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Summary Page
Registration form (PDF 36Kb, 1 page)
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Course
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Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
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Convenor
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Dr Belinda Gabbe
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Date
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7 – 8 July 2008
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Time
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9:00am – 5:00pm
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Venue
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Classroom 2, AMREP Education Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria
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Suitable for
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Health professionals, public health people etc who have an interest in injury
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Aims
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This course will cover the principles of injury epidemiology, prevention and control. The unit will provide an introduction to the injury epidemiology and prevention field with a particular focus on issues facing injury surveillance, countermeasure development, injury policy and injury outcomes.
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Overview
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On completion of this unit, students will have an understanding of:
- The concept of injury as a preventable health condition
- The burden of injury
- Principles of injury prevention and control
- Data requirements and injury surveillance
- The strengths and limitations of research methods used to define the nature and extent of injury
- Development of injury prevention programs, frameworks for countermeasure development and their evaluation
- Approaches to injury policy and legislation
- Issues in the measurement of injury severity, definition, burden and outcome
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Fee
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$800 (excl GST)
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RCNA and RACGP Continuing Education Points apply
While the information contained herein was correct at the date of publication, Monash reserves the right to alter procedures, fees and regulations should the need arise.
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