Overview
Investigates a selection of key health issues, integrating basic sciences, health psychology, ethics and communication.
This paper progresses students’ understanding of peoples’ interactions with the New Zealand health system and the roles of healthcare workers in the community and healthcare system. Foundational legal and ethical healthcare frameworks and the key principles for healthcare workers and professionals are addressed. The course includes teaching about prevalent physical and mental health conditions.
About this paper
| Paper title | Applied Aspects of Human Health |
|---|---|
| Subject | Community Health Care |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,040.70 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- CMHC 201
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- More information link
More information about the Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHealSc).
- Teaching staff
Dr Judith Sligo (Convenor) and a range of expert guest lecturers.
- Paper Structure
The paper has five modules addressing key components of the course:
- Health and the health system
- People in the community
- Stages of life
- Comorbity
- Mental Health
- Teaching Arrangements
Teaching involves five lectures a fortnight and a weekly tutorial. These are interactive and encourage student critical thought, participation and teamwork.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper. A course book is provided and key readings are placed on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of illness, injury and disability in adults
- Effectively prepare and deliver presentations to professional and patient groups
- Independently research and prepare patient information
- Effectively and professionally be able to interview patients and their families with support
- Demonstrate a knowledge of what support services are available and how to refer
- Articulate proficiency of knowledge in order to negotiate care
- Work effectively and professionally with people to assess needs and identify services
- Assimilate, filter and critically analyse a broad range of information
- Conduct research by recognising when information is needed
- Demonstrate skills in human interaction to:
- Work with individuals and their families/whānau to identify needs and access services
- Communicate with competence across all media
- Demonstrate an understanding of and a commitment to ethical knowledge and practice
- Assessment details
- Two written assignments: each worth 20% of the total final grade
- One presentation worth 10% of the total final grade
- A three-hour exam, worth 50% of the total final grade