TM5564 - Acute Care in the Resource Poor Environment

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences

This subject provides students with an overview of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the successful provision of acute care in a resource poor environment. The subject encompasses the full spectrum of care provided, from prior program planning and personal preparation through to recognition of problems and alternatives and how difficulties may be avoided, accepted or overcome. The focus for the subject will be on developing a fuller understanding of the difficulties encountered in providing acute care to patients in resource poor environments. It is principally concerned with the provision of care in countries other than Australia, where there are serious limits on the provision of funding for staff, equipment and medicines, such that these limitations directly impact on the provision of care.

Learning Outcomes

• review and analyse the epidemiology of patient care in resource poor environments and evaluate how this impacts on standard health care within these settings;
• review and analyse the clinical conditions (medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric) likely to require in-patient management and commonly encountered in the resource poor setting;
• examine ethical and cultural factors in provision of acute care in low resource settings;
• critically analyse the inter relationships and mutual benefits of the provision of good acute care on the effectiveness of primary health care in the low resource setting;
• critically analyse the role of Government funding, non-government funding and the methods for accessing these funds.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 6
Census Date 16-Jun-2016
Face to face teaching 16-May-2016 to 27-May-2016
Coord/Lect:	Dr David Symmons.
Contact hours:	27 hours lectures 6 hours tutorials 6 hours practicals 15 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	other exams (70%); presentations (20%); assignments (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must attend at least 80% of the programmed lectures and the attendance at practical sessions and class presentations is compulsory.
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

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.