Unit Outline

This broad unit introduces students to the interrelationship between health law and ethics, strategic planning, financial resource management and health policy development. It aims to help students develop a clear understanding of the dynamics of the healthcare environment and the importance of a partnership approach amongst health and human service agencies. It provides managers with the tools to analyse change and develop effective strategies for managing in a rapidly changing healthcare environment and influencing system change. Participants are expected to draw on relevant empirical and theoretical work as well as reflecting on their own workplace and lived experience as they investigate and deepen their understanding of health and human service management.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Evaluate complex legal and ethical issues in the health and human service context.
2.	Articulate and defend positions on a range of clinical/service delivery issues at the intersection of healthcare policy, law and ethics in a respectful manner that acknowledges contrasting perspectives.
3.	Critically reflect on health system policy development and implementation including the impact on your workplace.
4.	Apply strategic and financial management principles to the management of health and human services and consider their impact
5.	Critically reflect upon your own managerial practice related to using strategic management principles to resolve legal, ethical and professional issues arising in clinical practice, service delivery, and community development.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

This unit has been updated to include: a) more variety in the delivery of unit content; b) additional support in preparing for assessments; and, c) updates to the final two assessments to ensure they reflect the diversity of health and human service workplace contexts that our students come from.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Discussion Board participation	See the MyLO site for the due date	25 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 2:	Legal Case Study	Week 5	25 %	LO1, LO2, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Essay	Week 8	25 %	LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	Reflective Essay	Week 13	25 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Discussion Board participation

Task Description:

During the semester the unit coordinator will post a series of separate discussion board tasks and each student will be expected to participate in all of them.

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	A rubric will be available on MyLO	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 2: Legal Case Study

Task Description:

Legal Case Study

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.