Students will be required to complete two (2) online timed quizzes to assess understanding of subject matter covered in the weekly lectures and associated prescribed readings. (Content covered during tutorial/on-campus sessions is not included in this assessment). 

Quizzes must be completed in Weeks 7 and 13, covering content from weeks 1-6 and 7-12 respectively. (Note: 'weeks' refers to teaching weeks and does not include the mid-semester break.)

Each quiz will be released at 10am Monday and close at 10pm Thursday of the respective weeks. When released, each quiz may be completed at anytime during that week, but must be completed within the allocated time frame of sixty (60) minutes from the time that the quiz is opened. Students are responsible for ensuring that they are able to complete the quiz in a secure environment with a stable internet connection. Technical/technological issues will not qualify for special consideration.

The total Class Participation grade will be divided as follows: 

On-Call Participation (10%):  Students will register to be ‘on-call’ for one of the weekly tutorial topics covered from weeks 4 and 11 (or for a topic covered at the on campus sessions in the case of external students). The registration roster will open on iLearn at 10am Monday and close at 10pm Thursday of Week 3. Students must select an ‘on-call’ slot in their enrolled tutorial (or on campus sessions in the case of external students). Tutors will ensure that students ‘on-call’ will have the first opportunity to respond to the assigned questions for discussion before opening to the rest of the class for additional comment. Staff will also endeavour to give all students on-call equal opportunity to answer questions. The number of questions for each week varies and is indicative of the level of detail required in your answers (ie tutorial weeks with fewer questions require more detailed consideration for each question), and will be made available on the unit's iLearn page.  

Ongoing Participation (5%): Students who engage with class discussions by offering well-considered contributions throughout semester will be rewarded in the ongoing participation portion of the overall participation grade.

Rubrics for on-call and ongoing class participation will be made available on the unit's iLearn page.

Students will provide a 3000-word submission (plus a one-page executive summary) to a mock Parliamentary Inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport. The Terms of Reference for the Inquiry (released by the end of Week 3) will require students to provide expert commentary on relevant issues affecting contemporary health law and policy in Australia. Detailed instructions as to structure and content will be released by the end of Week 3.

Each student will appear in a fifteen minute solo in-camera expert witness appearance (distance students will be afforded the opportunity to do so remotely) before the 'Committee Chair' of a mock Parliamentary Inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport. Building on their written submission (Task 3), students will have one minute to open and one minute to close their oral submissions, with the 'Chair' using the remaining time to question the student on the substance of their written submission. As mock experts, students will also be called upon to demonstrate their understanding of core concepts developed across the unit, drawing upon relevant legal principles or frameworks to support their reasoning. 

Starting in Week 8, students will be able to book (via an online sign-up tool on the unit's iLearn site) the preferred time for their appearance before the mock Inquiry. Students can thus choose times that do not conflict with formal exam commitments during the period.