MPH5252 Global health care delivery: principles and challenges
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5252 Global health care delivery: principles and challenges is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
Understanding global health in a modern, globalised world has never been more challenging or significant. Global health lies at the nexus of global patterns of biological and social disorder and the need for effective, integrated and practical global health care delivery is crucial and immediate.
Students will explore global health care delivery using a practical, human rights based approach. It will include critical analysis of the impacts of globalisation on human health, postcolonial frameworks for global health understanding and the governance structures that oversee global health.
It will also analyse factors contribute to global health inequality and assist in development of intercultural competence. Topics for discussion will include: barriers to migrant and refugee health care; the impacts of development, AID and colonisation on global health care; the relationships between neoliberalism and neglected diseases; and the successes and failures of global health governance.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
Assessment
- Critical reflections discussion forum (2,400 words)Threshold hurdle40%
- Oral presentation (10 minutes)15%
- Oral presentation - peer review (300 words)5%
- Essay (2400 words)40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain human rights based approaches to global health care delivery
- 2
Critically analyse impacts of globalisation on human health and consider the ethics of globalisation
- 3
Develop intercultural competence in health care
- 4
Analyse and predict factors contributing to global health inequity
- 5
Apply postcolonial frameworks to global healthcare issues
- 6
Investigate and critique current governance structures for complex global health issues
Workload and teaching
12 hours per week comprised of a mix of directed and self-directed learning plus attendance at 2 day block
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Maithri Peiris Goonetilleke
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Maithri Peiris Goonetilleke
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5252?
MPH5252 has no prerequisites.
When is MPH5252 offered?
In 2021, MPH5252 runs in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital.
Does MPH5252 have an exam?
No. MPH5252 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.