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SWM5200 - Health and social work

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Leader(s): Associate Professor Rosemary Sheehan

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Current community health concerns and the preoccupations of health policy and services. Frameworks for conceptualising and assessing the health concerns that impact on individuals, families and communities, are analysed and applied to specific health concerns.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit it is expected that students will have:

  1. explored contemporary frameworks used to understand health concerns and inform policy;
  2. considered the application of these frameworks to their own practice and to other settings where health issues predominate.

Assessment

Essay (6000 words): 67%
Assignment (3000 words): 33%

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