HEALTH SCIENCES

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr F Marshall

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

1. An introduction to concepts concerned with health from a variety of intellectual approaches, to include sociological, biological, psychological, environmental and economic viewpoints.


2. To follow this, the subjects covered will be topic based, covering issues to include measuring health, health policy, health and the family, public health, health promotion, health care research, disability, nutrition and health in developing countries. In each case the topic will be considered from the perspectives outlined at (1).

Structure

2 one-hour lectures and one-hour self-directed learning each week and 1 one-hour tutorial each fortnight.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 ninety minute examination (60%) and in-course assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms S Fielding

Pre-requisites

HE 1001

Co-requisites

Working knowledge of the computer and Web navigation skills.

Overview

This course includes the following topics: descriptive statistics; measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability; probability distributions; relative frequency distributions; sampling distributions; binomial distribution; normal distribution; the student t distribution; the Chi-square distribution; estimation using cofidence intervals; hypothesis testing; linear regression and correlation.

Structure

This is an online course. For tutor-students online sessions, tutors will be available online at advertised in advance time. There will be student-to-student sessions (group work), 3 hours of face-to-face lectures and 2 hour tutorial.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (30%); 1 two-hour computer practical (30%); continuous assessment (30%), online assessment (10%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%); 1 two-hour computer practical (30%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

At least 200 credit points including 1st and 2nd year Health Science core courses or permission from Course Co-ordinator.

Notes

Available only to students in programme year 3 and above.

Overview

Literature review; research styles, formulating a research question; study design; sampling; interviewing; observation; questionnaire design; ethics in research; writing a research proposal; data collection and analysis; writing up research; uses of research and dissemination; theoretical approaches.

Structure

1 three-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: In-course assessment (100%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

At least 200 credit points including 1st and 2nd year Health Science core courses or permission from Course Co-ordinator.

Overview

Social aspects (Health and illness in the context of social structure); cultural aspects (definition of reality in diagnosis and treatment); personal aspects (the experiences of sickness and of caring for a relative); political and economic aspects (health services and planning).

Structure

1 three-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%) and in-course assessment: 1 essay (50%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

Overview

Four major sociological areas will be covered in the course:

1. Inequality – an examination of the relationship of health to age, gender, race and socio-economic status;


2. Definitions of reality – in diagnosis and treatment of ill health. In particular stress and handicap will be considered;


3. Organisation of health care – different health care systems will be examined, and their effect on the health status of populations;


4. Power – an analysis of the position in society of both of health care systems and health care professionals.

Structure

1 three-hour seminar per week, and 3 one-hour tutorials per semester.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (50%)and in-course assessment (50%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr D Pang (Epidemiology) Dr L Aucott (Medical Statistics)

Pre-requisites

At least 200 credit points including 1st and 2nd year Health Science core courses or permission from Course Co-ordinator.

Overview

Epidemiology & Demography: Basic concepts and terminology in epidemiology; introduction to demography; measuring and comparing the health of populations; routine sources of health data; incidence and prevalence; conducting epidemiological studies; association and causality; bias and confounding; interpreting epidemiological data.

Medical Statistics: Interpreting figures and tables; relative risk and odds ratio; statistical analysis of epidemiological studies; statistical inferences and hypothesis testing.

Structure

1 three-hour seminar per week plus statistical practicals.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (60%) and in-course assessment (40%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Dr F Marshall

Pre-requisites

At least 200 credit points including 1st and 2nd year Health Science core courses or permission from Course Co-ordinator.

Notes

Available only to students in programme year 3 or above.

Overview

Students will select an organisation for attachment; attend the organisation’s activities over 36 hours; write and present a report on the organisation.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Written report (50%) and presentation (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms F Douglas

Pre-requisites

At least 200 credit points including 1st and 2nd year core courses.

Notes

Available only to students in programme year 3 or above.

