Health Policy and Planning
Unit of study table
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Master of Health Policy and Planning |
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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 and Planning |
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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 and Planning |
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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. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units |
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Graduate Certificate |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | |
Graduate Diploma |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | |
Master |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | |
| HPOL5008 Evidence into Health Policy and Planning |
6 | |
| HPOL5009 Health Policy Project |
6 | A Operational knowledge of the structures and financing of health systems including the organisation of health systems, funding priorities and mechanisms, administration of health care, and the public-private mix, governance and accountability, and national and international health budgets and funding programs. C HPOL5003 and HPOL5008 |
Elective units |
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| BETH5104 Bioethics, Law and Policy |
6 | |
| BETH5203 Public Health Ethics |
6 | N BETH5206 |
| 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 |
| BMRI5027 Leadership and Policy in Mental Health 1 |
6 | |
| CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care |
6 | |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | |
| FMHU5000 Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare |
6 | A Students are assumed to have a basic understanding of medical microbiology, epidemiology and common infectious diseases N PUBH5421 |
| FMHU5001 Foundations of Health Research |
6 | A Basic knowledge in mathematics N MEDF5005 or NTDT5602 |
| FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | N PUBH5018 |
| FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health |
6 | N PUBH5505 or BACH5255 or QUAL5005 |
| FMHU5004 Qualitative Analysis and Writing in Health |
6 | P FMHU5003 or PUBH5505 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or GLOH5201 A Students should have an understanding of qualitative research as this unit does not cover research design or data collection. Students looking for an introductory level unit should take FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health. N PUBH5506 |
| GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health |
6 | N MIPH5131 or MIPH5132 |
| GLOH5102 Skills for Working in Global Health |
6 | |
| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | |
| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
| GLOH5136 Nutrition in Global Settings |
6 | A Introductory knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics |
| GLOH5201 Global Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or PUBH5505 or FMHU5003 |
| GLOH5219 Global Health Project Management |
6 | P 12 credit points from (GLOH5101 or GLOH5102 or PUBH5010 or (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002)) |
| HPOL5006 Business of Health |
6 | N SMBA6122 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | |
| HPOL5008 Evidence into Health Policy and Planning |
6 | |
| HPOL5012 Leadership for Health |
6 | A Students are expected to have at least 3 years work experience in a health practice, policy or administrative role |
| HPOL5014 Foundations Health Technology Assessment |
6 | |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 | |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 | |
| PHAR7817 Pharmaceuticals: Development and Regulation |
6 | N PCOL5101 |
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011 |
| PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 |
| PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention |
6 | A PUBH5033 or PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or equivalent N PUBH5555 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | |
| PUBH5036 Public Health: Critical Challenges |
6 | |
| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 Note: While not compulsory, attendance (by zoom or face to face) at the five half-day workshops is strongly encouraged, as this enables students to yarn with and ask questions directly of the Aboriginal guest lecturers. |
| PUBH5121 Environmental Health |
6 | |
| PUBH5126 Genomics and Public Health |
6 | A Basic epidemiology No previous knowledge of genetics is required P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 |
| PUBH5145 Alcohol, drug use and health |
6 | A MPH core units N PUBH5114 or PUBH5115 |
| PUBH5225 Population Mental Health |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
| PUBH5312 Health Economic Evaluation |
6 | P HPOL5000 or FMHU5001 or BSTA5002 N PUBH5302 |
| PUBH5400 One Health |
6 | |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | |
| PUBH5426 Vaccines in Public Health |
6 | A Understanding of basic health sciences and related concepts. Students should have a Bachelor's degree in a health related discipline P PUBH5010 or (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002) |
| PUBH5430 Public Health Advocacy |
6 | |
| PUBH5510 Healthy ageing and fall prevention |
6 | N PUBH5419 |
| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | |
| PUBH5317 Advanced Economic and Decision Analysis |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 or BSTA5002) C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 or PUBH5307 |
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