| Semester 1, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: HEA8001 and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN or GDNG or GCNG or GCHE
Overview
The organisation of health care at any level has its origins in the historical, political, economic and socio-cultural influences that shape the development and implementation of health policies. It is important that health care managers, educators and senior clinicians understand and are able to respond in an informed manner to the shifts and changes in health policy and the application of recommendations into practice that impact on the delivery of health care at any level within their community.
This post graduate course focuses on health policy from the perspectives of history, development, critical analysis, application and review. It will enable the student to explain how health policies are developed and how they impact on both the delivery and the receipt of health care. Students will be guided in how to conduct a critical evaluation and review of a health policy utilising a Policy Analysis Framework and the application in practice of recommendations through local procedures, guidelines or implementation strategies. Using this analysis, students will then develop recommendations to improve the structure and application of the policy to health care outcomes.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Critically reflect and articulate the difference between a policy, a protocol and a procedure and the implications of these in health care practice;
- Define health policy and articulate how historical, political, economic and socio-cultural influences can shape the development and implementation of health policy at any given level;
- Identify the basic concepts of policy analysis using theoretical frameworks to guide a review process;
- Critically analyse a health policy that impacts on the student鈥檚 area of practice with recommendations for application in practice through concepts of guideline and procedural development or strategies for practical application;
- Apply the results of this policy evaluation and review to develop recommendations for health policy change to improve health care outcomes.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | This module discusses the philosophical foundations of health policy history and development in contemporary health care practice from procedural application, guideline development and health policy application | 20.00 |
| 2. | This module articulates the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of health policy analysis frameworks to its practical application in the health care industry. | 30.00 |
| 3. | This module provides the theoretical and practical components to undertake policy analysis in the health workforce, and articulates the process for reporting significant findings through executive reports and governance structures. | 50.00 |
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Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | No | 40 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 2 | No | 50 | 3,4,5 |
| Online forums | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |