| Semester 1, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCNG or GDNG or MNSG or PDEV or GDPH or MPUH or GCPU
Overview
This course prepares nursing, midwifery, social and public health practitioners, to work effectively within culturally diverse populations, moving towards the achievement of a culturally safe health and social care workforce. This course addresses the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and the National Scheme鈥檚 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025.
The purpose of this course is to enable health and social well-being practitioners to increase theoretical understanding of the ways in which culture determines health outcomes. Students will be encouraged to reflexively explore their role in cultural practices within health care systems that impact on the health and well-being of diverse populations.
This course encourages the health professional to explore the impact of the personal upon the professional through taken for granted cultural norms within health and social care practice. Students will be encouraged to explore the notion of power and privilege through a reflexive cultural lens. Developing a skill for cultural self-awareness will empower the health care professional to contribute to cultural and organisational change within their area of professional practice.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Critically discuss the notion of culture as a determinant of health;
- Define cultural safety, apply key concepts and guidelines within specific contexts of practice;
- Reflexively analyse personal cultural context, beliefs, attitudes and implications for professional practice;
- Determine strategies for the mitigation of health care inequities where culture is a determinant of health;
- Critically engage with research and research practice that addresses culture as determinant of health.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Theoretical approaches to culture as a determinant of health within the Social Determinants of Health Framework. | 15.00 |
| 2. |
Standards and key concepts for cultural safety in health and social care practice. |
25.00 |
| 3. | Reflexivity in practice, exploring the relationship between self, power and professional practice. | 25.00 |
| 4. |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led health care research addressing culture as a determinant of health. |
20.00 |
| 5. | Developing strategies for organisational cultural change to mitigate inequities experienced by vulnerable populations. | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online forums | No | 10 | 1,2 |
| Case Study | No | 40 | 1,2,3,5 |
| Critique (written) | No | 50 | 2,4,5 |