You are an experienced audiologist and have been employed by a not-for-profit organisation in Australia. You have been tasked to:

a) Write a report on the use of community based rehabilitation (CBR) as a way of providing hearing related services to those in Cambodia, particularly those in rural and remote populations.

b) Writing/developing a short (one A4 page) health information sheet detailing basic information about hearing loss due to measles and its prevention for use with the general Cambodian population.

I would suggest writing it in English rather than the local language, it can later be translated (although you may wish to consider the implication of this issue in your discussion below). Please think about and investigate the target population and consider how best to get the message across to them.

Key Readings:

WHO resource   http://www.who.int/pbd/deafness/news/CBREarHearingCare.pdf

Submission criteria:

Word limit - no more than 2,500 words; double spaced, excluding reference list.

The prevalence of middle ear disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia is estimated to be well above 4% which the WHO (2004) states constitutes a "massive public health problem...requiring urgent attention".

Critically review the following statement: "The reason for an increased incidence of middle ear disease in Indigenous populations is because of physiological differences between this group and the wider community". 

Key Readings:

Gracey M. & King M. (2009). Indigenous health part 1: Determinants and disease patterns. Lancet, 374; 65-75.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018 report on Australian's Health (See particularly the "All is not equal" page.) https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-health-2018-in-brief/contents/about

Coates, H. L., Morris, P. S., Leach, A. J., & Couzos, S. (2002). Otitis media in Aboriginal children: tackling a major health problem. The Medical Journal of Australia, 177(4), 177-178.

Submission criteria: No more than 2,500 words in length, excluding the reference list.

Within your Design Challenge groups, develop a written submission of no more than 6 pages in length (with normal margins, size 12 font). This should: (i) outline your design challenge, (ii) present the background information that you have gathered from the literature which highlights the magnitude or impact of the problem, (iii) present the methodological approach that the team has taken to develop and refine your design (i.e. interview with experts, conducting a site visit for contextualisation of the problem, interviewing people who are affected by the problem or reviewing the literature) and include the synthesised information which you gathered and justify how this has informed your design solution; and (iv) discuss how your solution addresses this.  

The group presentation of your solution will be presented via video or recorded powerpoint (10 minutes per group). Be creative! This could be in the form of a video that you have designed include educational materials, etc. The presentation should be centred on your solution - which could be an awareness campaign, an educational solution, a technological solution with supportive educational information or something else which addresses the specific problem that you have selected. 

Assignment Format: The assignment includes a visual presentation and a written submission (no more than 6 pages in length, using normal margins and size 12 font). Video material should be limited to 10 minutes. Educational materials or supportive information for a technological solution can be included. 

Team declaration: All team members must sign a declaration statement (to be provided) which states which team members contributed to each part of the process (eg background research, development of presentation materials, etc) and that this was a team effort.

Written exam - 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time.