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Professional Practice in Tropical Health (POPH90254)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2018
Overview
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This subject is a core subject of the Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. It is designed to provide a capstone experience to help students consolidate their tropical health training via advanced professional work placement.
Students will undertake a supervised professional work placement in one or more settings and/or with an organisation appropriate to tropical health, in Australia or overseas. Each practicum experience will be individually tailored and negotiated by the student, the supervisor and the host organisation. Students will apply their academic knowledge and new skills to real-world tropical health challenges, further developing their specialist and professional skill set by contributing to the needs of an agency, institution, organisation or setting pertaining to tropical health. Each student will spend 40 hours in the selected workplace either as a block during one semester or distributed across one or two semesters.
The practicum experience will enable students to bridge the gap between the classroom and public health practice, whilst developing contacts with stakeholders and experts in the field of tropical health.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply, integrate and synthesise knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course to tackle real-world tropical health challenges,
- Analyse, evaluate and propose practical solutions to problems identified within the bounds of the project/setting,
- Solve practical problems whilst working with potentially unstructured and incomplete information,
- Develop professional networks within a given tropical health context,
- Demonstrate and critically reflect upon key professional attributes sought by employers (such as communication and interpersonal skills, project management skills, team work and initiative) ,
- Clearly communicate findings and results in a professional tropical health context.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students should have developed skills in:
- Critical thinking and analysis,
- Working with others,
- Finding, evaluation and using relevant information,
- Problem-solving,
- Written communication.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in the Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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POPH90249 | Foundations of Tropical & Global Health | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
POPH90250 | Global Health | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
POPH90251 | Management of Tropical Disease | Not available in 2024 |
25 |
POPH90252 | Health in Resource-constrained Settings | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
POPH90253 | Practice of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | Not available in 2024 |
25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- 500 word outline of the proposed project - including project background, aims, methodology and timeline, which will be included in a blog for the subject, due prior to the commencement of the placement, (10%)
- 1,000 word critical reflective piece - detailing the challenges faced and reflections the development of key professional attributes throughout the work placement, due 2 months after the completion of the placement, (20%)
- 3,000 word (or equivalent) project report, due 2 months after the completion of the placement, (60%)
- 500 word summary of the project to be posted on the blog for the subject, due 2 months after the completion of the placement, (10%)
Hurdle Requirement: Assessment of the student’s completed project by the supervisor.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2018
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022