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 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- Exam 35%
- and 2 other tasks
This is the 2023 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 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: 4529, M6021
As from 23/08/2023 Prohibitions are PHI5309 and MPH5241.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
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 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 6 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Infographic (1 page plus references)25%
- Open book, online exam (25 MCQ, 6 SAQ, 1 LAQ)35%
- Workplace report (2,400 words)40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Analyse the human and economic cost and causes of workplace injury and death in Australia;
- 2
Critically appraise contemporary Work Health and Safety (WHS) data sources;
- 3
Describe the theoretical underpinnings of various injury models and their use within Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems;
- 4
Contextualise the legal framework applying to the workplace;
- 5
Communicate the fundamental principles of WHS practice
- 6
Analyse the WHS impacts of contemporary and changing work patterns and new and emerging challenges.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
24 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
- 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 2023 handbook.
Does MPH5309 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 35% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.