M4L Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 1 Years, up to a maximum of 3 Years
Duration
Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students

This course is designed for students who already hold a bachelor's degree in any clinical specialty to prepare them for conducting research into issues facing health services. It is part of the University's translational research agenda, which recognises that staff conducting applied research in a health or human services facility need a solid foundation in both the wider context of quality improvement and reform and in research methods that support the credibility of this research and its application to the broader community of practice. Dissemination to this community will also be supported by providing students with an opportunity to draft papers for eventual publication.

Course objectives

To understand and apply the principles of health care and human service improvement
To understand the broad social, political and economic context of service provision
To understand and apply the principles of translational research
To prepare an ethics approval application.
To understand and apply an appropriate research methodology.
To appropriately scope a localised research project.
To conduct a relevant and critical literature review and develop a rationale for their proposed topic.
To conduct a pilot study, if relevant, and to conduct the research project itself.
To evaluate the outcomes of the project.

Career outcomes

Enhancement of their role as professionals able to evaluate, produce and integrate evidence into practice.

Professional Recognition

Will be sought from various professional bodies.

Course structure

Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours)

Year 1

CAM520

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2
Hobart	Spring school (extended)

Courses & Units

Bachelor of Health (Professional Honours) (M4L)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Career outcomes

Professional Recognition

Course structure

Year 1

Global Health Systems

Translational Research and Health Service Innovation

Introduction to Action Research

Year2

Health Research Methods

Major Project Part A

Major Project Part B

Electives

Foundations of Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals

Enhancing Professional Practice in Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals

Foundations of Learning, Teaching and Assessment in the Health Profession

Teaching Practice

Supervision & Leadership, Theory, Process & Practice

Systems Thinking in Public Health

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Public Health

Foundations in Health and Human Services

Leadership in Health and Human Services

Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education

Clinical Supervision in Health Professions

Environmental Health

Management in Health and Human Services

Risk Management and Governance

Positive Psychology & Leadership

Introduction to Biostatistics

Communicable disease epidemiology

Extended Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health Economics

Life Course Epidemiology

Research Project

Leading and Managing Change in Health and Human Services

Introduction to Health Informatics

Data, Information and Knowledge

E-health Privacy and Security Issues

Electronic Health Records

Monitoring and Measuring Performance

The Quality Culture and implementing quality improvements

Introduction to Quality Health Services

Evaluating Quality

Project Management for Health Professionals

Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Settings

Applied Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals

Critical Evaluation of Research Literature

Accounting for Managers

Organisational Behaviour

Managing People and the Employment Relationship

Strategic Management

Environmental Health Regulation and Compliance

Advanced Food Safety Management

Health Policy

Professional Communication in Human Services

Human Services: Context and Practice

The Last Year of Life: Renegotiating and Reinforcing Appropriate Care

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