1997 QUT Handbook

■ PUB349 FAMILIES & HOUSEHOLDS IN
AUSTRALIA
Examination of the emphasis on the family in home economics.
Perspectives considered include: structural functionalist,
symbolic interactional, conflict and feminist, whether the family
provides an appropriate orientation for home economics.
Courses: ED50
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB355 FOOD SERVICE: PRINCIPLES &
PRACTICES
The use of relevant management principles, safe and hygienic
work practices, effective communication skills, sound
nutrition and mastery of techniques in food production and
presentation.
Courses: ED50, PU49 Prerequisites: PUB474
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB356 CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION 1
Development of skills in one of the major specialities of health
information management: clinical classification of diseases
and procedures using the International Classification of Diseases,
9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). Clinical
classification responds to internal and external demands
for medical information, for example, in-house Research and
education, ABS hospital morbidity data collections, and
casemix information systems.
Courses: PU47 Prerequisites: PUB220, LSB142
Corequisites: LSB361
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB361 TEXTILES 2
Continuation of PUB321. An understanding of textile consumer
issues is developed by a study of relevant commercial enterprises
and the implications for the consumer. Creativity is encouraged
by students combining skills in pattern development
with advanced techniques in constructing textile articles.
Courses: ED50 Prerequisites: PUB321
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB372 SHELTER STUDIES 1
Housing tenure; advantages and disadvantages of ownership/
tenancy; housing finance; housing for special groups; special
needs in housing; interior environment; housing heritage.
Courses: PU49, IF74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB374 FAMILY STUDIES
Definitions of the family; the family and society; social class
and geographical differences in family patterns; influence of
changing social conditions; socialisation and child rearing
patterns; families in a multicultural society.
Courses: PU49
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB380 CASEMIX MANAGEMENT
History and development of casemix classification systems;
structure of ANDRGs; casemix applications in quality improvement,
utilisation review, costing, planning and management;
casemix and funding health care services; casemix classification
systems for acute inpatients; data quality issues;
casemix grouping software; current casemix initiatives and
applications.
Courses: PU47, PU48
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB404 CLINICAL SCIENCE 2
At this stage students are able to follow cases through to observe
the short-term effect of therapy and are expected to commence
case studies to develop comparative and recording
skills. Students should now be adopting the standard medical
terminology and abbreviations used in clinical situations.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB303
Corequisites: PUB421
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 9 per week
■ PUB405 NUTRITION SCIENCE
The major nutrients: protein, carbohydrate, lipids, vitamins,
minerals, water. Significant food sources, digestion, absorp-
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tion, transport, metabolism, storage, roles, requirements, the
consequences and methods of assessment of inadequate or
excess intakes. Other substances occurring in foods, beverages
and supplements. Nutrient-nutrient interactions.
Courses: PU43 Prerequisites: LSB308
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB410 MEDICINE
Following completion of this unit, students should be able to
recognise and understand the clinical features, pathogenesis
and significance of common conditions affecting the lower
limbs, e.g. oedema; obesity; motor, sensory and trophic disturbances
and their resultant effects in paralysis, ataxia, deformity
and ulceration; intermittent claudication, vascular
spasm and cramp are taught so as to emphasise their significance.
Medical conditions with manifestations in the feet are
given particular attention.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: LSB470, LSB451
Corequisites: PUB503
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB411 ORTHOPAEDICS
Emphasis on orthopaedic surgery; develops a detailed knowledge
of general and specific orthopaedic conditions which have
an effect on the lower limbs and the surgical treatment of systemic
conditions as seen by the podiatrist, i.e. diabetes; provides
an understanding of the special problems associated with
Children and specific lower limb conditions with emphasis
on the surgical techniques used in their treatment.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB505
Corequisites: PUB303
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB418 HEALTH COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Principles and applications of electronic data processing in
health care settings. Computerised health information systems
are analysed from a variety of viewpoints including the objectives
of the system, specific methods employed to meet
used needs, structure in an overall information system, the
technology which makes it operative, the data base, and the
various ways information is transferred and used in health
facilities.
Courses: PU47, PU48 Prerequisites: BSB112
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB421 PODIATRIC MEDICINE 2
The foundation for study in the role of therapeutics in patient
management including short-term and long-term management
of conditions. It expands the range of understanding of the
wide variety of conditions presented to the podiatrist. On completion,
students should have developed an understanding of
the biomechanical principles affecting the joints of the foot
and the structural and functional consequences presenting in
podiatric practice.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB302
Corequisites: PUB404
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 6 per week
■ PUB422 PODIATRIC ANAESTHESIOLOGY
Provides a sound understanding of the science of anaesthetics
as applicable to the practice of podiatry. Students are required
to understand the pharmacology of local anaesthetics and their
clinical usage, and be competent in injection techniques, including
local infiltration and local nerve block in the lower limbs.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB421
Corequisites: PUB410
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ PUB423 FOOD & NUTRITION
Nutrition is an important factor in the provision of health, and
prevention and management of many disease states. This unit
provides an overview of concepts fundamental to an appreciation
of the role of nutrition in health care. Topics include:
the Chemical nature, digestion, absorption and assimilation
of nutrients; nutrients provided by the food groups; food selection
for a healthy diet; nutrient requirements in particular
clinical situations.