1997 QUT Handbook

els in industrialised countries and in less developed countries.
Constraints imposed by political, social, cultural, institutional
and economic issues are examined. An introduction to problem
assessment, strategic planning, program planning, delivery
and evaluation are included.
Courses: PU40, PU48
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB210 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
The basic concepts of occupational health and safety, such
that they can identify health and safety problems in the
workplace; strategies for dealing with such problems, and the
legislation, government agencies and health personnel associated
with the working environment. Topics covered include
the physical, chemical and biological working environments
and temporal work patterns.
Courses: ME46
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB217 MANAGEMENT & CONSUMER STUDIES
This unit details management and consumer issues and concepts
pertinent to individual and group living leading to the
optimisation of wellbeing.
Courses: PU40, ED50
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB220 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Exploration of the language of medicine; analyses medical
terms into Latin and Greek word roots, prefixes, suffixes and
combining forms. Medical terms which relate to specific body
systems are defined, spelled and pronounced accurately; common
abbreviations and symbols used in medicine are identified;
abstracts from patient records are explained and interpreted
in non-technical language.
Courses: PU40, PU48
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB225 SHELTER STUDIES
Critical aspects of shelter as a fulfilment of people’s basic
needs; design, technology and legislation linked to decisions
affecting provision of shelter for the differing needs of individuals
and families.
Courses: ED50, IF74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB233 COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION &
EDUCATION FOR HEALTH
Introduces students to the practical skills of communication
and the theories of communication; the processes of communication,
barriers and supportive mechanisms facilitating communication;
acquisition of a range of skills necessary for communicating
with individuals, groups and communities in the
context of competent professionals working in a range of public
health settings. Covers public education for health, principles
of adult learning, diffusion and adoption of new healthrelated
behaviours; a critique of the use and role of information;
the use of mass media; and communication within health
organisations.
Courses: PU40, PU43
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB235 OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
Study of environmental and occupational health issues in their
broadest context and their impact on individual health.
Courses: ED50
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB251 CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduction to the philosophy and approach of public health;
the traditional public health process; the multidisciplinary
nature of public health; health policy and its impact on public
health; some recent reformulations of traditional public health
approaches including: health promotion, intersectoral action
for health and healthy public policy. The role of public health
in Australia and overseas, its main components and some of
the constraints faced by public health.
Courses: PU40, PU43
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
820
■ PUB298 HEALTH INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT 2
Continuation of PUB199. There is an emphasis on analysis
and improvement of health information management throughout
hospitals. The examination of health information services
will move outside the medical records department of hospitals
to wards, bed allocation and admission officers; accident
and emergency departments; outpatients and allied health services
and other specialised hospitals services such as radiology,
pharmacy and pathology. Skills in health data management,
forms design and statistical presentation of hospital or
health services activities are developed.
Courses: PU40
Prerequisites: PUB199 and successfully completed hospital
placement
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB301 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2
The causes, effects, control measures,standards,legislation and
management strategies relating to pollution and environmental
protection.
Courses: PU42
Prerequisites: PUB207,CHB242,PHB263
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB302 PODIATRIC MEDICINE 1
The health, social and economic implications of podiatric care
in the general population with particular reference to specialised
groups, e.g. Children, diabetics, the aged and sports patients.
It also provides foundation studies essential to the preclinical
student in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions
commonly manifest in the foot.
Courses: PU45 Corequisites: PUB303
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB303 CLINICAL SCIENCE 1
On completion, students should be able to demonstrate competent
operating skills; expertise in clinical observation of the
patient and the elicitation of an accurate medical record; recognise
common clinical entities and implement appropriate
treatment and develop a professional attitude towards patients,
clinical teaching and care of equipment.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: MEB031
Corequisites: PUB302
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 6 per week
■ PUB304 PHYSICAL MEDICINE
Introduction to a wide range of diagnostic and physical treatment
modalities used in modern podiatric practice. On completion,
students should be able to understand the uses, applications,
contraindications and limitations of each modality
studied in direct connection with ongoing clinical studies and
the theoretical component of podiatric medicine lectures.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: LSB451
Corequisites: PUB410, PUB504
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB306 PHARMACOLOGY
Designed to ensure that students understand basic drug therapies
their patients may be using, the groups of drugs used for
specific diseases and their application and relevance to podiatry
and clinical podiatry. Emphasis is placed on drug groups
and their use for specific disease, rather than proprietary
brands. Students learn to recognise the drug groups and know
the system they are acting on in the body. In addition, differentiation
between the different groups within one group of
systemic drugs and why they are used for a condition is emphasised.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: CHB242 or CHB289
Corequisites: LSB371
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB309 DESIGN APPLICATIONS
This unit is planned to introduce students to the vocabulary
and principles of design, the design process and some of its
many applications, and to provide opportunities for practical
experience in presentation and evaluation.