Knowing What Works - Evaluation for Public Health
UndergraduateUAD-PUB2591OUA2024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Knowing What Works - Evaluation for Public Health
About this subject
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Explain major evaluation approaches and their limitations for a range of health interventions.
- Demonstrate professional self-awareness required for evaluation in practice.
- Apply basic health economic concepts to health economic evaluations.
- Identify data sources, data collection and data analysis processes commonly used in evaluation.
- Design a basic evaluation plan for a health intervention, demonstrating awareness of conceptual and practical issues.
- Principles of evaluation (definition, value, key approaches, outcome vs process, vs. impact measures)
- Survey design
- Qualitative methods
- Economic evaluation
- Integration and presentation of findings
In the era of evidence-based practice and policy in health care, evidence is required to determine how well an intervention works and whether it provides value for money. Evaluation is a tool to provide such information: measuring the success of the intervention in achieving its intended outcomes, determining its value, and providing information on how to improve interventions and service delivery to attain even greater success. Evaluation is an increasingly sought after skill in today’s health workforce. In this course, you will learn the basics of evaluation for health, including what it is, why we do it, and how to design and carry out an effective evaluation that answers real-world questions. The course builds from principles to practical application, providing you with the knowledge and skills to design and apply an integrated framework to evaluate a health intervention. You will learn about evaluation planning, different data sources, key processes for data collection and analysis, and economic evaluation. You will build your evaluation toolkit and develop an evaluation mindset, which will provide you with a strong foundation for knowing what works in your career.
- Quiz - Individual. Relates to Learning Outcome 1,5 (10%)
- Reflection - Individual. Relates to Learning Outcome 1,2 (10%)
- Economic Evaluation Plan - Individual. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1,3,4 (35%)
- Health Program Evaluation Plan - Individual. Relates to learning Outcome 1,4,5 (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UAD-HSM-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Health Service Management
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units. MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments.
- Other requirements - There is no set textbook for this course. All resources, including links to journal articles and reading lists, will be disseminated via MyUni.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Health Service Management
UndergraduateUAD-HSM-DEG