PUQ452 Disaster Planning and Preparedness
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| Unit code: | PUQ452 |
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| Equivalent(s): | PUN451, PUZ452 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
| International unit fee | $4,236 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ452 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN452 |
| Coordinator: | Sam Toloo Sheikhzadeh Yazd | sam.toloo@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit addresses the key concepts and skills related to inclusive disaster management planning and preparedness to ensure essential community services are prepared for emergencies and the range of disaster and climate-related events they may face in local, national and international contexts. It examines and provides students practice in the real-world processes of assessing disaster risk as the first step towards building resilience and business continuity. It reflects the international focus on understanding disaster risk as a key priority of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Upon completion of this unit you will have a greater understanding of the critical role of the disaster and emergency risk assessment process in preventing or mitigating the health and socio-economic effects of man-made or weather-related disasters and incidents.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the principles of preparedness and and planning in the context of major incidents and disasters and climate-related events as they impact communities.
- Integrate authoritative and historical knowledge of local, jurisdictional and national preparedness arrangements to engage communities in planning and preparing for major incidents.
- Design effective and culturally appropriate community education strategies and resources tailored for specific audiences and situations.
- Create and justify disaster management plans informed by risk assessments and critical analysis of potential disasters incorporating the legal, ethical and cultural dimensions of providing emergency management services.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- Planning for disasters in the context of climate change
- Community preparedness and education
- Operational preparedness for a disaster
- Complex and compound events
Learning Approaches
In this fully online unit you will have the opportunity to learn through self-paced and active engagement with the interactive learning resources, online discussions and self-directed learning materials that will help you to explore the theoretical principles and frameworks that underpin this unit. Additionally, you will be able to actively engage with your peers, and apply and consolidate your learning by critically analysing contemporary real-world case studies. It is expected as an online student you will sustain a regular study schedule and maintain regular contact with your online tutor. You will have access to Studiosity (QUT's independent real-time text-based tutoring service), Discussion boards relevant to assignments and learning activities with feedback from peers and Online Learning Advisors, Collaborate sessions, real examples from the industry relevant to the assignments and learning activities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback on your learning in a variety of ways, including:
- Informal formative feedback will be provided online quizzes, self-check exercises, peer feedback and through individual or whole of class feedback in online discussions or via comments in online communities.
- Formal written or recorded feedback will be received on both formative and summative assessment tasks via the LMS (Learning Management System) Assignment tool, in addition to the grade on the Criterion Reference Assessment sheet.
- Feedback on your formative assessment task will be received prior to the submission of your summative assessment task.
Assessment
Overview
You are required to prepare or develop three assessment tasks:
(1) Critical Analysis of Study Material;
(2) Community Education Resource; and
(3) Disaster Management Plan.
These three tasks are designed to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to critically examine potential disasters and historical and authoritative knowledge and data, to inform the design and development of a community education resource, and to prepare a disaster management plan for a given community taking into consideration the legal, ethical and cultural dimensions of providing disaster management support.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Critical Analysis of Study Material
You will make a series of contributions to the online discussion forum. To inform your contributions, you will critically read study materials and reflect on current or recent disasters or emergency events, and respond to/provide feedback on fellow students’ comments.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Community Education Resource
You will be presented with a disaster scenario for which your team is undertaking disaster planning and preparation. Within your team, you have been allocated a community liaison role and are required to prepare and inform the design and creation of an engaging community education resource for a targeted, diverse audience. This community education resource should be inclusive and educate and prepare the community and/or offer advice on actions that need to be taken should the disaster arise. To support your community education resource, you are required to write a short justification regarding the design of the education resource drawing upon evidence and scholarly literature.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Disaster Management Plan
You will take on the role of a disaster management officer working in a planning and preparedness team. The local disaster authorities have anticipated a potential disaster. They have asked you to prepare a risk assessment and create a plan for how to manage the disaster should it eventuate. You are required to justify your plan based on the literature, theoretical principles and relevant frameworks.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Nil
Costs
There are no additional costs associated with this unit.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
FitzGerald, G., Tarrant, M., Aitken, P. and Fredriksen, M. (2016). Disaster Health Management: A Primer for Students and Practitioners (1st ed.). London & NY: Routledge.
Other
PUQ452 Unit Site
Risk Assessment Statement
You are advised to back-up your digital files on a regular basis to ensure work is not lost if there is a hardware failure. Information about the free file storage provided by QUT for students is available on the Storing your files page.
