Graduate Certificate of Performance Health Management
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) mission is to lead and enable a united high performance (HP) system that supports Australian athletes/teams to achieve podium success.
Course Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Performance Health Management (GCPHM) is a collaboration between the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Sport as industry partner, to prepare students for a career in the area of health program implementation specialist within Australia and internationally.
The course has been co-designed with Australia’s leading practitioners in the area of health implementation program development in response to an emerging professional development priority. The course integrates practical workplace-focused training and theoretical issues, including the skills necessary for the implementation of proactive performance health management in individuals and targeted populations, biostatistics, applied epidemiology, health implementation and leadership.
It prepares students for their future work as health implementation specialists at the interface of theory, research and practice. Graduates will have specialised knowledge for professional practice in health implementation and skills for evaluation of research in optimising human performance health.
Course content
Fundamentals of Performance Health | Designing Effective Interventions for Performance Health | Growing as a Leader in Health | Strategy, Innovation and Change in Health |
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Models of prevention | The role of personality in leading organisational change | Self-awareness of leadership style | Strategic thinking and planning |
Health surveillance | Health Systems | Leadership of others | Developing a strategic brief |
Natural history of disease | Implementation frameworks | Communication strategies different purposes | Strategic innovation |
Classification of prevention measures | Designing interventions | Communication strategies different audiences | Developing the idea, context and sustainability |
Health evaluation and screening programs | Monitoring and evaluation | Developing as a leader | Implementing change |
Performance and health | Science communication | Mentorship and planning for self-development | Developing a plan, challenges and measures of success |
Previous AIS MACE/GCPHM scholarship recipients
2021 recipients
- Claire Rees, Lead NSW Physiotherapist, Sailing Australia
- Ashleigh Olive, Psychologist, Queensland Academy of Sport
- Michael Wood, Head Physiotherapist, Hockey Australia
- David Hayes, Athlete Health Lead, Cycling Australia
- Alanna Antcliff, Head Physiotherapist, Netball Australia
- Victoria Shelley, Physiotherapist, Tennis Australia
- Kerry Staples, Physiotherapist, Netball QLD Firebirds
- Maria Jose Striegl, Physiotherapist, Tennis Australia
- Emily Khalfan, Physiotherapist, Cricket Tasmania
2020 recipients
- Steve Hawkins, Lead Physiotherapist, Victorian Institute of Sport
- Kate Watson, Performance Health Coordinator, Queensland Academy of Sport
- Daniel Sheehy, Physiotherapist, ACT Academy of Sport
- Gena Wallis, Physiotherapist, Tennis Australia
- Warren McDonald, Chief Medical Officer, Rugby Australia
2019 recipients
- Ben Raysmith, Senior Physiotherapist, Athletics Australia
- Melissa Crunkhorn, Performance Health Manager, Queensland Academy of Sport
- David Spurrier, Physiotherapist, South Australian Sports Institute
- Ben Pagett, Physiotherapist, Paralympics Australia
Further information
For further information about the university enrolment process please contact Jeremy Witchalls, University of Canberra Associate Professor.