HSC2100 Current health challenges
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
HSC2100 Current health challenges is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2023 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- Exam 40%
- and 3 other tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before HSC2100
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After HSC2100
No unit lists HSC2100 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in an Undergraduate Degree
Prohibition: HSC3011
Must have passed 12 credit points
Overview
This unit explores key emerging challenges in health at the national and global levels. A case study approach is used to explore current issues facing health systems, including the causes, consequences, and approaches used to address the issues.
Causes are considered at the behavioural, social, cultural, political and environmental levels. A public health and/or systems thinking perspective is taken to describe and critically appraise initiatives to address identified issues.
Specific challenges which will be the focus of this unit will change over time in line with contemporary and emerging issues, but for example may include: obesity, population ageing, climate change, emerging infectious diseases and mental health, terrorism, and natural disasters.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Case study (900 words)15%
- Group presentation (20 minutes)20%
- Critical appraisal (1,500 words)25%
- Examination (2 hours and 10 minutes)Threshold hurdle40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Analyse the behavioural, social and cultural, environmental and political determinants that contribute to selected emerging challenges in health.
- 2
Explain and apply the basic principles of a systems thinking approach to emerging health challenges.
- 3
Identify and appraise public health principles and approaches to control, prevent or otherwise address selected emerging challenges.
- 4
Analyse the implications of selected emerging challenges for the delivery of health care and structure and functions of health systems.
- 5
Describe and explain basic risk and emergency management principles.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial, 3 hours of directed online student learning activities, plus 6 hours of self-directed study per week.
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
- Associate Professor Charles Livingstone
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Charles Livingstone
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for HSC2100?
HSC2100 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is HSC2100 offered?
In 2023, HSC2100 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
Does HSC2100 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 40% of the final mark, alongside 3 other tasks.