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Health Care in Context (PHTY90124)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Extended) |
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Healthcare in Context will develop students’ knowledge and skills through community engagement. This will include campus-based and online learning as well as face-to-face engagement with a community.
Students will work in small groups with an identified community to build on their knowledge of the determinants of health and to complete a health needs analysis. Students will specifically learn theory relating to the selection of ethically and culturally safe ‘needs analysis’ instruments that will inform them on the health and wellness priorities of the community. Students will critically apply this knowledge to their community engagement to implement the needs analysis instruments with key stakeholders from their community. Students will join their community for three-weeks of face-to-face engagement to complete elements of the health needs analysis and support a health promotion activity. Communities may have a local, rural, remote and/or global footprint.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Discuss the determinants of health including historic, political, economic, cultural and legislative influences within healthcare contexts
- Build respectful relationships with colleagues and community members that are underpinned by the value of reciprocity and shared purpose
- Source and synthesise findings from resources for evidence-informed community engagement
- Critically appraise and select strategies that identify the needs of a community and understand their health and wellbeing priorities
- Ethically implement a culturally safe needs analysis with key community stakeholders while working to promote optimal data collection
- Apply prior knowledge and skills to analyse the quantitative and qualitative data gathered with the needs analysis instruments
- Share findings gathered on community health and wellbeing priorities to community and propose appropriate health promotion initiative/s
Generic skills
- Awareness of social and cultural factors that may affect their professional career;
- An appreciation of the importance of, and skills in developing a team approach in working with colleagues;
- Recognition of diversity in health belief, lifestyles, culture and values.
Last updated: 10 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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PHTY90117 | Integrated Professional Practice A | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
31.25 |
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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: 10 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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ePortfolio reflection
| Week 3 | 20% |
Group Presentation of Needs Analysis Proposal
| Week 4 | 35% |
Group Report (community project outcomes)
| Due end of the theory block | 25% |
Individual Health Promotion Project Proposal (presented as a logic model)
| Due end of the theory block | 20% |
Community engagement placement 80 hours & log signed by academic & community mentors
| Due one week after completion of placement | N/A |
Last updated: 10 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Rachel Toovey Coordinator Free Coulston Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 hours experiential learning in community engagement placement 8 hours seminars 10 hours online learning modules 10 hours workshops 62 hours non-contact over the semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 15 November 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024
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Last updated: 10 April 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 10 April 2024