1997 QUT Handbook

design development; yarn structure; techniques of fabric construction
and decoration; the textile industry.
Courses: PU49 Prerequisites: PUB272 or equivalent
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB574 HOME ECONOMICS 3
The family as a social system; resources and constraints related
to the life cycle; management in the family context; the
family in Australia; managing finance.
Courses: PU49, IF74
Prerequisites: PUB272 or equivalent
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB575 HOME ECONOMICS PRACTICUM
Experience in working in industry, commerce or government;
placement in a number of organisations for 10 weeks.
Courses: PU49 Prerequisites: COB160 or equivalent
Credit Points: 12
■ PUB585 OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE 2
This subject extends the knowledge gained in Occupational
Hygiene 1 and concentrates on the application of the principles
to which the student has already been introduced. The
subject will extend students’ ability to recognise, evaluate, and
suggest the most efficient control strategies for physical and
Chemical hazards in the working environment. It will include
an analysis of the principles and design of ventilation systems.
The subject will examine the elements of successful
monitoring program in the workplace.
Courses: PU44 Prerequisites: PUB485, CHB411
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB590 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT &
MARKETING
The consumer market; product development; critical path
analysis and network planning; idea generation and product
evaluation; feasibility study and product cost analysis; quality
assurance; the production and marketing of products; career
prospects.
Courses: PU49 Prerequisites: PUB478 or equivalent
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB592 HOME ECONOMICS INDEPENDENT
STUDY 1
Self-initiated and self-directed academic study in an interest
area consistent with the course’s overall aims.
Courses: PU49
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PUB594 HOME ECONOMICS INDEPENDENT
STUDY 2
Self-initiated and self-directed academic study in an interest
area consistent with the course’s overall aims.
Courses: PU49
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PUB599 HEALTH INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT 3
Health information systems outside acute care hospitals; special
purpose health systems, ambulatory health record systems,
and those used in health care facilities other than acute
care hospitals, systems for the registration and notification of
disease problems, clinical classification systems other than
ICD9Cm and nomenclatures, which may be used in specialised
health settings; concepts and processes of quality assurance
in health (e.g. accreditation, criteria audits, etc.).
Courses: PU47, PU48 Prerequisites: PUB199, PUB298
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB602 SPORTS MEDICINE
The importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis,
evaluation and treatment of sports injuries. Students
study the symptomology of lower limb functional pathologies
as related to specific sports and devise treatment programs.
An understanding of the principles of human fitness and potential
in relation to athletic injuries and expectations forms
the foundation for further studies.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB503, PUB410
Corequisites: PUB411
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB603 CLINICAL SCIENCE 4
Prepares the student for the transition to private practice. Students
are introduced to the sports medicine patient in terms of
the range of injuries which occur affecting the lower back,
hip, knee, ankle and foot. Case presentations are an integral
part of clinical learning and sessions conclude with exchange
between students and staff over case management.
Courses: PU45 Prerequisites: PUB504
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 12 per week
■ PUB606 DIETETIC MANAGEMENT
History of dietetics and the role of management in dietetics;
planning and organisation; leadership; peer review systems;
total quality management; clinical costing; program evaluation
and measuring effectiveness; information systems applied
to dietetic management; managing Change; casemix funding,
management tools, marketing, planning community based
programs; team building; managing role conflict.
Courses: PU43 Prerequisites: PUB506
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB610 PROJECT & PROFESSIONAL
MANAGEMENT
This unit explains firstly how a professional practice may be
set up and how a small practice can operate as a business enterprise.
Methods of budgeting, finance and control are explained.
Secondly it develops an interest in podiatry Research
using scientific methods of investigation and presentation.
Students are encouraged to publish these projects as original
material in related professional journals.
Courses: PU45
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB611 RISK MANAGEMENT
This unit will provide students with the knowledge and skills
for the assessment and quantification of risk in the workplace.
It will investigate the various models available to investigate
and analyse accidents and propose strategies to prevent similar
incidents in the future. Various hazard identification techniques
such as HAZOP, Fault Tree Analysis and FMEA will
be discussed. The subject will provide students with the ability
to position occupational health and safety within an organisation’s
strategic decision making process.
Courses: PU42, PU44
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PUB612 HEALTH PROMOTION & EDUCATION
The scope and nature of health promotion; use of resources
for such activities; planning, conduct and evaluation of health
promotion programs; adult learning principles; training needs
analysis; training program development and evaluation; specific
training methods.
Courses: PU44, PU42 Prerequisites: SSB914
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PUB613 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
PRACTICE 2
This unit is designed to enable students to apply the theoretical
knowledge gained throughout the course. Is uses field studies
and exercises to further extend students’ competence in
the practical application of the various principles of occupational
health and safety in the workplace. This unit also examines
the current issues in the field of occupational health
and safety and aims to equip students to play a role in debates
around these issues.
Courses: PU44 Prerequisites: PUB516
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ PUB614 INDUSTRY SPECIALISATION
The hazards associated with particular industries including construction,
manufacturing, Chemical and mining through field
trips and specialist lectures; the various laws and standards that
apply to these industries and an investigation of the control strategies
applicable to the management of hazards in industry; introduction
to the principles of workplace rehabilitation.
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