Postgraduate - UnitDPH6005 - Doctor of public health: Public health practice

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Robert Hall

Synopsis

Supervised practical placement in University Departments and Centres, hospitals, affiliated research Institutes, community health services, non-government organisations or the Dept of Human Services. Giving students the opportunity to interact with practising public health professionals. Students are co-supervised by a member of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences academic staff.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

demonstrate a thorough understanding of quantative research methods in public health;
design, develop and present an original research protocol;
prepare an application for approval by an Ethics Committee;
design and outline methods for validating a questionnaire suitable for data entry; and
write a paper suitable for publication in a peer reviewed journal.

Assessment

Written report 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Robert Hall

Prerequisites

DPH6001 and DPH6002