GLOH5303: Global Health Placement

This global health placement unit will be completed during the last semester of the candidature. Eligible students will have completed the pre-requisite units of study. Selection is a competitive process involving (1) an expression of interest (2) an interview. The global health placement is a capstone unit and so expects students to draw heavily on the skills that they have learned from their engagement in the MGH programme, including the GLOH-coded units and their elective units of study. Depending on the project and in accordance with the aims and objectives of the partner institution or organisation, students may be expected to: formulate strategies and methods to effectively implement a program; develop and write training manuals, guidelines, proposals, reports or policy briefs; evaluate programs through collaborative work with the partner institution or organisation with whom they have been matched. Students are expected to have underpinning knowledge about global health and ethics and be prepared to critically reflect on professional development skills, global health practices, and health service and community engaged inter-professional learning. Students are also required to evaluate their own processes, and to develop effective communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills. Students are expected to attend all preparatory workshops prior to starting their placement. Placements will run for 9 consecutive weeks in Semester 1. Students will attend their placement site for two full days per week for the duration of the semester (135 hours in total). Students should also arrange to meet regularly with their supervisors and the global health placement coordinator. All assessment requirements are to be met and submitted for this unit. This unit will be offered in Semester 1 only.