School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Disaster Health Practice & Humanitarian Relief
  • Unit Code

    DER6104
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Erin SMITH

Description

This unit promotes the development of a practice based understanding of international disaster and humanitarian crises response. International standards and guidelines for humanitarian response will be examined in partnership with contemporary perspectives of humanitarian principles including cultural awareness, communication issues, inter-disciplinary team work and community education.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the complexities of managing mass population emergencies and the role of international community and relief agencies in humanitarian assistance.
  2. Apply international standards and guidelines for assessment, planning, and monitoring in disasters and humanitarian crises to plan appropriate short term health action.
  3. Construct a contemporary perspective of humanitarian principles including health and human rights, international humanitarian law, protection of internally displaced persons and refugees in crises, codes of conduct, and guidelines for disaster and humanitarian crises responses.
  4. Describe the elements, inter-relationships, coordination and minimal standards of the international disaster and humanitarian crises response system.
  5. Develop and implement strategies to address key issues relating to disasters and humanitarian crises.
  6. Investigate and critique the delivery of health care to displaced populations.

Unit Content

  1. Assessing humanitarian action plans.
  2. Developing action plans.
  3. Ethical behavior in the emergency response setting.
  4. Identifying vulnerable groups.
  5. Implementing action plans.
  6. Monitoring response strategies.
  7. Socio-political and cultural context of humanitarian response.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online materials with reflective guided activities and online support from tutors.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationOnline presentation30%
ParticipationDiscussion board posts10%
AssignmentSelf care guidelines60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Disaster Health Practice & Humanitarian Relief
  • Unit Code

    DER6104
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Erin SMITH

Description

This unit promotes the development of a practice based understanding of international disaster and humanitarian crises response. International standards and guidelines for humanitarian response will be examined in partnership with contemporary perspectives of humanitarian principles including cultural awareness, communication issues, inter-disciplinary team work and community education.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the complexities of managing mass population emergencies and the role of international community and relief agencies in humanitarian assistance.
  2. Apply international standards and guidelines for assessment, planning, and monitoring in disasters and humanitarian crises to plan appropriate short term health action.
  3. Construct a contemporary perspective of humanitarian principles including health and human rights, international humanitarian law, protection of internally displaced persons and refugees in crises, codes of conduct, and guidelines for disaster and humanitarian crises responses.
  4. Describe the elements, inter-relationships, coordination and minimal standards of the international disaster and humanitarian crises response system.
  5. Develop and implement strategies to address key issues relating to disasters and humanitarian crises.
  6. Investigate and critique the delivery of health care to displaced populations.

Unit Content

  1. Assessing humanitarian action plans.
  2. Developing action plans.
  3. Ethical behavior in the emergency response setting.
  4. Identifying vulnerable groups.
  5. Implementing action plans.
  6. Monitoring response strategies.
  7. Socio-political and cultural context of humanitarian response.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The foundations of your learning for this subject are provided through the Unit Study Guide, Required Readings, Weekly Discussion Board Forums, Podcasts, and Assignments. The online Discussion Board Forum will allow you to interact with your fellow students who will prove to be a valuable learning resource through the sharing of experiences.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationOnline Quiz40%
ParticipationDiscussion board posts10%
AssignmentSelf care guidelines50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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