NUR5210 Disaster management in healthcare
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
NUR5210 Disaster management in healthcare is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2023 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 1
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before NUR5210
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After NUR5210
No unit lists NUR5210 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit introduces health professionals to the role they play in emergency preparedness and disaster management in local and international settings. Areas of focus include the role in planning, partnerships, disaster response, and delivery of services.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | Flexible |
Assessment
- Virtual presentation (20 minutes)30%
- Online forums (4 forums, 2 posts each after reading)30%
- Essay (3,000 words)Threshold hurdle40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Develop a plan including the essential elements of leadership and management for health professionals in disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery;
- 2
Explain the concept of a safe hospital in disaster and the safe hospital index;
- 3
Analyse strategies for investing in a disaster informed health professional workforce within local and international settings;
- 4
Evaluate the resources available to enhance the resilience of the health professional workforce in disaster;
- 5
Identify when community resilience is compromised and what is needed to build that resilience;
- 6
Analyse the competing issues of core competencies, expanded scope of practice and ethical practice in the context of response for health professionals;
- 7
Conceptualise the value of using a disaster research framework for a research study of a mass casualty incident;
- 8
Identify the special needs of vulnerable populations in disaster situations.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
12 hour of teacher facilitated study including tutorials.
276 hours of teacher directed and self-directed study including online Moodle activities.
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
- Ms Nyree Parker
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Helen Rawson
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for NUR5210?
NUR5210 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is NUR5210 offered?
In 2023, NUR5210 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.
Does NUR5210 have an exam?
No. NUR5210 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.