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DPH6005 - Doctor of public health: Public health practice

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Coordinator(s)

Dr Robert Hall

Offered

Alfred Hospital

First semester 2016 (Day)
Second semester 2016 (Day)

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