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Managing Complex Disasters (MEDI90109)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
October
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | October |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Management of complex disasters in a healthcare setting requires specific expertise. These situations are infrequent and require a particular skill set to ensure appropriate management of the scenario. Students will learn to manage complex disasters in their health service including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive events. The subject will also provide students with an ethical framework for effective decision making for complex disasters and strategies for managing media and activity with multiple agencies.
Topics covered will include:
- Management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive events
- Management of mass casualty events incorporating system and field aspects of response
- Roles, responsibilities and coordination of multiple agencies
- Humanitarian mission deployment
- Communication and media management in complex disasters
- Ethical frameworks for decision making in disaster situations.
Teaching/learning formats
- Online modules
- Discussion boards
- Required readings
- Written case studies
- Written assessments
- Face to face workshop
Intended learning outcomes
Following successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the role and mandates of different government agencies, and international and non-government organisations in the management of complex emergencies;
- Assess the health care and logistical aspects of complex emergencies, including the organisation and management of a field hospital;
- Develop an ethical framework for decision making in disaster situations; and
- Recognise types of chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological complex disaster scenarios.
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
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MEDI90107 | Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Community Access Program Requirements
Community Access Program students must meet the entry requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine.
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Case Study
| Week 4 | 20% |
Multiple Choice Quiz
| Week 2 | 10% |
Participation in discussion board
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Participation in workshop group activities (2-day workshop) | During the teaching period | 10% |
Written assessment
| 4 Weeks after the end of teaching | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- October
Coordinators Peter Archer and George Braitberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours All learning is conducted online, except for two compulsory face-to-face workshops (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December). Students will be required to attend campus on these dates. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 10 October 2022 Pre teaching 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 17 October 2022 to 11 December 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 October 2022 Census date 28 October 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 November 2022 Assessment period ends 18 December 2022 October contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
Online: Approx. 142 hours (e.g. pre-reading, online modules, written assessments)
Additional delivery details
Compulsory face-to-face workshops
- Saturday 3rd December
- Sunday 4th December
Students will be required to attend campus on these dates.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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
Community Access Program students must meet the entry requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine.
Last updated: 31 January 2024