TM4401 - Health, Policy and Planning

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to all students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy and other health science courses.

Health professionals need an understanding of the interrelationships between public policy and planning for health service delivery. This subject will build the linkages between those two processes and discuss imortant factors that influence them. Methods used in policy development as well as in the planning and evaluation of health programs will be examined and practised. Power relationships will also be considered.

Learning Outcomes

• critically analyse health policies and planning processes;
• define health policy and planning;
• demonstrate an understanding of the health policy and planning process;
• identify some of the health policies and planning processes operating in their own health care setting;
• identify the factors that influence different aspects of the health policy and planning process.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

HS1401

Availabilities
, , Study Period 8
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Face to face teaching 15-Aug-2005 to 26-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	aiam.
Contact hours:	26 hours 26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (10%); (20%); (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.