Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
The University of Notre Dame Australia is committed to delivering an excellent student experience, alongside a high standard of teaching, research, and training. As a leader in ethical education, Notre Dame aims to develop students’ critical reasoning and their ability to make ethical decisions—crucial skills to progressing their careers and leading purposeful lives. At Notre Dame, students navigate their future with an ethical education online.
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Subject details
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- Forms and features of health writing; Health literacy skills; Broadcast and print journalism; AV production and public health communication; Visual display of quantitative data; Planning and evaluating health communications programs; Communication for advocacy and influence.
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-HED-MAS-2023
- UND-HMS-GDI-2023
- UND-HSC-GCE-2023
- UND-PES-GCE-2023
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This course will develop students’ skills to describe, interpret and appraise biomedical data and health information. By using practical scenarios and information available in the public domain, students will acquire the knowledge and the communication tools needed to engage with biomedical science-related issues in a range of contexts.
They will critically examine how science is being presented in the media, evaluate the quality and integrity of the communication of scientific information presented and critique the appropriateness of the communication to the intended audience. Factors that affect health literacy at the individual and population level and strategies that can mitigate these will be explored.
Writing Tasks (40%) Presentation (20%) Portfolio (40%)
- Short Writing Tasks (40%)
- Oral Presentation (20%)
- Health Communication Portfolio (40%)
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