BR1237:03
Introduction to Health and Biological Sciences 2
Townsville
26 lectures, 26 hours practicals. Second semester.
Available to students admitted to the Tertiary Access Course.
Personal Development — an awareness of student needs, roles and responsibilities in the wider health care systems/ecosystems whilst studying in Health/Biological Sciences.
Integration of the Year 12 science based subjects with the principles of general biology (including human, biomedical and ecology studies) through the use of case studies and/or problem based learning.
The principles of general biology to be covered would include: anatomy and physiology; diseases, causes and control; ecology; basic epidemiology: an introduction to the terms and concepts of epidemiology as applied to the health of populations in rural, remote and Indigenous Australia.
Orientate students to the political, social and cultural organisation of the health care/biological systems through field visits, independent project work and seminar presentations. These would allow students to explore their own particular area of interest, whether it be health science, biomedical science, marine or plant biology or anatomy and physiology in preparation for studying medicine.
Learning objectives as for BR1236.
Assessment by formal assessment (30%); assignment work (group work, seminars, individual projects) (70%).
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