Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

2010 Course Information

You can view the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Course Information via the UOW Course Handbook or by clicking on the course name in the table below:

Single degrees

UAC Code	UOW Code	Course name
753122	708	Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
756632	786A	Bachelor of Health Science in Indigenous Health Studies
757101	863	Bachelor of Nursing
757102	BE863	Bachelor of Nursing (Bega)
757103	SH863	Bachelor of Nursing (Shoalhaven)
757630	1830	Bachelor of Medical and Health Sciences
757631	1832	Bachelor of Medical and Health Sciences Advanced
757642	749	Bachelor of Science (Exercise Science)
757643	851A	Bachelor of Exercise Science and Rehabilitation
757645	749	Bachelor of Science (Nutrition)
757647	865	Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
757650	1833	Bachelor of Public Health
757651	749	Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
757652	866	Bachelor of Psychology

Double degrees (students enrolling in a double degree should seek the advice of the Sub-Dean on the day of enrolment)

UAC Code	UOW Code	Course name
751207	775H	Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (H&BSc Major)
751751	867	Bachelor of Psychology/Bachelor of Commerce
751814	747H	Bachelor of Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Commerce

Special Government Policies

The NSW Government has special requirements and policies for students in health-related courses. These requirements relate to:

clinical/internship placements which must be undertaken as part of your course

Health-related courses

Criminal record checks

NSW Health requires all students in health-related courses to undergo a criminal record check before they can undertake a clinical placement in NSW Health facilities. All new students seeking placement in a NSW Health facility will be required to sign a Student Undertaking with their institution agreeing to notify NSW Health if they become the subject of a serious allegation or are charged or convicted of any criminal offences committed during the duration of their course. Students will then obtain (and pay the relevant fee for) their own National Police Certificate, either through a state or territory police service or through the Australian Federal Police.

If a student receives a National Police Certificate that shows that the student has no criminal history, the student can present their National Police Certificate to the NSW Health facility before undertaking their clinical placement.

If a student receives a National Police Certificate that shows that the student has a criminal record, the student will not be able to use their National Police Certificate for their clinical placement. Instead, the student will be required to contact the Employment Screening Unit at NSW Health, who will review the student’s criminal history and conduct a risk assessment. If the student is assessed as suitable for clinical placement, the student will be given either a Clinical Placement Authority (if there are no conditions on their placement) or a Conditional Letter to present to the NSW Health facility before undertaking their clinical placement. If a student is given a Conditional Letter, the student must disclose the conditions to the Clinical Placement Coordinator/Facilitator at their institution, who will liaise with the NSW Health facility before the clinical placement to determine whether the conditions imposed on the student can be met by that facility.

Child Protection legislation also requires serious sexual offences to be declared. The institution will require a student to complete a Prohibited Employment Declaration before any clinical placement. A student signs the Declaration and returns it to their institution, which retains it for its records. NSW Health does not issue or administer this Declaration.

Infectious diseases

Students who need to complete clinical training in the NSW hospital system will be subject to various guidelines and procedures laid down for health workers by the NSW Department of Health, including guidelines on infectious diseases.

In the hospital system you will be exposed to a large number and variety of individuals, and this may place you at risk of acquiring one of these diseases. In other cases, if you have a communicable disease you may place your clients at risk. Therefore, you are required to be protected against a range of vaccine preventable infectious diseases and screened for tuberculosis.

Information about the specified infectious diseases and the requirements of the NSW Health policy is at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/immunisation/ohs. If you do not have the required documentary evidence of protection against the specified diseases, you will not be accepted for clinical placement in the NSW health system and your progress in the course will be affected.

Some categories of health care workers – nurses, doctors, dentists, dental technicians, podiatrists and physiotherapists – also have regulated individual responsibility with regard to infection control. You should familiarise yourself with these responsibilities.

Health care workers who are either HIV antibody positive or Hepatitis B e-antigen or Hepatitis B DNA positive or Hepatitis C PCR positive must not perform exposure-prone procedures. Expert medical advice should be obtained by infected people on their infectious status and the extent to which this may limit their clinical practice.