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Health Program Design & Implementation (POPH90189)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)

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An increasing global focus on program effectiveness and efficiency has brought renewed attention to the role of evidence in designing and implementing health programs. Students of this subject will engage with the discipline of implementation science, and will investigate a range of current theories and approaches to program design, including: Theory of Change; program logic models; logical frameworks; complexity theory; behaviour change theories; emergent design; participatory/co-design approaches; and approaches to scale-up.

Facilitated by experts with applied field experience in program design and implementation in Australia and other global contexts, students will learn via practical, staged exercises to draft strategic program plans. A range of case studies on current health challenges and interventions will build students’ knowledge and skills in evidence-based health program design and implementation. Cross-cutting issues in program design will also be considered and applied to case studies, particularly the issues of participation and inclusion. Students will be asked to consider evidence requirements and real-world compromises in programmatic research and planning within Australian and other global settings. This subject will equip students with the knowledge and skills to operationalise their program design skills through best practice approaches to the development of work plans, budgets, risk assessments, risk management plans, and contracting.

Health Program Design & Implementation is a dual delivery block mode intensive subject. This means that the assessable material is delivered through self-directed online modules that students complete over a two week period. The online modules offer flexibility in relation to the timing of when students complete them, or what hours of the day you may choose to study. However, allocated modules must be completed in time to allow effective participation in live interactive sessions that are linked with those modules. Live interactive sessions are held on six days across the two week period, in which module material is discussed with fellow students and lecturers. Students may choose to attend these live sessions online or face to face. Students are expected to commit approximately 40 hours to learning each week, comprised of learning modules, reading, discussion board activities, group work and live sessions. This two week teaching period is followed by independent learning towards a major assessment to be completed over six weeks.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Synthesise evidence to guide development of a program design;
  • Apply current frameworks and theories to the development of program design;
  • Apply the principles of inclusive design, designing for sustainability, replicability and scalability in program design;
  • Develop monitoring frameworks and systems that are integrated within the design process;
  • Develop risk management plans, budgets and work plans to guide program implementation.

Generic skills

  • Critical thinking and analytical skills.
  • Finding, evaluating and using relevant information.
  • Written communication skills.
  • Oral communication skills.

Last updated: 31 January 2024

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
POPH90274 Prioritising & Planning in Public Health
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5

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

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Pre-recorded video of oral presentation of a health program design and implementation plan for a specific setting, 3-4 group members marked as a group

  • 20 minutes
End of the teaching period20%

Written assignment – health program design document

  • 4000 words
6 Weeks after the end of teaching80%

Additional details





Last updated: 31 January 2024

Dates & times

  • February
    Principal coordinatorMatthew Reeve
    Mode of deliveryDual-Delivery (Parkville)
    Contact hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period12 February 2024 to 23 February 2024
    Last self-enrol date14 February 2024
    Census date23 February 2024
    Last date to withdraw without fail15 March 2024
    Assessment period ends 5 April 2024

    February contact information

    mreeve@unimelb.edu.au

    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Time commitment details

170 hours

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Further information

Last updated: 31 January 2024