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Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses (MEDI90107)
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
January
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | January |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will provide the student with the key skills and knowledge required to evaluate the nature and extent of disaster events from a clinical and healthcare management perspective. Students will learn to apply existing models of preparedness, and plan the various levels of response (community, health service, national and global), as well as consider resource utilisation, resilience and recovery.
Students will engage with authentic cases and simulations to develop management strategies for a range of disaster situations.
Topics covered will include:
- The complex nature of disaster events from clinical and healthcare management perspectives
- Models of preparedness at different levels of response (community, health service, national, global)
- Resource utilisation, resilience and recovery management in extreme conditions and multiple settings
- Treatment and management regimes for a range of natural and man-made disasters (e.g. bushfire, flood, thunderstorm asthma, infectious diseases, transport, mass gatherings).
Teaching/learning formats include:
- Online modules
- Discussion boards
- Required readings
- Case studies
- Written assignments
- 2-day intensive, face-to-face workshop including simulation activities, guest speakers
The informal exchange of insights and experiences among participants is a key aspect of learning.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Recognise and apply disaster medicine and disaster health management principles considering the different disaster health systems;
- Analyse the factors that underpin level of organisational response and the principles that are applied to prevent, manage, contain and diffuse the impact of disasters in clinical settings;
- 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 under crisis situations, and for a range of environmental and geographic clinical settings;
- Evaluate effective planning for clinical and health service response to a range of disaster events, e.g. natural disasters, infectious diseases, transport and mass casualty events; and
- Critically assess the clinical and health service risk and impact of disaster 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 health programs for different types of disasters during all the phases of the disaster management cycle
Last updated: 11 February 2023
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: 11 February 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
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 in Week 6-8. | 10% |
Paper
| 4 weeks after the end of teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 11 February 2023
Dates & times
- January
Coordinator Jonathan Knott Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours All learning is conducted online, except for two compulsory face-to-face workshops (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March). Students will be required to attend campus on these dates. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 23 January 2023 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 30 January 2023 to 26 March 2023 Last self-enrol date 24 January 2023 Census date 10 February 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 March 2023 Assessment period ends 2 April 2023 January contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Additional delivery details
Compulsory face-to-face workshops:
- Saturday 25th March
- Sunday 26th March
Students will be required to attend campus on these dates.
Last updated: 11 February 2023
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
In order to be considered for Community Access Program entry, applicants must have completed:
a. A medical degree or,
b. An undergraduate degree in any discipline and at least three years of documented relevant work experience in a health management, paramedicine, nursing or equivalent role.
Applicants would require course coordinator approval prior to enrolment in the CAP subjects.
Last updated: 11 February 2023