Introduction
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to environmental health risk assessment, including core principles, frameworks and procedures for environmental health risk assessment and critical evaluation of evidence underpinning environmental health risk assessment. It also introduces risk management and risk management evaluation practices that pertain to roles and function of environmental health officers in sustainable development, environmental pollution and contamination management, infectious disease control, emergency and incident management and climate change.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Management |
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| Unit code | CAM545 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine Tasmanian School of Medicine |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Coordinator | Professor Roger Hughes |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Blended - mix of on-campus and online. |
|---|---|
| Assessment | 1.Fieldwork reports [30%] (2000 words), 2. Risk Assessment Assignment [30%] (1500 words), 3.Environmental Health Risk Management Plans [40%] (2500 words). |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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