FOR5009 Advanced issues in sexual violence
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
FOR5009 Advanced issues in sexual violence is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Southbank. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Southbank
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before FOR5009
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After FOR5009
No unit lists FOR5009 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
Developing and implementing adult sexual assault services must be founded upon evidence based clinical practice and an understanding of a variety of perspectives. Advanced Issues in Sexual Violence will provide insight into a variety of perspectives of adult sexual assault including local, national and international.
The following topics will be taught within this unit:
- Patient, counselling, policing and legal perspectives of sexual violence.
- Global aspects of sexual assault.
- Sexual assault medical service provision; theory, models and practice.
- Quality assurance in the provision of sexual assault services.
- Vicarious trauma theory and practice.
- Sexual violence research, key issues, data and sources.
On successful completion of the unit, you will be expected to have developed a broad knowledge of the published data in relation to local, national and international perspectives of adult sexual assault. You will have acquired the knowledge and skills required to provide input into the delivery of adult sexual assault medical services and teaching programs.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Southbank | Online |
Assessment
- AssignmentWrittenCompetency hurdle30%
- Participation in a topic related debateExerciseCompetency hurdle10%
- PresentationCompetency hurdle20%
- Dissertation and oral structured interviewProjectCompetency hurdle40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Recommend actions related to victims of sexual violence in terms of counselling, policing and legal perspectives;
- 2
Assess sexual violence in a global context;
- 3
Evaluate issues relating to sexual assault medical service provision, considering theory, models and practice;
- 4
Identify issues in quality assurance in the provision of sexual assault services;
- 5
Apply medical and psychological skills in dealing with vicarious trauma prevention and management;
- 6
Interpret sexual violence research, key issues, data and sources.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Richard Bassed
- Unit Coordinators
- Maaike Moller
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FOR5009?
FOR5009 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is FOR5009 offered?
In 2025, FOR5009 runs in Semester 2 at Southbank, with an online option.
Does FOR5009 have an exam?
No. FOR5009 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.