Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| SCU Online | Term3 | Term3 |
Unit description
Explores and compares a diverse range of healthcare systems, policies and practices, and their impacting factors. Includes the exploration of a range of inputs, throughputs and outputs based on system theory approaches.
Unit content
- National and international healthcare systems, policies and practices
- Population health outcomes
- Social, cultural, environmental, economic and political factors impacting health care systems, policies and practices (individual level/micro, meso/organisational level, and macro/societal level)
- Private, public, regulated and deregulated health care systems, policies and practices
- International comparisons for health care systems, policies and practices
- Envisioning the future of healthcare systems, policies, and practices
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | explore the differences between healthcare systems, policies and practices at national and international levels |
| 2 | critique and distinguish the strengths and weaknesses of private, public, regulated and deregulated healthcare systems, policies and practices |
| 3 | analyse and critique a range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political factors as well as various types of population health outcomes to evaluate the success of healthcare systems, policies and practices |
| 4 | propose a vision for the success of a healthcare system, policy and practice within health, social and community care settings |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explore the differences between healthcare systems, policies and practices at national and international levels
- critique and distinguish the strengths and weaknesses of private, public, regulated and deregulated healthcare systems, policies and practices
- analyse and critique a range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political factors as well as various types of population health outcomes to evaluate the success of healthcare systems, policies and practices
- propose a vision for the success of a healthcare system, policy and practice within health, social and community care settings
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning (6 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 10% |
| Critical review | 30% |
| Implementation framework | 60% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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