Courses Handbook 2008

12069 (v.5) Nosology 182


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
AND
1675 (v.8) Health Record Systems 181 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
AND
1676 (v.9) Health Record Systems 182 or any previous version
Syllabus: History and development of disease classification, the structure and conventions of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision, Australian modification (ICD-10-AM), basic coding principles, and the retrieval of relevant information from health records for the classification of diseases and procedures in medicine. Terms relating to the body; medical examinations; specialties and body systems; stems, prefixes and suffixes; medical and surgical terminology.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 069999 Health not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2       Y  
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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