Overview

Concepts of health and health promotion; identifying needs and priorities for health promotion; health education (models and approaches); lifestyle surveys and community analysis; prevention of coronary heart disease; screening (effectiveness); community participation; workshop; role of the mass media; smoking.

Structure

1 three-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 one and a half-hour written examination (50%) and in-course assessment (50%).

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr L Masson

Pre-requisites

360 credit points BI 20P2 or BI 25M1 or BI 25P2 , HE 3010, HE 3015, HE 3511, HE 3508 and HE 3514.

Overview

This is the taught component of an honours year in the BSc Health Sciences Programme and must be followed by HE 4502. Topics are: Foundation for Nutrition, Dietary Assessment, Nutrient Metabolism, Growth and Nutritional Status, Energy Balance and Diet and Health.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 2 two-hour examination (70%) and 6 continuous assessments (3 practical exercises, 2 essays and 1 literature assignment) (30%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr A Poobalan

Pre-requisites

Available only to candidates for Honours in Health Care.

Overview

Topics include: Formulating a research question; research designs for health care evaluation; sampling and sample size; criteria for evaluation; design of data collection instruments, data management, analysis and reporting the findings; qualitative approaches to health services research; systematic reviews and meta-analysis; critical appraisal of articles; getting research findings into practice; writing a research protocol.

Structure

One three-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: In-course assessment (60%) and written examination (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr V Watson

Pre-requisites

Available only to candidates for Honours in Health Care.

Overview

Topics will include: basic principles of opportunity cost; economic
definitions and approaches to assessing "need"; distinguishing between
different techniques of economic evaluation; how to measure the costs and
effects of health care inventions; concepts of marginal analysis,
discounting and sensitivity analysis; critical appraisal of articles on
economic evaluations of health care; the health behaviours of individuals;
the organisation and financing of health services; priority setting and
resource allocation; and equity in health and health care.

Structure

1 two-hour lecture/seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: in-course assessment (50%) and 1 two-hour examination (50%).

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr L Masson

Pre-requisites

HE4502. Available only to candidates for Honours in Human Nutrition in the BSc Health Sciences course.

Overview

A project which can be survey, laboratory, clinic or library-based, according to students’ individual interests.
Assessment by project report and oral examination. This comprises 50% of the Honours year project.

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

Open to part-time Honours students taking Health Care Option.

Overview

Under close supervision from a member of staff, students develop a research problem, which they will attempt to solve with the collection and analysis of original data. Students formulate their research problem, review the relevant literature and formulate their research strategy, with an appropriate defence of the techniques/methods to be used.

Assessment

1st Attempt: One written paper (100%).

Credit Points

40

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

Open to part-time Honours students taking Health Care Option.

Overview

Under close supervision from a member of staff, students develop a research problem, which they will attempt to solve with the collection and analysis of original data. Students formulate their research problem, review the relevant literature and formulate their research strategy, with an appropriate defence of the techniques/methods to be used.

Assessment

1st Attempt: One written paper (100%).

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

Under close supervision from a member of staff, students develop a research problem, which they will attempt to solve with the collection and analysis of original data. Students formulate their research problem, review the relevant literature and formulate their research strategy, with an appropriate defence of the techniques/methods to be used.

Assessment

1st Attempt: One written paper (100%).

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

Overview

Under close supervision from a member of staff, students develop a research problem, which they will attempt to solve with the collection and analysis of original data. Students formulate their research problem, review the relevant literature and formulate their research strategy, with an appropriate defence of the techniques/methods to be used.

Assessment

1st Attempt: One written paper (100%).

Credit Points

60

Course Coordinator

Dr S Brindle

Pre-requisites

Overview

Under close supervision from a member of staff, students develop a research problem, which they will attempt to solve with the collection and analysis of original data. Students formulate their research problem, review the relevant literature and formulate their research strategy, with an appropriate defence of the techniques/methods to be used.

Assessment

1st Attempt: One written paper (100%).