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Population Oral Health in Practice (POPH90306)
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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Overview
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This subject is a core subject within the Graduate Certificate of Dental Public Health. Developed and delivered in collaboration with partners from the sector, this subject will provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the pre-requisite subjects to a real-world scenario. Students will undertake a population oral health project, they will work with partners from the sectors and gain exposure to a range of public health roles, perspectives and problems and develop skills in adopting a collaborative, team-based approach to developing solutions.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse a population oral health problem collaboratively with dental public health stakeholders.
- Apply theoretical and methodological dental public health knowledge to identify solutions to complex population oral health problems.
- Conduct a detailed investigation of a public or population dental health issue in a substantial project, working with key stakeholders, with a high-level of personal autonomy and accountability.
- Communicate complex population oral health problems and their solutions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Generic skills
- Problem-solving
- Finding, evaluating and applying relevant information
- Demonstrating initiative, autonomy and organization
- Written communication
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Demonstrating the ability to work collaboratively with team members
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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POPH90305 | Population Oral Health |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
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12.5 |
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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Project plan for investigation of real-life population health problem
| Week 7 | 20% |
Group Oral Presentation related to real-life population health problem (2-4 students per group, group mark)
| Week 9 | 20% |
Written Assignment
| During the examination period | 60% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Clare Lin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12x 2 hour weekly seminars 6x 1 hour tutorials with group supervisor Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024