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IMPORTANT NOTICE: You must be a Certified Health Manager (CHM) to apply for the ACHSM Fellowship Program by examination

Fellowship is the highest level of recognition and membership within ACHSM. Attaining Fellowship demonstrates the attainment of significant health leadership and management competencies. At the ACHSM May 2024 Board Meeting, the Board considered a recommendation to require that members who wish to undertake Fellowship by examination should complete the Certification Program prior to applying to undertake Fellowship by examination. This recommendation was approved by the Board for implementation from the 2025 Fellowship by examination cohort intake.
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Applications for the 2025 Fellowship program will be opened in late November 2024.

Fellowship is the highest membership category awarded in the College. It is a significant professional achievement and is awarded by the College to those individuals who have demonstrated to their peers that they have the knowledge, attitudes, conceptual and communication skills to be recognised as senior managers and leaders in the health and aged care industries. Fellowship within the ACHSM is recognised both nationally and internationally and it demonstrates an ongoing commitment to excellence in health service management.

Fellows provide leadership across the spectrum of public, private and not for profit organisations, in the areas of acute, primary and long term care, and health improvement. Fellows are engaged in the areas of tertiary education and research, policy development and government service, professional services and project management. The awarding of Fellowship to a College member recognises the commitment to research, continuing professional development and learning, and application of knowledge in health services management they demonstrate.

Fellowship candidature and examination

Following acceptance into the Fellowship Program, the expectations are that Candidates participate in Study Groups as part of the Fellowship process. The process of candidature has many benefits including:

  • Consolidating previous learning and experience.
  • Providing Candidates with a forum for debate and improving their knowledge relating to current leadership, policy and management issues in health and aged care.
  • Demonstrating a high level of commitment as a professional health and aged care leader and manager.
  • Peer learning, mentorship and development.
  • Demonstrating a commitment to excellence, professional development, and the ongoing evolution of the profession.

    The Fellowship examination is a peer review process designed to enable the Candidate to demonstrate their competencies about contemporary health and aged care issues. In particular, it assesses the competencies in leadership and management and focuses on the ’Candidates' communication skills to the level that the College recognises are those of a senior health and aged care and community leader and manager. The candidature and examination are designed to be practical, efficient, and cost-effective for the Candidates, examiners, and the College. The broad requirements to become a Fellow of ACHSM are set out in the ACHSM Constitution and Rules.

  • It consolidates previous learning and experience
  • provides candidates with a forum for debate and improving their knowledge on current leadership, policy and management issues in health and aged care
  • demonstrates a high level of commitment as a professional health and aged care leader and manager
  • demonstrates your commitment to excellence, professional development and to the ongoing evolution of the profession

Enquiries

Applications will be opened for the 2025 Fellowship Program in late November 2024. Please direct any enquiries to the Chief Examiner or the Fellowship Program Manager by phoning 02 8753 5111 or emailing fellowship@achsm.org.au.

Cost of Fellowship candidature

1. The cost of the 2025 Fellowship Program will be confirmed (and this includes Full registration, Congress Registration, and the Fellows Dinner. Note that Congress Registration includes the full Congress program, all social events such as the Welcome Reception and Congress Dinner, and the Fellows-only Dinner).

2. If you cancel or withdraw, the refund policy is set out below:

Study coordinators

HKCHSE

Dr Flora Ko FCHSM CHE
fk_ko@yahoo.com

Assistant Chief Examiner (Academic Readings)

Sheree Llyod FCHSM CHE
sheree.lloyd@utas.edu.au

Chief Examiner (Examinations)

Richard Olley FCHSM CHE
r.olley@griffith.edu.au

Fellowship Program Coordinator

Alison McCann
fellowship@achsm.org.au

Chief Examiner (International and Alternative Pathway)

John Rasa LMFCHSM CHE
jrasa@bigpond.net.au

Reading lists

The 2024 reading lists will be approved in early 2024 and will be accessible on the ACHSM Fellowship Portal.

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