HLED321-22S1 (C) Semester One 2022

Health Education in Practice - INTERNSHIP

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2022
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 May 2022

Description

What can students do with their studies in Health Sciences? The course is designed to be a critical, theoretical, and real world examination of the practices and ideologies inherent in the delivery of health programmes in a range of settings. Students will apply the knowledge and skills developed in previous courses to a project developed in collaboration with external health providers.

Learning Outcomes

1. Recognise, analyse and apply knowledge from the BHSc degree to a health-related organisational environment.
2. Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills; professionalism.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of a safe and inclusive learning and work environment.
4. Plan, develop, implement and evaluate a health-related project based on strong theoretical and evidence-based frameworks.
5. Understand the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in health-related organisations and projects; and integrate Treaty considerations into internship work.
6. Critically evaluate project progress and outcomes; and outline the value of the project personally, professionally and within the organisation.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 60 points at 200 level from any subject including HLTH201, HLTH202, and MAOR270.

Course Coordinator

Aaron Hapuku

Lecturer

Rachael Dixon

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Reflection one 20% A reflective piece of writing submitted after 30 hours of the internship
Reflection two 20% A reflective piece of writing submitted after 50 hours of the internship
Workplace supervisor evaluation 15% Short evaluation completed by workplace supervisor
Communication/contact with lecturer 5% Graded by lecturer; based on communication across the internship
Final report 40% A report which includes the material developed over the course of the internship and an overall summary of the experience

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic Liaison

Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll and Tracy Clelland are in charge of liaison with students in the undergraduate health sciences courses as the BHSc programme coordinators in the School of Health Sciences. Your class will appoint a student representative to the liaison committee at the start of the semester. Please feel free to talk to the Academic Liaison or the student rep about any problems or concerns that you might have.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $926.00

International fee $4,563.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 20 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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