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Course staff:
Emma Muhlack, School of Public Health
Jacqueline Parsons, School of Public Health

A full course timetable will be available in MyUni Canvas.

Key topics include: 
Module 1: Needs assessment of population health needs + Service mapping (identifying a priority area, describing and quantifying a health problem) 
Module 2: Option appraisal (identifying potential solutions through searching the literature) 
Module 3: Evaluation process (assessing potential solutions based on the quality of the evidence, applicability of the intervention and cost implications) 
Module 4: Implementation frameworks/models 
Module 5: Business case development and student presentations 

This course will be presented as a mix of lecture/seminars and workshops and delivered in 1/2 hour blocks. Weekly 1 hour lectures (including guest speakers) will be used to introduce and illustrate the course components, and will be prerecorded and uploaded to MyUni weekly. Workshops (2 hours/week) will be conducted in small groups (SGDE), providing interactive group discussions to clarify and apply the course components from seminars and improve understanding. SGDE will expose students to knowledge translation experts from disciplines across the Faculty who have different bodies of knowledge and perspectives on the topic enhancing cross-disciplinary interactions as most often applicable to real world health problems.

1. Describe the principles and processes of knowledge translation
2. Employ strategies to identify and prioritise health problems and opportunities for change
3. Appraise current health practices to determine areas of deficit and need for new innovations
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the design and innovation process to develop new solutions to health problems
5. Develop frameworks to implement solutions
6. Demonstrate an understanding and apply alternative study designs to the evaluation of successful implementation
7. Display communication and collaborative skills working in small groups to apply the knowledge translation process to a specific health problem

There is no set textbook for this course. All resources, including links to journal articles and reading lists, will be disseminated via Canvas.

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The primary means of communication outside of formal contact hours will be via Canvas. Announcements and discussion boards will be the main method of communicating with the student cohort. Course material will be supported by online resources, with recordings via Canvas. Material will be sequentially released in line with the teaching and learning activities in each week.

This course will be presented as a mix of lectures and workshops and delivered in 1/2 hour blocks. Lectures (including guest speakers) will be used to introduce and illustrate the course components, and will be pre-recorded and uploaded weekly to MyUni. Workshops (2 hours/week) will be conducted in small groups (SGDE), providing interactive group discussions to clarify and apply the course components from seminars and improve understanding.

Hacking Health is a 3 unit course so the total workload (including contact and non-contact) for a 3 unit course is 156 hours.

Key topics include:
Module 1: Needs assessment of population health needs + Service mapping (identifying a priority area, describing and quantifying a health problem) 
Module 2: Option appraisal (identifying potential solutions through searching the literature) 
Module 3: Evaluation process (assessing potential solutions based on the quality of the evidence, applicability of the intervention and cost implications) 
Module 4: Implementation frameworks/models 
Module 5: Business case development and student presentations

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Course Learning Outcomes
Quiz 1	Summative	10%	1 - 4
Project proposal part 1	Summative	20%	1 - 7
Quiz 2	Summative	10%	1 - 4
Group presentation	Summative	25%	1 - 7
Project proposal final	Summative	20%	1 - 7
Peer assessment of group work	Summative	5%	1 - 7
Participation	Summative	5%	1 - 7
Team Charter and Group Work Log	Summative	5%	1-7

Quizzes: Each student will be required to complete two short quizzes online, testing students’ understanding of concepts addressed in the course. 20% total weighting (2 X 10%). 

Project proposal part 1: For the Project Part 1 of the proposal you need to describe the area of healthcare practice and give a rationale for why you believe action is required. This should include:

a needs assessment: what is the issue, how big is the problem (E.g., prevalence, incidence, numbers) what are the impacts (E.g., quality of life, healthcare use, costs)?
service mapping: what is happening now to address this problem, what services are currently provided?
Although we expect that you will have been working together as a group to get started with this, Project Part 1 should be your own work. It should be no more than 700 words; tables and figures are encouraged where appropriate. Project Part 1 is worth 20% of your final mark

Group presentation: Groups will give a presentation to students and teaching staff in which they present their project proposal. 25% weighting 

Final project proposal: Students will individually submit a 1000 word report on their proposed project. For this assessment you will need to undertake a search for interventions to address your health issue. You will do this as a group, using the skills in literature searching that you have gained. Each group member will need to then select a paper that describes and evaluates an intervention. Your work will include:

a description of your search strategy (where you searched and how, including your search strings)
a description of the paper (eg study design, population, intervention, comparator, outcomes)
a quality appraisal of the paper (eg, was bias or confounding likely, are the results believable)
a description of how well the intervention would work in your setting (eg, is the setting of the study similar to conditions in SA?)
Your search strategy is expected to be very similar across your group, however each individual will do a different paper so the rest of this assessment must be your own work. It should be no more than 1000 words. Project Part 2 is worth 20%

Workshop attendance is compulsory. The workshops provide a focal point for group work and skill development to be used in constructing the group assignment. 5% weighting

Group work is central to this course. All students are expected to make an equitable contribution to the gropu proposal. Students will have the opportunity of evaluation their own and other group members contribution. 5% weighting.

Algined with the significant amount of group work students will enroll in a Team Charter and Generate an Objective Group Work log (akin to minutes of a professional meeting) this document accounts for 5% of student marks.

Details will be made available on MyUni Canvas

The eSELT feedback has raised a number of issues with regard to the following.
1. Level of detail regarding assessment items. As a result rubrics will be provided with increased detail for assignments.
2. In-equitable contributions from group members. As a result we have introduced peer assessment for group work and compulsory attendance at workshops.