Study method
100% online
Available loans
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
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Subject details
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- Health care as a system
- The health of the Australian population
- Financing health care
- Working in health care
- Shaping health care and the role of government
- Institutional health care
- Public health
- Primary health care
- Pharmaceuticals
- Future directions in health care
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Study resources
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Online materials
- Resources and Links
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In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-HIM-GDI-2019
- CUR-HIM-GCE-2019
- CUR-HIM-MAS-2019
- CUR-MPH-GCE-2019
- CUR-MPH-GDI-2019
- CUR-MPH-MAS-2019
Elective
- CUR-HIM-GCE-2019
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2019
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2019
Special requirements
- EquipmentDetails - Audio/Visual equipment — microphone on computer
Health care systems across the world are facing significant challenges associated with limited resources, changing healthcare needs and rapidly changing technology. This subject takes a systems thinking approach to understanding how healthcare systems are organised to achieve universal objectives such as responsiveness, efficiency, financial protection and quality. Students examine stewardship, financing, resource generation and service delivery as well as the overall performance across all levels of the system, including public health. . Students will also compare different health systems from both developing and developed countries and critically appraise the challenges of delivering healthcare in different political, economic and cultural environments.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Critical comparison report (50%)
- Extended Answers (50%)
- Discussion Board and peer feedback (formative) (0%)
Related degrees
postgraduate CUR-MPH-MAS-2019
Master of Public Health
- Public Health Capstone Stream
- Public Health Research Stream
