NS1220 - Primary Health Care

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available to level 1 students enrolled in the BNSc.

This subject focuses on the principles of primary health care and health promotion within a global, international and national context.

Learning Outcomes

• appreciate the importance of social and economic factors in the provision of appropriate health care;
• critically appraise the potential of primary health care in health care developments of the future;
• describe the concepts of modern primary health care and apply them to a wide range of settings and groups;
• describe the principles of health promotion and outline strategies suitable for selected health issues in the communities;
• discuss the role of nurses, other health professionals and professionals from outside the health sector in health care planning and delivery within the primary health care framework.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS3111 and NS3222 and NS3420

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures - 1 hour lecture/week 20 hours tutorials - 2 hour tutorial/week; tutorials commence Week 2
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (60%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures - 1 hour lecture/week 20 hours tutorials - 2 hour tutorial/week; tutorials commence Week 2.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 10 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 10 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).

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.