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

    Advanced Emergency Management Response
  • Unit Code

    DER6106
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit applies the principles of disaster and emergency health practice in the context of the provision of organisational leadership during critical events such as disasters and multicasualty incidents. It will introduce and explore the advanced clinical practice required in the context of critical incidents and provide students with the skill and knowledge to provide team leadership at major events whilst considering the cultural, political and social issues associated with a local or international incident.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On campus: Online delivery supported by on campus workshop.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and critique the political, cultural and socio economic contexts of communities and disaster.
  2. Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response.
  3. Coordinate resources within a multi-agency emergency response.
  4. Describe the complications of managing children within the disaster health context.
  5. Manage media requirements at a major incident.
  6. Manage organisational communication strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Command issues within a multi-agency emergency response team.
  2. Complications of managing children within the disaster health context.
  3. Coordination of resources within a multi-agency emergency response.
  4. Managing media requirements and communication strategies.
  5. Political, cultural and socio economic contexts of communities and 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
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectModule assessments60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectModule assessments60%

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.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Posner, R. (2004). Catastrophe: Risk and response. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Montgomery, J. (2005). Health care law (2nd ed.). 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.

Journal References

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

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

    Advanced Emergency Management Response
  • Unit Code

    DER6106
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit applies the principles of disaster and emergency health practice in the context of the provision of organisational leadership during critical events such as disasters and multicasualty incidents. It will introduce and explore the advanced clinical practice required in the context of critical incidents and provide students with the skill and knowledge to provide team leadership at major events whilst considering the cultural, political and social issues associated with a local or international incident.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On campus: Online delivery supported by on campus workshop.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and critique the political, cultural and socio economic contexts of communities and disaster.
  2. Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response.
  3. Coordinate resources within a multi-agency emergency response.
  4. Describe the complications of managing children within the disaster health context.
  5. Manage media requirements at a major incident.
  6. Manage organisational communication strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Command issues within a multi-agency emergency response team.
  2. Complications of managing children within the disaster health context.
  3. Coordination of resources within a multi-agency emergency response.
  4. Managing media requirements and communication strategies.
  5. Political, cultural and socio economic contexts of communities and 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
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectModule assessments60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectModule assessments60%

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.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Posner, R. (2004). Catastrophe: Risk and response. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Montgomery, J. (2005). Health care law (2nd ed.). 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.

Journal References

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

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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