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HSHM212 The Dynamics of Health and Health Care Systems

Updated: 09 November 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HM200 or HM212 or HM412 or HSHM412 or NS212
Notes None
Combined Units HSHM412 - The Dynamics of Health and Health Care Systems
Coordinator(s) Judy Humphries (jharris2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is designed to facilitate an understanding of the healthcare service provision in Australia in the context of social, political, and economic influences, which have shaped and continue to shape that system. The unit also compares healthcare systems operating in different countries of the world.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian Analysis
ISBN: 9781420256147
Palmer, G.R. and Short, S.D., Palgrave Macmillan 4th ed. 2010
Text refers to: Trimester 1 and 2 , Off Campus
The Australian Health Care System
ISBN: 9780195574647
Duckett, S., Oxford 4th ed. 2011
Text refers to: Trimester 1 and 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% 3000
Assessment Notes
Written assignment
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 5 GA: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Assignment 2 50% 3000
Assessment Notes
Written assignment
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 3, 4, 6 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify and interpret the historical influence on the provision of health service facilities in Australia;
  2. explain the structure and functioning of government including the complex interrelationships between different levels of government in Australia;
  3. display a knowledge of the distribution and structure of health care services and resources in Australia;
  4. list established data bases and sources of information which identify utilisation patterns and the demand for health care services;
  5. explain the impact of social systems on health status and health care provision in Australia; and
  6. discuss how economic and policy developments influence health care provision and resource utilisation.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will engage in learning theory and practice related to health systems and this is central to the health management professional role and are basic competencies required of health service managers. Knowledge of these competencies will be assessed through the written assignments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will practice communication during participation in online discussion with students and unit coordinator. Teaching incorporates the range of presentational approaches. Assessment of communication will occur in the written assignments. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Text book content and readings provides international comparative data and knowledge of the major health services approaches used internationally, so that students gain a global perspective of health systems. Both written assessments require students to provide some comparative analysis of their health systems with that utilized in other country health systems. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
This unit requires that the student engage in seeking information from various sources, libraries, and the web and to analyse that data in two written assessment. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
These students are postgraduate health professionals where there is a strong association to continuing professional development. The students are encouraged through discussion board on the learning platform to engage in professional associations and continue professional development. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students are required to analyse health systems to solve problems of resource utilization for populations. They are required in both the written assignments to relate their answers to comparative analysis and problem solving relevant to their work context and to differing theoretical contexts. The attribute is assessed through the written assignments and the formal mentors report. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Unit content addresses issues of equity and universality of access to health services the underlying, social, political and economic underpinnings of those approaches in differing health systems. Assessment is by two written assignments. 		True True
8 Team Work
Students are required to consider the value of teams in professional multidisciplinary work in health systems. Interprofessional team work and team based practice is relevant to health system functioning. Assessment is through written assessment and formal mentor report. 		True True True
   

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