Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
This course challenges you to engage robustly with questions about what is good and right (and why) in public health policy and practice. You will develop your ability to critique and participate effectively in debates about what matters – and what is morally justified - in efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of communities and populations. You will develop the knowledge and confidence to identify value-based assumptions as you examine a range of real-world health problems and practice justifying and objecting to different strategies for addressing them
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will explore the key concepts and forms of critical reasoning used to discuss the ethical and political appropriateness of efforts to address the health and wellbeing of communities and populations. It will engage students in reflection and debate about a range of contested issues that arise in public health policy and practice (including the provision of state funding for health services). The selection of issues will depend partly on topicality and on student interest but might include, for example: notions of responsibility in 'lifestyle', corporate and state behaviours; compulsion in the management of communicable diseases; fairness in responses to social/global inequalities in health.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 37 | |
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Students are asked to write a 2000 word essay framed as an argument to highlight their position, based on evidence from the literature, on a debated topic of their choice chosen from a list of possible topics. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 28 | Feedback Weeks | 29 | |
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This assessment is a computer-based test, which assesses three of the four learning outcomes for this course. The test includes multiple choice and short answer questions. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 35 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 32 | Feedback Weeks | 34 | |
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This assessment involves students completing a 15 minute presentation on a topic area of their choice, followed by up to 5 minutes for questions from the audience. The presentation is based on a critical reflection of an article related to values and ethics in public health. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Feedback | The method of resit for this course will be a written examination lasting 2 hours. | |||
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