Course Coordinator: Adriana Milazzo
Phone: +61 8303 0199
Email: adriana.milazzo@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 9, AHMS Building, North Terrace, Adelaide

Student & Program Support Services Hub
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Phone: +61 8313 0273

	Describe measures of the global burden of disease and global health disparities
	Describe and characterise a range of transnational and global public health challenges
	Describe the role of international agencies and how these articulate with national agencies to address global health challenges through coordinated global health action
	Explain how social, economic and environmental determinants of health impact on global health challenges
	Explain the impact of globalisation on global burden of disease and injury
	Identify and critically evaluate the health system and health policy levers that can be used to improve health outcomes in developing (low and middle income) countries
	Demonstrate an awareness of intercultural and ethical issues in responding to global health challenges

There is no set textbook for this course. All resources, including links to journal articles and reading lists, will be disseminated via MyUni.

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The primary means of communication outside of formal contact hours will be via MyUni. Announcements and discussion boards will be the main method of communicating with the student cohort. Course material will be supported by online resources via MyUni. Material will be sequentially released in line with the teaching and learning activities in each week.

The six day intensive winter school will use a mix of short presentation, student discussion (face to face or online) in groups and plenary, guest speakers, and practical skill building exercises.

Topics to be to covered will include:

· social, economic, and environmental determinants of global health and health inequalities

· global burden of disease, illness and injury

· architecture and levers of health and health-relevant systems and health service delivery in developed and developing countries

· global health challenges (e.g. climate change, food and water scarcity, emerging infectious diseases and pandemics)

· communicable and non-communicable diseases

· north–south power dynamics

· linkages between local and global health problems

· roles of international organisations

· coordinated global public health action

· impact of globalisation on global health outcomes

· intercultural competency

· sustainable development goals

 

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ASSESSMENT TASK	TASK TYPE	WEIGHTING	COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
Quizzes	Summative	15%	1-6
Essay 1(1000-1200 words)	Summative	25%	1-3,7
Essay 2 (2000 words)	Summative	30%	6
Group assignment	Summative	20%	1-7
Participation	Summative	10%	1-7

Quizzes (15%) Quizzes covering concepts addressed in the lectures and reading materials.

Essay 1 (25%) 1000-1200 word essay describing a global public health challenge and critically evaluating the role of international and
local agencies in responding to it.

Essay 2 (30%) 2000 word essay describing the organization, structure, function and financing of health care and public health systems and how this impacts health outcomes using examples from different countries.

Group presentation (20%) The group will identify the social, economic and environmental determinants of a selected global health
challenge, explain how globalisation impacts on the problem, and recommend strategies which could be used to tackle the problem.

Participation (10%) Participation in class discussions, exercises.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission.   Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds.  Supporting documentation must be provided at the time a student requests an extension.  Without documentation, extensions will not be granted.  Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer
that provides an assessment of compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the student’s situation.  The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact on the student.  Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits.  In the case of late assignments where no extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted.  If an assignment that is 2 days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%.  If that same assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual University deadlines.
 
Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process  <https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/grievance/process/>.  Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance.  This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result.  Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling
of reasons.