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Terror Medicine Principles & Responses (MEDI90108)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
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This subject will provide essential skills and knowledge for recognising and responding to specific terror events and their corresponding clinical and health service management.
Students will learn to apply relevant frameworks for evaluating terror events. They will practise planning and applying management strategies to authentic scenarios and simulations, developing problem solving and communication skills relevant to extreme conditions and crisis situations.
Topics covered will include:
- Characteristics of terrorism and a typology of terror attacks and perpetrators
- Organisational aspects of terror medicine including preparing for a terror-related surge
- Injuries associated with specific attacks
- Managing multiple casualty incidents
- Emergency field and hospital processes during and following a terror event including resilience and recovery
- Broader community responses to terror events at state and national levels involving different agencies, including military responses.
Teaching/learning formats include:
- Online modules
- Discussion boards
- Required readings
- Case studies
- Written assignments
- 2-day intensive workshop including simulation activities, guest speakers
- The informal exchange of insights and experiences among participants is a key aspect of learning.
Intended learning outcomes
- Identify a typology of terror attacks and perpetrators of terrorism and apply to various scenarios;
- Analyse the factors that underpin level of organisational response for a terror‐related surge of casualties;
- Devise methods to address the complex physical and psychological factors involved in after care and recovery post event;
- Develop creative and flexible problem‐solving and communication skills as they relate to extreme conditions, crisis situations, limited resources, and a range of often dangerous environments;
- Evaluate models of preparedness for different types of terror events e.g.'lone wolf', shootings, bombings, chemical and biological attacks; and
- Critically assess the clinical and health service risk and impact of terror events.
Generic skills
- The capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation
- Critical thinking and analytical skills
- An openness to new ideas
- The ability to communicate scientific knowledge through oral, written and web-based media
- The ability to apply knowledge and implement clinical and health service responses for different types of terror events during all the phases of the disaster management cycle
Last updated: 3 November 2022
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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2 x quizzes or short answer questions
| Mid-term and end of term | 20% |
Case study
| Mid-term | 20% |
Participation in discussion board
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Participation in workshop group activities Hurdle requirement: Students must participate in workshop group activities in order to pass the subject. | During face-to-face workshop approx week 6-8 (TBC). | 10% |
Paper
| 4 weeks after the end of teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator George Braitberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours There will be two compulsory face-to-face workshops (Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September). Students will be required to attend campus on these dates Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 12 July 2021 Pre teaching requirements Pre-teaching Period Details & Requirements - During the pre-teaching period, students should read through the information in Week 0 which provides information about the structure of the subject, subject readings and resources, assessments, and the teaching staff. Teaching period 19 July 2021 to 12 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 13 July 2021 Census date 30 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 August 2021 Assessment period ends 19 September 2021 July contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022