NS5102:03
*NOTE* Health Organisation and Development
Townsville
Flexible delivery. First semester.
Available to students undertaking a postgraduate diploma or master of nursing sciences and to other postgraduate students with approval of the Head of School and Executive Dean of Faculty.
Staff: Professor B Hayes.
This subject will focus on identifying changes required in the organisation and delivery of health services to meet identified health needs, within a range of community settings. Students will utilise existing information on health needs (e.g. needs assessments, Government health policies and existing organisational policies) to determine the changes required, from a primary health care perspective. Based on this information students will design relevant intervention strategies and recommend appropriate evaluation mechanisms.
Learning Objectives:
- critical assessment of the appropriateness of health services within an identified region;
- identification of the changes required in the organisation and delivery of health services from a primary health care perspective;
- identification of strategies for change.
Assessment by assignment 1 (50%); assignment 2 (50%).