Internship - PHOP9143
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Course Outline: See Course Outline
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 28
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The internship course (6UOC) aims to provide students enrolled in the Master of of Public Health International (9040), with the opportunity to gain real-world experience in a relevant health organisation through a workplace internship of 6 weeks full-time equivalent duration (168 hours).
During the course, interns will have an opportunity to make valuable contributions to organisational healthcare initiatives that may involve areas such as policy, planning, and evaluation associated with the delivery of healthcare services, or the preparation, appraisal, implementation or evaluation of health related projects. The activities and focus of the internship placement will be relevant to the organisation and student and can be either project or normal operations-based.
On successful completion of the internship placement, students will be able to:
During the course, interns will have an opportunity to make valuable contributions to organisational healthcare initiatives that may involve areas such as policy, planning, and evaluation associated with the delivery of healthcare services, or the preparation, appraisal, implementation or evaluation of health related projects. The activities and focus of the internship placement will be relevant to the organisation and student and can be either project or normal operations-based.
On successful completion of the internship placement, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate capacity to contribute to an organisation within the parameters of an agreed internship placement
- Identify and delineate a significant practice based area for inquiry and focus, within the internship placement
- Systematically collect and synthesise relevant information about the practice based area of inquiry drawing on relevant literature and workplace activities and experiences
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate the outcomes from engagement with the practice based area of inquiry
- Demonstrate capacity for self and professional reflection
- Provide a reflexive interpretation on the implications for future professional practice drawing upon the internship experience and relevant themes within the Masters program
Note: The internship course (6UOC) will be offered in association with Apollo Medvarsity in their affiliated healthcare facilities.
Further Information
- This course is only available to students enrolled in the Master of Public Health (International) 9040. All other Master of Public Health students should enrol in PHCM9143.
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