Health Policy
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Health Policy |
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Master of Health Policy |
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| Students must successfully complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 36 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of elective units of study, or other postgraduate units of study as approved by the course coordinator. | |||
Graduate Diploma of Health Policy |
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| Students must successfully complete 36 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of elective units of study, or other postgraduate units of study as approved by the course coordinator. | |||
Graduate Certificate of Health Policy |
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| Students must successfully complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 6 credit points of elective units of study, or other postgraduate units of study as approved by the course coordinator. | |||
Core units |
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Graduate Certificate |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Graduate Diploma |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Master |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5008 Evidence into Health Policy and Planning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5009 Health Policy Project |
6 | C HPOL5003 and HPOL5008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| BETH5104 Bioethics, Law and Society This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, law, history, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 1 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 If an insufficient number of students opt to attend intensives on campus, the coordinator may choose to teach this unit of study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care |
6 |
People working in health care will benefit from this course. |
Semester 1 |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5006 Business of Health |
6 | Intensive July |
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| HPOL5012 Leadership and Strategy in Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5014 Foundations of Health Technology Mangt |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
Intensive October |
| GLOH5136 Nutrition in Global Settings |
6 | A Introductory knowledge of epidemiology |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5201 Global Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or PUBH5505 |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5219 Global Health Project Management |
6 | P GLOH5101 and GLOH5102 OR (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) |
Semester 2 |
| MEDF5005 Health Research Methods and Ethics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PCOL5101 Drugs and Devices: R and D to Registration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control |
6 | A PUBH5033, PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or equivalent PUBH5020 is an advanced MPH elective in the area of chronic disease prevention. Some epidemiological concepts, such as population attributable risk and introductory concepts in health promotion are expected knowledge for understanding this unit. For example, attributable risk is necessary to understand the Burden of Disease concept in NCD prevention, and is part of Module 2 of this unit. In addition, this MPH elective predominantly takes a population and global perspective on NCD prevention with a lesser emphasis on clinical or health services prevention perspectives. |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5036 Public Health: Critical Challenges |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5121 Environmental Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5126 Genetics and Public Health This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A Basic epidemiology. No previous knowledge of genetics is required. P Epidemiology Methods and Uses (PUBH5010) |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5145 Alcohol, drug use and health |
6 | N PUBH5114 or PUBH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5225 Population Mental Health |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 AND PUBH5010 Attendance and participation in ALL weekend workshops is mandatory as well as online participation (this unit is not available in online only mode) |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5312 Health Economic Evaluation |
6 | P HPOL5000 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 N PUBH5302 |
Intensive September |
| PUBH5317 Advanced Economic and Decision Analysis |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 PUBH5307 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | Intensive August |
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| PUBH5421 Infection Prevention in Healthcare |
6 | A basic knowledge of medical microbiology, antimicrobial agents and communicable disease epidemiology and clinical features Assumed knowledge: basic knowledge of medical microbiology, antimicrobial agents and communicable disease epidemiology and clinical features |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5430 Public Health Advocacy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5505 Qualitative Research in Health |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5506 Advanced Qualitative Analysis and Writing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5555 Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
Semester 2 |