HSM 137 Assessment Brief
HSM 137 Assessment Brief
HSM 137 Assessment Brief
Semester 3
Word Limit
3000 words
(see Assessment Word Limit Statement)
health and health transitions; global health ethics; principles of primary, secondary and tertiary
prevention; risk assessment and planning; health promoting capacity of healthcare systems. Skills
which can be developed will include data interpretation, literature review, alongside core skills such
as academic writing, critical thinking, analysis and writing. All of the above will be considered across
On successful completion of the assessment students will be able to achieve the following
Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically examine global health issues, patterns, transitions and the public health responses to
these
2. Discuss the principles of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention programmes and their
3. Critically appraise the methods for assessment and communication of risk, incident management,
The final summative assessment will take the form of a 3000 word (maximum) essay. As part of your
essay you should choose a global public health issue. You will then explore this global public health
issue in relation to a national context you identify and another country of your choosing ensuring
that you:
• Critically discuss the public health issue in relation to global trends and global health
incidence and management of the condition between your own national context and the
• Critically analyse and evaluate the national and global public health measures relating to the
public health issue which are intended to improve health in the population of both
countries. Within this you should consider principles of primary, secondary and tertiary
prevention programmes and their implications for health security (Learning Outcome 2,3)
• Critically appraise work that has contributed to the assessment of risk, incident management,
emergency planning and/or legal and regulatory governance which may impact on the
• Critically evaluate the roles of the health promoting capacity within the healthcare systems of
both countries. This can include roles across the transnational bodies such as WHO, UN,
• Based on the discussion and critical evaluation presented in the preceding sections of your
essay, you need to produce a justified case for system changes which could have a beneficial
Task(s) - format
You should complete and include a cover sheet. Start the essay with a title of essay. This should be
followed with an Introduction; headings and sub-headings aligned with the respective aspects from
the marking grid. Make sure you adhere to the RGU School of Sciences student style manual.
Summative Assessment Due Date and Requirements: Summative Assessment submissions are due
in the summative assessment drop-box HSM137 Global Health by 12.00 noon on Wednesday the
02nd of August 2023. You should upload one Microsoft word document to the drop-box which
includes the assessment front cover page and your essay including reference section.
Consider Moodle drop-box requirements, for HSM137 Global Health (See Digital Learning Standard).
The overall grade for the assessment will be calculated using the algorithm below.
NS Non-submission.
Evidence of robust and Evidence of a generally Evidence of critical Evidence of critical Limited critical analysis Descriptive account of
CRITERION 2 insightful critical analysis balanced critical analysis and analysis and evaluation of analysis and evaluation of and evaluation of the national and global public
and evaluation of the evaluation of the national and the national and global the national and global national and global public health measures which do
Critical analysis national and global public global public health measures public health measures public health measures health measures; or may not relate specifically to
and evaluation health measures relating relating to the identified relating to the identified relating to the identified not relate these the identified public
of the national to the identified public public health issue; addresses public health issue. But public health issue but specifically to the health issues; or minimal
and global public health issue. principles of primary, only a brief consideration may focus more on identified public health or inaccurate
health measures Comprehensively secondary or tertiary of national and global national or global issues; or little consideration of
related to the addresses principles of prevention programmes, and measures; or only briefly measures rather than consideration of principles of primary,
Evidence of insightful Evidence of a generally Evidence of appropriate Evidence of appropriate Limited evaluation of No evaluation of relevant
CRITERION 3 critical appraisal of a wide balanced critical appraisal of a critical appraisal of a critical appraisal of a relevant risk assessment, risk assessment, incident
Critical appraisal range of work range of work contributing to range of work narrow range of work incident management, management, emergency
of work which contributing to the the assessment of risk contributing to the contributing to the emergency preparedness preparedness or
has contributed assessment of risk incident management assessment of risk assessment of risk and/or or governance in relation governance.
to the incident management emergency preparedness and incident management incident management to the chosen regions.
assessment of emergency preparedness governance in relation to the emergency preparedness and/or emergency
risk, incident and governance in chosen regions, which are and governance in preparedness and
management, relation to the chosen mainly linked to the impact on relation to the chosen governance in relation to
emergency regions with robust links the chosen issue. regions, but may not the chosen regions but
planning and/or to the impact on the consistently relate these may not relate these to
legal and chosen issue. to the chosen issue. the chosen issue; may be
regulatory overly descriptive in
governance in places.
these regions
which may
impact on the
chosen issue
[Learning
Outcome 2, 3]
Grade:
Evidence of robust and Evidence of a generally Evidence of appropriate Evidence of appropriate Mainly descriptive Descriptive and/or
CRITERION 4 insightful critical balanced critical evaluation of critical evaluation roles of critical evaluation roles of account of the roles of the inaccurate account of the
Grade:
Coursework received late, without valid reason, will be regarded as a non-submission (NS) and one of your assessment opportunities will be lost.
5. Conclusion: A Limited presentation of a case for A case for changes to systems is clearly The case is made for changes to systems that
justified case for changes to systems. presented, but consideration may lack is critically argued and justified.
(Learning Outcome 4)
6. Use of academic Inadequate range of source material Evidence of effective reading of a range of Effective and critical use of a wide range of
literature resources and poor selection of literature to source material with some relevant relevant seminal and current sources.
and publications support arguments made; may be literature to support the answer. Some
7. Referencing Limited use of referencing and/or Satisfactory use of referencing, but may Very good use of accurate referencing
evident. inaccuracies.
8. Presentation and Headings may be omitted or Appropriately presented with use of Very well presented with good attention to
style inappropriate. Language not always generally relevant headings. Language detail. Language fluent, grammar and spelling
fluent; grammar, spelling and style not mainly fluent, grammar and spelling accurate with no or only very occasional
at expected level. generally accurate. Evidence of satisfactory typing errors. Evidence of very good academic
original, without acknowledgement of their source(s) at the point of their use in the student’s work. All
materials including text, data, diagrams or other illustrations used to support a piece of work, whether
from a printed publication or from electronic media, should be appropriately identified and
referenced and should not normally be copied directly unless as an acknowledged quotation. Text,
opinions or ideas translated into the words of the individual student should in all cases acknowledge
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Within the academic environment this can occur when students work with others on an assignment,
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support.
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