MPH5269 · Foundations of health policy

Overview

Delivery of health services is underpinned by a framework of health policies and other health system elements. Health professional leaders and managers, and those who aspire to these roles, need to know about these policies and about the process of policy making so that they can understand why a policy is what it is, and how to engage in the policy making process. This unit involves a structured review of policy making processes, key challenges and major issues confronting governments and health systems around the world, and how policy can help address these. Throughout the unit, current Australian policies and senior health policy experts will be drawn on to apply theory to practice.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify the key components of policy development.
2. Analyse formal and informal sources of information guiding policy development.
3. Describe the application of policy theory and process to relevant examples.
4. Critically evaluate and explain the political context of policy development.
5. Effectively communicate complex information related to health policy and its implications.
6. Identify relevant stakeholders and critically analyse and interpret their policy interests.

Workload

Off-campus: 12 hours self-directed study per week, plus 2 block days.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.