7713 (v.9) Health Science Communication 180

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0
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 Once-only
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Introduction to information technology and its application to health sciences. Information literacy (sourcing information from libraries, books, journals and the Internet). Critical appraisal of information. Use of information in oral presentations and in academic writing (citation, referencing). Academic integrity and avoidance of plagiarism. Cross cultural communication including Indigenous Australians. Communication with people with disability.
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*:	Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	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