UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

MPH5309 Occupational health and safety

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

MPH5309 Occupational health and safety 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 MPH5309

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After MPH5309

No unit lists MPH5309 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: 4529, M6021

Overview

This unit will cover the impacts and human cost of occupational disease and injury, occupational health and safety law, frameworks for primary prevention, workers' compensation systems, occupational rehabilitation, case studies highlighting historical achievements and challenges, international and national occupational health and safety (OHS) organizations.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Teaching period 2Monash OnlineMo

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Analyze and contextualize the human and economic cost and causes of workplace injury and death in Australia.

  2. 2

    Identify contemporary OHS data sources, and evaluate and explain their merits and limitations.

  3. 3

    Describe and evaluate the theoretical underpinnings of various injury models and their use within OHSMS.

  4. 4

    Analyze and contextualize the legal framework for OHS and occupational injury management and its application to OHS practice.

  5. 5

    Identify, contextualize and evaluate the fundamental principles of OHS practice including application of risk management programs, occupational rehabilitation, injury management and total worker health programs in complex environments.

  6. 6

    Analyze and contextualize the OHS impacts of contemporary work patterns emerging challenges.

Workload and teaching

24 hours per week for 6 weeks.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Amanda Sillcock
Chief Examiners
Dr Amanda Sillcock

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for MPH5309?

MPH5309 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is MPH5309 offered?

MPH5309 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available