MPH5301 Health systems and policy
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5301 Health systems and policy is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2027. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
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Requisites
Before MPH5301
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MPH5301
No unit lists MPH5301 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: M6007, M6021, M4005, B6026
Overview
The aim of this unit is to provide health service managers and public health practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of the major components of national health systems and how health policy is created to adapt and reform these systems.
Over 6 weekly modules you will explore relevant policy theories, stakeholders and policy actors and processes that address major health policy challenges. Each module includes an overview of the relevant concepts and resources, guided readings and online, instructor moderated, discussions of applied issues with student peers.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 5 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Contribution to weekly online tasksWrittenCompetency hurdle45%
- Not less than 2 written assignments totaling 3,000 wordsProjectThreshold hurdle55%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Outline the key structural components of national health systems.
- 2
Analyse the structure of their own health system.
- 3
Apply policy theories to contemporary health policy issues.
- 4
Analyse formal and informal sources of information guiding health system and policy development.
- 5
Analyse policy stakeholders and their policy interests.
- 6
Evaluate the role of the policy making process.
- 7
Critically appraise existing health policies.
- 8
Compose arguments on health systems and policy development.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
24 hours per week including directed and self-directed learning (including any asynchronous and synchronous tasks, prescribed activities and independent work).
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
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Charles Livingstone
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Charles Livingstone
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5301?
MPH5301 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5301 offered?
MPH5301 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
Does MPH5301 have an exam?
No. MPH5301 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.