Overview

This unit will provide students with leadership and business skills critical for health professionals, particularly for those looking to move into business or private practice. It will also explore entrepreneurship in the health space and support students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that incorporates creativity, innovation, diagnostic and critical abilities needed for work readiness in a changing world.

Requisites

Prerequisites
DET80006 Entrepreneurial Dietetic Practice

Rule

Admission into MA-DIET - Master of Dietetics

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
03-August-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-June-2025
Census date
04-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
18-July-2025
Results released date
19-August-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Evaluate the qualities of a good leader, and how to manage people and teams
  • Examine the legal and professional requirements for setting up a private practice/business in their profession and develop a business case and marketing plan
  • Explain the scope of practice, duty of care, relevant policies/guidelines and accreditation/registration requirements of their profession
  • Critically appraise various forms of entrepreneurship and its application in Australian and Global contexts
  • Explore characteristics, mindset and skills of entrepreneurs while demonstrating ethical conduct, and self-reflect on how this can be applied in their own situation

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		12.00 2 weeks 24
On-campus
Workshop		8.00 2 weeks 16
Specified Activities
Various		4.00 10 weeks 40
Unspecified Activities
Various		5.83 12 weeks 70
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 40% 1,2 
Assignment 2Individual 30% 1,2,3 
Assignment 3Group 30% 4,5 
Assignment 1Individual 40% 1,2 
Assignment 2Individual 30% 1,2,3 
Assignment 3Group 30% 4,5 

Content

  • Management, organisational structures, behaviour and law and legislation
  • Business principles
  • Entrepreneurship and business in health including digital health
  • Codes of conduct and ethical practice
  • Self-marketing and job skills

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.