UQ Ipswich’s Bachelor of Health Science students are forging links with local health services, through “Meet the Practitioner” sessions.
A range of local health practitioners will be invited to meet with students studying this new program. Lecturer, Professor Konrad Jamrozik said the “Meet the Practitioner” sessions were designed to inform students about the wide range of careers that were available to graduates.
“Increasing pressure on our health system means not only people in clinical like doctors nurses and physiotherapists are in demand. We also need more health practitioners in non-clinical roles. These people do not treat patients, but work on projects that promote better health or help improve services.
“This degree was designed in consultation with the health industry to meet that need and it offers a wide range of career opportunities that young people might not be aware of,” Prof Jamrozik said.
The Bachelor of Health Sciences degrees can open doors to careers in the public and private health sectors in areas such as health promotion, media liaison, Indigenous health, health service management and policy development and planning. This program also offers streams of study that can enable entry into postgraduate programs in traditional health disciplines, such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, audiology and medicine.
Community involvement will culminate for students in their third year, when they are involved in a unique industry placement program and experience hands-on health project work with a local organisation.
The next “Meet the Practitioner” session will be held on Wednesday, 30 August when Family Planning Queensland (FPQ) Director of Education Services, Anthony Walsh and FPQ’s new Ipswich Health Promotion Officer, Yvonne Black meet with students.
Media are invited to attend the session from 10am to 11am at UQ Ipswich.