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: Session 3 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ452 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUN452 |
| Coordinator: | Sam Toloo Sheikhzadeh Yazd | sam.toloo@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit addresses the key concepts and skills related to inclusive disaster management planning and preparedness to ensure essential community services are prepared for emergencies and the range of disaster and climate-related events they may face in local, national and international contexts. It examines and provides students practice in the real-world processes of assessing disaster risk as the first step towards building resilience and business continuity. It reflects the international focus on understanding disaster risk as a key priority of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Upon completion of this unit you will have a greater understanding of the critical role of the disaster and emergency risk assessment process in preventing or mitigating the health and socio-economic effects of man-made or weather-related disasters and incidents.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the principles of preparedness and and planning in the context of major incidents and disasters and climate-related events as they impact communities.
- Integrate authoritative and historical knowledge of local, jurisdictional and national preparedness arrangements to engage communities in planning and preparing for major incidents.
- Design effective and culturally appropriate community education strategies and resources tailored for specific audiences and situations.
- Create and justify disaster management plans informed by risk assessments and critical analysis of potential disasters incorporating the legal, ethical and cultural dimensions of providing emergency management services.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- Planning for disasters in the context of climate change
- Community preparedness and education
- Operational preparedness for a disaster
- Complex and compound events
Learning Approaches
In this fully online unit you will have the opportunity to learn through self-paced and active engagement with the interactive learning resources, online discussions and self-directed learning materials that will help you to explore the theoretical principles and frameworks that underpin this unit. Additionally, you will be able to actively engage with your peers, and apply and consolidate your learning by critically analysing contemporary real-world case studies. It is expected as an online student you will sustain a regular study schedule and maintain regular contact with your online tutor. You will have access to Studiosity (QUT's independent real-time text-based tutoring service), Discussion boards relevant to assignments and learning activities with feedback from peers and Online Learning Advisors, Collaborate sessions, real examples from the industry relevant to the assignments and learning activities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback on your learning in a variety of ways, including:
- Informal formative feedback will be provided online quizzes, self-check exercises, peer feedback and through individual or whole of class feedback in online discussions or via comments in online communities.
- Formal written or recorded feedback will be received on both formative and summative assessment tasks via the LMS (Learning Management System) Assignment tool, in addition to the grade on the Criterion Reference Assessment sheet.
- Feedback on your formative assessment task will be received prior to the submission of your summative assessment task.
Assessment
Overview
You are required to prepare or develop three assessment tasks:
(1) Critical Analysis of Study Material;
(2) Community Education Resource; and
(3) Disaster Management Plan.
These three tasks are designed to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to critically examine potential disasters and historical and authoritative knowledge and data, to inform the design and development of a community education resource, and to prepare a disaster management plan for a given community taking into consideration the legal, ethical and cultural dimensions of providing disaster management support.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Critical Analysis of Study Material
You will make a series of contributions to the online discussion forum. To inform your contributions, you will critically read study materials and reflect on current or recent disasters or emergency events, and respond to/provide feedback on fellow students’ comments.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Community Education Resource
You will be presented with a disaster scenario for which your team is undertaking disaster planning and preparation. Within your team, you have been allocated a community liaison role and are required to prepare and inform the design and creation of an engaging community education resource for a targeted, diverse audience. This community education resource should be inclusive and educate and prepare the community and/or offer advice on actions that need to be taken should the disaster arise. To support your community education resource, you are required to write a short justification regarding the design of the education resource drawing upon evidence and scholarly literature.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Disaster Management Plan
You will take on the role of a disaster management officer working in a planning and preparedness team. The local disaster authorities have anticipated a potential disaster. They have asked you to prepare a risk assessment and create a plan for how to manage the disaster should it eventuate. You are required to justify your plan based on the literature, theoretical principles and relevant frameworks.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Nil
Costs
There are no additional costs associated with this unit.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
FitzGerald, G., Tarrant, M., Aitken, P. and Fredriksen, M. (2016). Disaster Health Management: A Primer for Students and Practitioners (1st ed.). London & NY: Routledge.
Other
PUQ452 Unit Site
Risk Assessment Statement
You are advised to back-up your digital files on a regular basis to ensure work is not lost if there is a hardware failure. Information about the free file storage provided by QUT for students is available on the Storing your files page.
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.