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Course Coordinator: Professor Dino Pisaniello
Phone: +61 8313 3571
Email: dino.pisaniello@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Adelaide Exposure Science and Health Laboratory, 28 Anderson St, Thebarton

Student & Program Support Services Hub
Email: askhealthsc@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8313 0273

Timetable details are located on MyUni.

1	Describe the nature of environmental health hazards and the ways in which they impinge upon communities and occupational groups.
2	Outline the types of factors that influence the distribution of health disorders, within an exposed population.
3	Explain “risk” as a central concept in describing, evaluating and managing EOH problems.
4	Describe the roles and relationships of key disciplines (including epidemiology, toxicology, occupational and environmental hygiene and ergonomics) in the prevention, investigation and management of EOH problems.

Specific readings and learning resources will be provided on MyUni.

1. Department of Health and Aging, enHealth Council (2012) Environmental Health Risk Assessment – Guidelines for Assessing Human Health Risks from Environmental Hazards (Commonwealth of 最新糖心Vlog, Canberra) – downloadable.

2. Reed S, Pisaniello D, Benke G, Burton K. (2013) Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene – An Introduction. Allen and Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74331-129-5. A third edition of this book (2019) should be available for 2020.

This course uses the MyUni learning management system. Here you will see announcements, instructions and content
related to the course as well as Discussion Boards where you will submit tutorial responses and conduct discussions with your fellow students.

As a blended course much of the contact you have with fellow students and staff will be via MyUni. You will be assigned to an online discussion group to which you will submit your answers to a series of tutorial questions. Following submission of your assignment there is a period where you will have the opportunity to read, and provide constructive comment, on the work of your fellow Discussion Group members. Participants in this course have a wide range of backgrounds and this is your opportunity to gain an insight into different problem-solving perspectives (and remember your contribution is assessable).

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that, for this course, you are expected to commit approximately 12 hours per week to private study.

Lectures, demonstrations and field activities for locally-based students may be offered during the Semester, as a supplement to the online learning. Students are encouraged to attend where possible.

This is an blended course, and available online for domestic students. A series of lectures (with invited experts), demonstrations and field visits will be offered for locally-based students. The field visits will help to contextualise the principles of occupational and environmental health management.

The course is set up in two major sections, namely occupational health and environmental health. 

There is a series of modules for students to progress through over the duration of the course.

Topics include:

Occupational Health

• Benefits of work
• Burden of occupational disease and injury
• Principles of occupational health and safety management
• Occupational health and safety policy and regulation
• Work-relatedness of disease

Environmental Health

• Environmental health risk assessment and management frameworks
• Air, food and water quality
• Infectious diseases
• Climate change-related health impacts

Concepts in the course will build on principles in epidemiology, public health promotion and health protection, introduced elsewhere in the program. This includes indigenous health, where applicable.

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Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Diagnostic quiz	Formative
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Occupational Health quiz OH Tutorial- mini assignment	Summative Summative	10% 20%	1,2 1-4
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Environmental Health quiz EH Tutorial - mini assignment	Summative Summative	10% 20%	1,2 1-4
Major Occupational or Environmental Health Assignment	Summative	30%	1-4
Participation	Formative & Summative	10%	1-4

A mix of assessment tasks will be included.
These include online quizzes, tutorials and a major written assignment.

QUIZZES

2 online quizzes (up to 20 multiple choice or short answer questions) will be included to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate knowledge gained of the basic principles in environmental and occupational health

ONLINE TUTORIALS

2 asynchronous online tutorials (each mini assignment, up to 1000 words)

The tutorials provide an opportunity to respond to challenging questions and to comment on the responses of other students. The questions will be suitable for high level discussion and adult learning. They will draw upon the experiences and perspectives of the students and staff.

You are encouraged to make comments on other students responses - indeed you are required to make 6 -10 comments during the semester.

MAJOR ASSIGNMENT (up to 2000 words) 

This allow you to address an issue in depth, demonstrating advanced skills in scientific literature searching, interpretation of data and concise report writing.

Assignments relate to a topic of your choice. However, you must use the Occupational Health Hazard Management Paradigm if the choice is an occupational health topic or the Environmental Health Risk Assessment Paradigm if the choice is an environmental health topic.

The EnHealth 2012 document provides a very detailed description of the paradigm for Environmental Health Risk Assessment.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission.   Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds.  Supporting documentation must be  provided at the time a student requests an extension.  Without documentation, extensions will not be granted.  Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a  medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a  letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment of  compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the  student’s situation.  The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact  on the student.  Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits.  In the case of late assignments where no  extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted.  If an assignment that is 2  days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%.  If that same  assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.
 
The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination  period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual 最新糖心Vlog deadlines.

Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process  </student/grievance/process/>.  Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance.  This must be done within 10 business days of the  date of notification of the result.  Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and  will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.

	High Distinction	Distinction	Credit	Pass	Fail
General description	Outstanding or exceptional work in terms of understanding, interpretation and presentation	A very high standard of work which demonstrates originality and insight	Demonstrates a high level of understanding and presentation and a degree of originality and insight	Satisfies the minimum requirements	Fails to satisfy the minimum requirements
Reading	Strong evidence of independent reading beyond core texts and materials	Evidence of reading beyond core texts and materials	Thorough understanding of core texts and materials	Evidence of having read core texts and materials	Very little evidence of having read any of the core texts and materials
Knowledge of topic	Demonstrates insight, awareness and understanding of deeper and more subtle aspects of the topic. Ability to consider topic in the broader context of the discipline	Evidence of an awareness and understanding of deeper and more subtle aspects of the topic	Sound knowledge of principles and concepts	Knowledge of principles and concepts at least adequate to communicate intelligently in the topic and to serve as a basis for further study	Scant knowledge of principles and concepts
Articulation of argument	Demonstrates imagination or flair. Demonstrates originality and independent thought	Evidence of imagination or flair. Evidence of originality and independent thought	Well-reasoned argument based on broad evidence	Sound argument based on evidence	Very little evidence of ability to construct coherent argument
Analytical and evaluative skills	Highly developed analytical and evaluative skills	Clear evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Some evidence of analytical and evaluative skills	Very little evidence of analytical and evaluative skills
Problem solving	Ability to solve very challenging problems	Ability to solve non-routine problems	Ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills	Adequate problem-solving skills	Very little evidence of problem-solving skills
Expression and presentation appropriate to discipline	Highly developed skills in expression and presentation.	Well developed skills in expression and presentation.	Good skills in expression and presentation. Accurate and consistent acknowledge-ment of sources.	Adequate skills in expression and presentation.	Rudimentary skills in expression and presentation. Inaccurate and inconsistent acknowledgement of sources.

On the basis of student feedback, more face to face sessions will be provided, along with the opportunity for field visits and other practical activities.