31 October 2016

Dr Jessie GunsonFirst Year Coordinator, Bachelor Health Sciences

Health & Exercise Sciences

University Extension Studies Presentation

UES – Health Sciences topics• HLTH1305 and HLTH1306

‘Health Practitioner Practice

1 & 2’

• Solid foundation in

understanding the social

context of health and health

care in Australia

• …and we’re just next

door!!

• 2 topics over year = 20

units towards ATAR

• Credited if you gained

entry to Bachelor of

Health Sciences in the

future

Semester 1 HLTH1305 Health Practitioner Practice 1

• Structure and function of the Australian health care system

• Division of labour in health care across the various disciplines and the

impact this has on practice and multidisciplinary care

• Encourage students to commence development of their own identity as

a potential future health professional

• Introduce UK and USA health care systems as comparative systems

• Examine various modes of shared/multi disciplinary care in the light of

increased consumer demand, the mal-distribution of health

professionals and other factors that have impacted on supply and

demand.

Semester 2 HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2

• Expose students to the tension between the patient's lived experience

of illness and the boundaries of professional practice

• Assist students to assimilate knowledge of the lived experience with

critical analysis of professional practice as found in practice guidelines

• Explore how certain social concepts (eg., deinstitutionalisation and

medicalisation) that underpin practice form the basis for understanding

professional care of specific population groups. Eg Indigenous peoples

• Provide students with knowledge and skills for critically analysing

qualitative research accounts of illness and practice

• Equip students with the skills and processes used in the production of

evidence-based knowledge as found in systematic literature reviews.

Assessment?!

• No exams!

• Group work &

presentations

• Written assignments

• Creative and reflective

work

Background of the BHSAs a standalone degree:

• A well-rounded, interdisciplinary

health foundation to prepare students

for a variety of jobs within the health

care space, particularly in areas of:

– Health Education, Health Promotion, Public Health,

Disability, Health Management, Health Policy, Life Sciences

and Nutrition.

• Plus the prerequisites, research and analytical skills to prepare

students for postgraduate study in health related

Honours, Masters and Doctorate (PhD) degrees.

Flexible & transferrable skills…

…that prepare you for uncertainty & complexity

Health Promotion

Disability & Community Rehabilitation

Health Management

Life Sciences

Nutrition

Public and Environmental Health

Therapy Studies

BHS MAJORS

BHS/ BBusiness (Human Resources

Management) NEW! (4 years)

BHS/ BNursing (Disability, Health Promotion,

Health Management) (4 years)

BHS/ BCommerce (Accounting) (4 years)

BHS/ BEducation (Middle and Secondary

Schooling) (4 years)

BHS/ GDipEnvironmental Health Practice (4

years)

BHS/ MPhysiotherapy (5 years)

BHS/ MOccupational Therapy (5 years)

BHS Combined/Double Degrees

• Medicine

• Physiotherapy

• Occupational Therapy

• Dietetics

• FlindersLink and tertiary

applications – degrees

such as Paramedic

Science

• Honours

BHS Pathways to elsewhere…

…the BHS could equip you for a role

that has not even been invented yet!!

HES CONTACTS

hes.student@flinders.edu.auBHS Student Advisor – Kate Sieber

BHS Course Coordinator – Dr Christopher Barton

christopher.barton@flinders.edu.au

BHS First Year Coordinator – Dr Jessie Gunson

jessie.gunson@flinders.edu.au

Flinders UES

http://study.flinders.edu.au/schools-and-

teachers/extension-studies/

Health & Exercise Sciences

http://www.flinders.edu.au/sohs/sites/social-

health-sciences/

More info