HSM403 Health and Aged Services Development (8)
Abstract|
This subject prepares students to develop and improve health, aged, paramedicine and other health related services. Students will develop an understanding of a variety of methods for identifying community need, and how to use demographic, performance and health status data. A key focus is on being able to translate ideas into tangible improvements through an understanding of change and project management. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Distance | Bathurst Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: HSM403
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Biomedical Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions|
Available only to postgraduate students in aged care, pre-hospital care and health management related courses |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to apply a stakeholder consultation framework to inform health, aged care or prehospital care service development.
- be able to demonstrate an ability to access, represent and analyse basic demographic, performance, health and service data to inform the introduction of a significant change to a health, aged care or prehospital care service
- be able to demonstrate an ability to apply a public health or population based perspective to the introduction of a significant change to a health, aged care or prehospital care service.
- be able to formulate a project plan that incudes a communication strategy to guide a service development project.
- be able to develop and critically analyse strategies related to service development by drawing on change management and leadership theories.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Health, aged care and prehospital care systems
- The changing health, aged care and prehospital care landscape
- Approaches to health, aged care and prehospital care development
- Stakeholder consultation
- Service demand and supply
- Community mapping
- Planning and leading change
- Communication within the context of service development
- Project management
- Resourcing
- Monitoring and evaluation
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
