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Unit of Study PBHL1003 - Foundations of Health and Health Care Systems (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Introduces students to the key issues and theoretical concepts into the organisation and function of the Australian health care system. Public health approaches and models of health care are explored. Students learn how health is shaped by social, political, environmental, cultural and economic factors, and how that knowledge shapes effective health care. Lastly, health informatics, emerging health technologies and current and future directions in healthcare will be presented.

Unit content

  1. The Australian healthcare and international healthcare systems
  2. Social determinants of health
  3. Public health and policy
  4. Global health (Climate change, Planetary Health & Sustainability)
  5. Emerging health technologies
  6. Responding to current challenges and future directions of healthcare

 

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Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term1,3
Term1,3
Gold Coast
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4
Lismore
Term1,3
Term1,3
Online
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify the structures, funding and models of care within the Australian healthcare system and within the broader context of international healthcare

describe the role of social determinants and health literacy in the health of Australians

cooperatively communicate the impact of various health policies, priorities and frameworks on health promotion and health service delivery in Australia

examine the current and future directions of healthcare within the context of health technologies and global health issues

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