HEALTH DATA SETS AND DATA INTEGRITY

HIM5HDI

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, you will analyse and critique the regulatory and reporting requirements for health datasets at a state and national level. You will investigate the requirements of effective data quality frameworks for health data and develop your own framework for an existing dataset. Appropriate technologies for examining data integrity are applied to interrogate health data at an organisational level.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Merilyn Riley

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Critique state and national regulatory and reporting requirements for health data.
02. Evaluate existing data quality frameworks and design data quality frameworks for existing health datasets.
03. Select, appraise and apply techniques for the interrogation and analysis of data integrity issues of health data.
04. Investigate data quality integrity for organisations to meet national health and safety standards and key performance indicators.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Merilyn Riley

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.

WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 2.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Individual written report (2,000-words equivalent, per student)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Individual presentation (10 mins) and 1000 word written assignment (total 1,500- words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Individual 2-hour written examination (2,000-words equivalent per student)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4