Communicable disease (PHCM2004)

Learning & teaching

Each week comprises of one learning module. Core content is provided through lectures, including guest expert lectures. After each week lecture, there will be a case study, which will help students consolidate and strengthen their understanding of the key learning concepts. There are discussion areas on Moodle, where students can ask questions relating to the weekly learning activities and the course assessments. Students also have the opportunity to participate in scheduled online discussions. Each week you will read the assigned mandatory readings and optional readings for more information if you chose. 

This course uses UNSW Moodle as the learning management system for the facilitation and communication between faculty and students, submission of assignments, course material, and posting of grades. All students have access to the course material, readings and additional resources online via UNSW Moodle.

Microsoft Teams will also be used for online synchronous leaning, including tutorials and webinars. We have created a designated team site for the course and all students will have access to this course team site. 

The course is available in both internal (face-to-face) and external (online) study modes.

Internal students:
A "Flipped Classroom" approach will be used in this course. This will consist of both face-to-face tutorials and online components. Students will watch lecture videos outside of class time and will experience related case studies during face-to-face tutorials. Internal student are required to attend the on campus tutorials (2 hour) every week. The tutorials will be activity-based and supplement the content covered in the lecture. Internal students unable to attend tutorials on campus may videoconference in and participate remotely via Microsoft Teams. Recordings will also be made available. If face-to-face tutorials are cancelled due to any reason, the same sessions will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

External students:
This course is available fully online for external students. There are 10 modules in this course. Each module contains a mixture of recorded lecture/s and case studies which students can work through in Moodle at their own pace over 10 weeks. Each week composes of one module of learning. There will also be three 1-hour webinars provided for external students during the course to provide an opportunity to discuss content and topics with your conveners. You can access the webinars via Microsoft Teams by following instructions located in the course Moodle website. 

Student taking the course in the fully online mode are welcome to attend the weekly tutorials via Microsoft Teams; however, this is not compulsory. If you choose to attend the weekly tutorials online, you do not need to complete the online self-paced activities as an equivalent learning activity will be undertaken as part of the tutorial.