Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical 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

    Psychological Effects of Disaster
  • Unit Code

    DER6105
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit develops knowledge of the psychosocial impact of the disaster and post disaster environment. The effects on rescuer wellbeing and survivors of a disaster will be examined with a focus on the crisis phases and critical incident stress debriefings.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe and discuss the disaster and post disaster environments.
  2. Describe the phases of a crisis and how to manage a scene with multiple fatalities.
  3. Identify and analyse the key issues relating to disasters and humanitarian crises.
  4. Plan and implement strategies to relieve rescuer stressors and those of disaster survivors.

Unit Content

  1. Implementing intervention plans.
  2. Planning interventions.
  3. Post incident follow up.
  4. Special populations involved in disasters.
  5. Stressors and individual responses.
  6. Survivor and rescuer psychosocial response to disaster.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCritical Literature Review40%
ProjectCase Studies60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical Literature Review40%
ProjectCase Studies60%

Text References

  • ^ Hogan, D.E., & Burstein, J.L. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • ^ Lindell, M.K., Prater, C., & Perry, R.W. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • Toigi, J., & Toigo, M. (2003). Disaster recovery planning: Preparing for the unthinkable. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Posner, R. (2004). Catastrophe: Risk and response. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • LaValla, R., & Erwin, C. (2005). Blueprint for community emergency management: A text for managing. Washington, DC: ERI International.
  • Hite, M. (2003). The emergency manager of the future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
  • Halfer, J. (2003). EMS and the law. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlet Publishers.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Journal References

  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • American Journal of Law & Medicine

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


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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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical 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

    Psychological Effects of Disaster
  • Unit Code

    DER6105
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit develops knowledge of the psychosocial impact of the disaster and post disaster environment. The effects on rescuer wellbeing and survivors of a disaster will be examined with a focus on the crisis phases and critical incident stress debriefings.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe and discuss the disaster and post disaster environments.
  2. Describe the phases of a crisis and how to manage a scene with multiple fatalities.
  3. Identify and analyse the key issues relating to disasters and humanitarian crises.
  4. Plan and implement strategies to relieve rescuer stressors and those of disaster survivors.

Unit Content

  1. Implementing intervention plans.
  2. Planning interventions.
  3. Post incident follow up.
  4. Special populations involved in disasters.
  5. Stressors and individual responses.
  6. Survivor and rescuer psychosocial response to disaster.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCritical Literature Review40%
ProjectCase Studies60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical Literature Review40%
ProjectCase Studies60%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M.K., Prater, C., & Perry, R.W. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Hogan, D.E., & Burstein, J.L. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Toigi, J., & Toigo, M. (2003). Disaster recovery planning: Preparing for the unthinkable. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Posner, R. (2004). Catastrophe: Risk and response. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • LaValla, R., & Erwin, C. (2005). Blueprint for community emergency management: A text for managing. Washington, DC: ERI International.
  • Hite, M. (2003). The emergency manager of the future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
  • Halfer, J. (2003). EMS and the law. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlet Publishers.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Journal References

  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • American Journal of Law & Medicine

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


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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