Personal Injury Scheme Evaluation

When a person is injured due to a work-related or a motor accident-related injury and unable to work, injury insurance schemes aim to provide appropriate support and enable recovery. What are the strategies used to evaluate these personal injury schemes and their outcomes? This ten-week course will explore techniques available to monitor and support improvements in personal injury insurance scheme performance.

Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and the Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) have partnered to create a unique offering that leads into a postgraduate pathway for people working in the workers’ compensation and motor accident compensation industries in Australia, New Zealand and globally. This pathway will provide scheme participants with the opportunity to enrich and enhance the depth of personal injury management knowledge and skills.

This ten-week course will delve into performance evaluation of Personal Injury Schemes, focusing on key statistics and outcomes in this field. Student will be introduced to best practice strategies on assessing scheme financial performance, client recovery and work outcomes. The course will explore determinants of scheme performance and industry experts will share their knowledge on how to manage scheme performance and respond to evaluations.

The centrepiece of this course is the three-day “Intensive” teaching period. During the intensive you will have an unmatched opportunity to foster new professional networks with other participants, course presenters and other insurance industry experts via the intensive that fosters critical thought and robust discussion.

Learning objectives

• Describe the actuarial valuation process including approaches to valuation and the use of valuation in scheme management.
• Describe evidence-based approaches to measuring the outcomes and experiences of injured people in personal injury schemes.
• Explain the key parameters affecting scheme performance including scheme operations, strategic, social and environmental considerations.
• Critique approaches to evaluating the performance of personal injury schemes.
• Design scheme evaluation frameworks, including appropriate balance between scheme objectives, reporting requirements and stakeholder needs
• Identify emerging developments in scheme evaluation and performance measurement.

Who should attend

This course would be ideal for anyone interested in learning more about performance evaluation in Personal Injury Schemes across Australia, New Zealand and beyond, with a view to improving their ability to operate in and influence the success of schemes.

Accelerate your qualification

Eligible participants who complete the micro-credential can receive 6 credit points of unspecified credit* towards the Graduate Certificate of Personal Injury Management, Master of Public Health, or Master of Occupational Health.

*Maximum credit limits and minimum course entry requirements apply, see the terms and conditions page for more details

For more details please contact caryn.vanvreden@monash.edu or shortcourses.depm@monash.edu

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