MPH5277 Practical data management
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5277 Practical data management is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Alfred Hospital
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5277
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After MPH5277
No unit lists MPH5277 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in a Postgraduate degree
Overview
Managing health data has never been more challenging or significant. Data now plays a pivotal role in health care provision, discovery and research.
As health data becomes more widely accessible, it is essential that health data users can identify high quality data and understand the implications of poor data management.
In this unit, students will explore health data management using a practical, skills-based approach. Students will be guided through the process and pitfalls of health data management from project inception to final data analysis for a hypothetical study. Practical skills will be developed through the completion of weekly data management tasks and coding exercises.
Topics covered include: data management for project set-up, data collection design and pitfalls, data querying and cleaning, handling tricky data, interim data reporting and preparing for data analysis.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Alfred Hospital | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Develop and implement a data management workflow from a project protocol
- 2
Interpret the role of data management in identifying and supporting operational KPIs
- 3
Design and construct interim data reports
- 4
Summarise the barriers to data quality and the impact upon analysis
- 5
Apply new knowledge of data quality and monitoring to synthesize an analysis data set
- 6
Apply knowledge and skills of user experience to create a data set handbook
Workload and teaching
6 hours of teacher-directed learning activities per week, and 6 hours of self-directed study per week, plus 2 compulsory on-campus Block Days.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Yayehirad Melsew
- Mrs Angela Brennan
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Yayehirad Melsew
- Mrs Angela Brennan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5277?
None, but you must take MPH5040 before or alongside it.
When is MPH5277 offered?
In 2020, MPH5277 runs in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital.