An intern’s guide to the ACHSM national congress (By Annie Makar) In September 2022, the Victorian Health Management Interns embarked on a journey to the west for the first face-to-face ACHSM Asia-Pacific health leadership congress in three years. The ACHSM congress is the premier event in the region to bring together leaders in health service delivery. December 2, 2022 By Sharnee Trehan career, challenges, General, health service delivery, internship, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Walking (more like crawling) among giants (Harrison Thorn) Working with the CEO and the Board of Alfred Health July 29, 2022 By ACHSM Admin career, Clinical governance, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, public health, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Change (People) Management: Managing the Change Before it Manages You (Annie Makar) Change management is as much about the systematic approach as the people. The definition of change management is well-researched and documented. However, most fail to address one critical aspect: the employees affected by the change. December 31, 2021 By Yasmin Mahmoud challenges, Change, COVID-19, government, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Reflections on completing the internship during COVID-19 (Lucy Sutherland) Lucy Sutherland reflects on her experiences completing the HMIP under the auspices of lockdown October 7, 2021 By Oscar Chaffey COVID-19, General, internship 0 0 Comment Read More »
Pledging Allegiance: the dual loyalties of the public service (Harrison Thorn) From the ‘West Wing’, to ‘Parks and Recreation’, and Australia’s own ‘Utopia’; there are many enjoyable and humorous representations of life in the public service. This semester I am excited to join its ranks at the Victorian Department of Health and learn about life as a government employee. October 6, 2021 By ACHSM Admin career, government, health service delivery, internship, placement, public health, public service, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
10 things I wish I knew before my internship (Ellie Searle) Ellie Searle reflects on things she wish she knew at the outset of her HMIP journey May 24, 2021 By Oscar Chaffey internship 0 0 Comment Read More »
A Call To Arms (Kelvin Yap) Kelvin Yap reflects on his learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. January 24, 2021 By Oscar Chaffey career, challenges, COVID-19, health outcomes, internship, public health, regional, rural, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
Reflections on the end of my HMIP journey (Yang Su) Yang Su reflects on the end of his HMIP journey December 13, 2020 By Oscar Chaffey internship, Victoria hmip 0 0 Comment Read More »
Transitioning - A move from the world of supply chain management to health policy administration The intricacies in governance and change management that precedes implementation of new policies or organisational change was quite fascinating. This has been quite helpful in bridging the gap between my experiences as a healthcare staff working at the coalface and policy administration. August 14, 2020 By ACHSM Admin Change, Clinical governance, health outcomes, health service delivery, internship, public health, technology 0 0 Comment Read More »
From the suburbs to the city I was so excited to learn that I had a place in the ACHSM Intern Program, and even more excited when I found out that my first placement of the Program would be in the city. March 4, 2020 By ACHSM Admin fresh starts, internship, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »
10 advantages of working in regional and rural health Shortly after Simonne Collins took the opportunity of a new position as an ACHSM Management Intern, she was informed she would be completing her first placement at a regional hospital in Victoria. As this placement draws to a close, she reflects on the many advantages of working in regional and rural health services. June 19, 2019 By ACHSM Admin internship, placement, regional, rural, Victoria 0 0 Comment Read More »