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 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Other periods
- Monash Online
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5301
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5301
No unit lists MPH5301 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
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 students 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 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 4 | Monash Online | Mo |
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
Off-campus: 20 hours per week for 6 weeks.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Micaela Drieberg
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Jane Banaszak-Holl
- Ms Micaela Drieberg
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 2020 handbook.