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Managing Complex Disasters (MEDI90109)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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 |
|---|---|
| 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. Students will learn to manage complex disasters in healthcare settings. The subject will also provide students with an ethical framework for effective decision making in complex disasters, and strategies for managing activity with multiple agencies. Students will review the impact of complex disasters on humanitarian workers and responders.
Topics covered will include:
- Management of mass casualty events incorporating system and field aspects of response
- Roles, responsibilities and coordination of multiple agencies
- Humanitarian mission deployment
- 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
- Assess the challenges, risks and associated with hazards for humanitarian and healthcare workers responding to complex disasters.
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: 8 November 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDI90107 | Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses | January (Dual-Delivery - 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: 8 November 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Multiple Choice Quiz
| Week 2 | 10% |
Case Study
| Week 4 | 20% |
Participation in discussion board
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Participation in workshop group activities (2-day workshop) Hurdle requirement: Students must participate in workshop group activities in order to pass the subject | During the teaching period | 10% |
Written assessment
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Dates & times
- October
Coordinators Peter Archer and George Braitberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours All learning is conducted online, with a two day face-to-face workshop. (Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024). Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 7 October 2024 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 14 October 2024 to 8 December 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 October 2024 Census date 1 November 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 December 2024 Assessment period ends 5 January 2025 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)
What do these dates mean
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- 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.
Additional delivery details
Compulsory workshop (Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024) which will be delivered on campus.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
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 Disaster and Terror Medicine Course Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine - 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
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: 8 November 2024