MPH5318 Healthcare and financial management
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5318 Healthcare and financial management is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5318
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MPH5318
No unit lists MPH5318 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in course M6007, M4005, B6026
Overview
The provision of effective healthcare is an essential component of contemporary society. As the average life expectancy increases, so does the expectations and demand of healthcare. These community expectations on healthcare delivery and demand have greater financial costs. Coupled with advances in health technology result in challenging social and financial implications.
Students in this unit will examine the basic accounting, financial reporting, budgeting and financial business planning concepts applicable to the healthcare sector. Learners will examine and apply how such principles and techniques are used by healthcare professionals to aid strategic, operational and service delivery decision making.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 6 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Development activity (1,500 words)Exercise25%
- Written report (2,100 words)Written35%
- Case study (2,400 words)Written40%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply accounting terminologies, concepts and processes that underpin the preparation of key financial statements.
- 2
Review the financial reporting requirements of the regulatory framework that applies to the healthcare sector and assess how they impact the preparation and use of financial reporting systems.
- 3
Analyse the statutory financial statements prepared and used by public and private sector health care providers.
- 4
Appraise the various internal management reports typically used in health care organisations and evaluate their use in the day to day management of organisational sub units.
- 5
Interpret operational and capital budgeting processes, and critique their importance in submissions for major items of capital expenditure.
- 6
Critically analyse the importance of business planning and its role in organisational growth and development.
Workload and teaching
24 hours per week including directed and self-directed learning (including any asynchronous and synchronous tasks, prescribed activities and independent work).
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Moira McInerney
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Moira McInerney
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5318?
MPH5318 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5318 offered?
MPH5318 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
Does MPH5318 have an exam?
No. MPH5318 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.