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 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2023 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 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: M6007, M6021, M4005
From 23/08/2023 Prohibition is MPH5269.
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 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 5 | Monash Online | Online |
Assessment
- Contribution to weekly online tasksCompetency hurdle45%
- Not less than 2 written assignments totaling 3,000 wordsThreshold hurdle55%
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
Off-campus: 20 hours per week for 6 weeks.
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 2023 handbook.
Does MPH5301 have an exam?
No. MPH5301 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.