. As the national university we prepare leaders to make a difference and to solve challenges not yet imagined.

Our courses are delivered by leading-edge academics and industry experts, equip you with the latest insights, knowledge, and skills to transform knowledge into impact, and bring you together with diverse professionals committed to advancing the future of healthcare.  

  • Actionable knowledge and tools. Courses are designed to be experiential, applicable in real time, addressing real-world challenges
  • Academic and professional excellence.  Led by academic, industry and government experts in their field offering participants access to thought leadership across sectors
  • Career progression. Acquire the personal and professional competencies that advance your potential and career opportunities
  • Network of executives and leaders.  Develop your personal network with peers from around the world and across industries
  • Learn at an internationally renowned university, at the seat of Government in the Nation’s capital, committed to the pursuit of secure health futures for all


 We are facing a period of healthcare reform where there is room for new ideas, a need to adapt to change, an opportunity for bold discussions, and an aspiration for a better health care system. Our flagship Health Executive Education courses are preparing leaders and equipping them with the knowledge, skills and networks to make a difference.

  Professor Russell Gruen, Dean, ANU College of Health & Medicine



Flagship Programs

Health & Care Workforce - Policy, Planning, Data and Intelligence

8 December

This course is designed to give you an in depth understanding of the health and care system's workforce - focusing on policy, data and planning perspectives. It will equip you with the knowledge of fundamental policy settings, drivers of supply and demand, and contemporary approaches to workforce planning and development.


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Healthcare Leadership & Workforce Engagement

Healthcare systems are inherently complex with increasing and fluctuating demands from both consumers and stakeholders. To ensure high quality care and operational efficiency in a rapidly evolving and uncertain landscape, healthcare organisations need to develop capacity in their workforce. 

This Executive Education course will equip you with the practical skills and knowledge to lead sustainable change, drive improvement, and create a positive culture in healthcare. You will have the opportunity to engage with expert instructors and senior healthcare leaders who will guide readings, walk-through real-life case studies, analyse consulting frameworks, and facilitate the workshops. The course workshops will focus on optimising team performance, improving decision-making and employing communication tools that build trust, collaboration, and engagement in the workforce. You will be encouraged to critically reflect on existing values, assumptions, and priorities for developing effective leadership capability and consider their implications on current and future professional practice.

This short course intensive has been designed for current and emerging healthcare leaders and is a core part of the Health Executive Education program at the ANU College of Health and Medicine.


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Leading Value Transformation in Healthcare

Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) is the equitable, sustainable and transparent use of the available resources to achieve better outcomes and experiences for every person. Value should always be defined around the customer. However, current organisational structures and systems of healthcare delivery make it challenging to measure and deliver value. Most healthcare providers fail to do so.

This Executive Education course will teach you the fundamental concepts and theories of VBHC, including the ‘Value Agenda’, high and low value interventions, unwarranted variation, outcomes measurement, and models of VBHC that have been successfully implemented in health services around the world. Led by industry experts, you will explore the policy and regulatory levers that support VBHC models and the role of government, consumers, and private enterprises to drive value and innovation in healthcare. You will be equipped with the skills to design, implement and evaluate models of care that deliver better outcomes for patients in your health or care service. 

Through a combination of interactive lectures, case-based studies, and practical exercises, you will learn how to measure patient outcomes, accurately capture costs, integrate knowledge from diverse datasets and re-design models of care that improve efficiency and create value for patients. Principles of leadership theory, change management and strategic thinking are taught in this course to provide participants with the skills to conceptualise, communicate and affect sustainable change in healthcare.

This short course intensive has been designed for current and future healthcare leaders and is a core part of the Health Executive Education program at the ANU College of Health and Medicine.


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