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2022 unit information
Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.
Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online)
HSH946
Nil
HSH747
All teaching material is online in the form of short narrated powerpoints - with the students expected to view 4 to 6 each week.We will have one 2 hour face-to-face lab-based workshop (computer practical) each week to facilitate the practical exercises.
All teaching material is online in the form of short narrated powerpoints - with the students expected to view 4 to 6 each week. Online independent and collaborative learning and 1 X 2 hour zoom based workshop (computer practical) each week - scheduled for the cloud session to facilitate the practical exercises. Zoom recording will also be available.
This unit will cover topics in regression analysis with a focus on practical application to data and problems in public health, health economics and variety of health settings. Topics include: linear regression, including model fitting, measures of goodness of fit and using regression to explore confounding and effect modification; logistic regression, extending regression to modelling proportions, rates and odds ratios and the analysis of case-control studies; and Poisson and other generalised linear models. Unit delivery is designed to facilitate the syntheses of the components of learning through practical exercises, statistical computing labs and the application of regression techniques to realistic health-related data. All content will be delivered via CloudDeakin, with short narrated Powerpoints/videos providing the main content delivery supported by links to online resources and appropriate journal articles. Face-to-face sessions for on campus students will focus on applying the week’s content to real/realistic data. Detailed notes on these practical sessions will be posted on the unit’s CloudDeakin site so that off campus students can work through the practical sessions at home. Weekly online sessions for off-campus students facilitated by the unit chair will allow them to workshop the online content and practical sessions. Practical work will use the Stata statistical analysis software.
ULO1
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
ULO4
ULO5
ULO6
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-management
Assessment 1: Theoretical questions and applied analyses
Assessment 2: Theoretical questions and applied analyses
Assessment 3: Data analysis, reporting and interpretation
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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