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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

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.

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