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

    Disaster recovery
  • Unit Code

    DER6107
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit aims to provide the student with the strategic skill set to develop and implement a recovery plan. National and international major incidents and disaster response planning will be examined in a case based learning modality to analyse and critique the effectiveness of recovery operations. This will be in the context of the role of the health system and the health practitioner within these operations.

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 health strategies that may require management for a range of major incidents or disasters.
  2. Critically analyse how recovery planning acts as a function of mitigation and capacity building.
  3. Develop recovery planning needs prior to a disaster.
  4. Evaluate contemporary community health recovery plans.
  5. Prepare and implement disaster recovery plans for a variety of political, cultural and socio economic environments.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary community health recovery planning.
  2. Developing a recovery plan.
  3. Health strategies for major incidents and disasters.
  4. Implementing disaster recovery plans.
  5. Miitigation and capacity building.
  6. Political, cultural and socio economic environment issues affecting recovery disaster operations.

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%
ProjectRecovery plan60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectRecovery plan60%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M., Prater, C. & Perry, R. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Eburn, M. (2005). Emergency law: Rights, liabilities and duties of emergency workers & volunteers (2nd ed.). Leichhardt: The Federation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Toigi, J. & Toigo, M. (2003). Disaster recovery planning: Preparing for the unthinkable. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.
  • Elliott, D., Swartz, E. & Brahim, H. (Eds.). (2001). Business continuity management: A crisis management approach. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Templeman, D. (2002). Emergency legislation in Western Australia. Perth, WA: Government Printer.
  • Furrows, B. (2004). Health law: Cases, materials and problems (5th ed.). Saint Paul, Minn: West Group Publishing.

Journal References

  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • 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

    Disaster recovery
  • Unit Code

    DER6107
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit aims to provide the student with the strategic skill set to develop and implement a recovery plan. National and international major incidents and disaster response planning will be examined in a case based learning modality to analyse and critique the effectiveness of recovery operations. This will be in the context of the role of the health system and the health practitioner within these operations.

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 health strategies that may require management for a range of major incidents or disasters.
  2. Critically analyse how recovery planning acts as a function of mitigation and capacity building.
  3. Develop recovery planning needs prior to a disaster.
  4. Evaluate contemporary community health recovery plans.
  5. Prepare and implement disaster recovery plans for a variety of political, cultural and socio economic environments.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary community health recovery planning.
  2. Developing a recovery plan.
  3. Health strategies for major incidents and disasters.
  4. Implementing disaster recovery plans.
  5. Miitigation and capacity building.
  6. Political, cultural and socio economic environment issues affecting recovery disaster operations.

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%
ProjectRecovery plan60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review40%
ProjectRecovery plan60%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M., Prater, C. & Perry, R. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Eburn, M. (2005). Emergency law: Rights, liabilities and duties of emergency workers & volunteers (2nd ed.). Leichhardt: The Federation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Toigi, J. & Toigo, M. (2003). Disaster recovery planning: Preparing for the unthinkable. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.
  • Elliott, D., Swartz, E. & Brahim, H. (Eds.). (2001). Business continuity management: A crisis management approach. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Templeman, D. (2002). Emergency legislation in Western Australia. Perth, WA: Government Printer.
  • Furrows, B. (2004). Health law: Cases, materials and problems (5th ed.). Saint Paul, Minn: West Group Publishing.

Journal References

  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • 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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