NS1220 - Primary Health Care

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

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.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that 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 speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS3111 NS3222 NS3420

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Margaret Stewart
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Margaret Stewart
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (60%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Margaret Stewart
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Margaret Stewart
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 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Margaret Stewart
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.