This unit provides students with an in-depth understanding of the contemporary individual and societal challenges of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and communicable diseases wherever they occur, including community settings, and the rationale for, and barriers to, their prevention and control. Building on a basic understanding of medical microbiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology the unit examines contemporary challenges of HAIs and communicable diseases, their significance to individual, societal and population health, how they are transmitted, and the contemporary science and practice of infection prevention and disease control. Topics include risk assessment and governance for disease control, infection control management plans and programs, the use of standard and transmission-based precautions, pandemics and outbreak management, the challenges associated with antimicrobial resistance, and the management of emerging and emerging communicable diseases, including those of high-consequence such as Ebola.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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PUBH5421 |
Assumed knowledge
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Students are assumed to have a basic understanding of medical microbiology, epidemiology and common infectious diseases |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ramon Shaban, ramon.shaban@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Catherine Viengkham, catherine.viengkham@sydney.edu.au |
Cristina Sotomayor Castillo, cristina.sotomayor@sydney.edu.au |