MPH5274 Public health practicum
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5274 Public health practicum is a level 9, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 and Full year at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2, Full year
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5274
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5274
No unit lists MPH5274 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibitions: M6021, MPH5231, MPH5232, MPH5273
Prerequisites: MPH5040, MPH5041, MPH5213, and MPH5288
Minimum mark of 65 in all units MPH5040, MPH5041, MPH5213, and MPH5288
Co-requisites:
MPH5289
Must be enrolled in course code: M6024
Overview
Employability skills help students manage and develop their careers, and workplace based practicums are an important way to enhance student employability. As well as allowing students to apply knowledge and skills in a professional environment, practicums also provide insight into organisational communication and culture, professional socialisation, and attitudes and behaviours expected within the workplace setting.
This unit is designed as one of the capstone experiences offered within the Master of Public Health (M6024). The unit aims to provide students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have developed in the Master of Public Health in a workplace setting such as a public health related government, non-government or community-based organisation or institution. The Public health practicum is undertaken onsite in a placement within an organisation. The placement within the organisation and the type of work or project undertaken would be orientated towards developing the experience and career interests of the student as well as being relevant to the operational or development needs of the organisation.
Depending on the organisation and placement, students could be involved in public health practice in health protection (communicable disease prevention and control or environmental health investigation), chronic disease prevention, health promotion, health policy, planning or management, or in aspects of public health research and evaluation projects such as in protocol development and establishment of projects, without necessarily undertaking the research project. Additional training that could improve work readiness such as CV preparation or presentation skills would be identified and undertaken within scope of the unit. This would be reflected in the agreed supervisor/student project plan to guide the placement, the outcomes of the placement, and their assessment.
The Public health practicum will also help develop the student’s profile and networks in the field of public health.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
| Full year | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
Assessment
- Project30%
- In class test-
- Mixed mode10%
- Presentation25%
- Report35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Integrate and apply public health knowledge and skills to address a public health issue or problem.
- 2
Apply academic and research integrity and governance principles in a workplace setting.
- 3
Critically evaluate background literature or information relevant to the public health issue or problem.
- 4
Develop and document a project plan including key milestones, deliverables and timelines.
- 5
Analyse and propose practical solutions to problems within the scope of the work based practicum.
- 6
Apply skills of project management including professional communication, stakeholder identification, teamwork, and leadership in a working environment.
- 7
Apply public health skills to generate workplace-appropriate written report/s and written or oral presentation/s
- 8
Apply skills learned in public health to create a job application in the form of a CV and responses to key selection criteria or to develop an online professional profile for the public health field.
Workload and teaching
The Public health practicum is undertaken onsite in a placement within an organisation.
A 12 credit point practicum would involve approximately 20 hours of work-place directed activities plus 4 hours of self-directed study activities per week over a 12 week semester.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Dianna Magliano
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Dianna Magliano
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5274?
MPH5274 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5274 offered?
In 2020, MPH5274 runs in Semester 2 and Full year at Alfred Hospital.
Does MPH5274 have an exam?
No. MPH5274 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.