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Significant Issues in Women's Health (GENP60001)
Graduate coursework level 6Points: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject addresses the impact of significant milestones across the lifecycle on women’s well-being and sense of self. It includes issues from adolescence, the childbearing years and parenting, the middle years, menopause and after. It aims to engender knowledge of the issues that impact on women’s health including depression and other mood disorders, body image, sexuality, abuse, work and family and aspects of loss and grief.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject explores significant issues that affect the health of women.
At the end of this subject students will be able to:
- Analyse and integrate key findings from research to inform debate on the impact of psycho-social factors on women's health and well-being
- Examine the impact of women's roles and responsibilities on their health and well-being,
- Explain how significant biological milestones in a woman's life affect her health and wellbeing,
- Discuss the health challenges faced by women from minority groups, including cultural minorities, women with disabilities and lesbian women.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
- enhanced critical thinking skills
- further developed written and oral communication skills
- further developed skills working in a multidisciplinary time
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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: 17 June 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Approx 10 min audio interview with a woman+ peer review/feedback. Consent form and de-identification of audio file before upload to LMS. Equivalent to 500 words.
| Week 6 | 15% |
Discussion paper.
| End of semester | 35% |
Written assignment.
| Week 8 | 20% |
Participation in online activities x4 utilising the discussion board. | Throughout the semester | 10% |
Preparation of a resource portfolio equivalent to 1000 words
| End of semester | 20% |
Reflective journal equivalent to 1000 words. Hurdle requirement: To pass this hurdle requirement, students must demonstrate that they have read and understood the materials and can relate the principles to the context of their work. | End of semester | N/A |
Last updated: 17 June 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Tracy Murphy Mode of delivery Online Contact hours NIL (Online) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Tracy Murphy Mode of delivery Online Contact hours NIL (Online) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 17 June 2023
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 Certificate in Primary Care Nursing Course Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing Course Master of Advanced Nursing Practice - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Students undertaking this subject via the Community Access Program (CAP) must provide all the following supporting documents when applying:
- Evidence of National Division 1 Registration
- Certified copies of academic transcript from undergraduate degree
- Evidence of at least one year of professional experience in a clinical setting (the provision of a CV is not sufficient; an example of valid evidence is a letter of reference or an employment contract which includes a statement that the student has completed the equivalent of one year of full time clinical practice).
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 17 June 2023