Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Health Contexts (11852.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Nursing | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) |
This unit responds to increasing awareness for governments and the community at large of the particular healthcare challenges facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This unit will explore contemporary issues affecting relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-First nations Australians in the context of generational and intergenerational healthcare outcomes.
1. Critically reflect on historical and contemporary issues affecting the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians;
2. Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for positive engagement with and between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that enable reconciled healthcare relationships in both the delivery of care and between those involved in healthcare delivery; and
3. Interpret, critically analyse and discuss data that specifically relates to health outcomes for First Nations Australians.
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Critically reflect on historical and contemporary issues affecting the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians;
2. Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for positive engagement with and between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that enable reconciled healthcare relationships in both the delivery of care and between those involved in healthcare delivery; and
3. Interpret, critically analyse and discuss data that specifically relates to health outcomes for First Nations Australians.
Graduate attributes
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
7434 Indigenous Health: Contemporary IssuesAssumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Holly Northam |
| 2024 | UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Holly Northam |
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Winter Term | 27 May 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Holly Northam |
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Holly Northam |
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