PBH2007 · Indigenous health and cultural safety

Overview

This unit is informed by the Australian Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Framework and was created by Indigenous academics from the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit in collaboration with Nursing and Midwifery and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. You will have the opportunity to strengthen practical skills required to improve cultural safety in healthcare leading to Indigenous health equity. You will reflect on your own worldview and consider how this may impact on working with diverse Indigenous Australian peoples. You will undertake online learning journeys which feature stories from Indigenous Elders and healthcare workers, videos, podcasts and interactive activities. In addition, critical reflections on real life case studies and activities to develop lifelong learning will be provided.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Reflect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of knowing, being and doing, in the context of history, culture and diversity.
2. Be aware of how one’s own culture and dominant cultural paradigms influence perceptions of interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
3. Describe culturally appropriate, safe and sensitive communication that facilitates trust and the building of respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
4. Describe evidence and strength-based best practice approaches in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care.
5. Recognise that the whole of the health system is responsible for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and advocate for equitable health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
6. Describe current and historic socio-cultural institutions and processes in the context of how they have influenced human health.

Workload

● On-campus: 2-hour tutorial each week ● Off-campus: 2-4 hours engaging in teacher directed activities on Moodle and 6 hours of self-directed learning Total per week = 12 hours Off campus attendance requirement: Optional cultural excursion

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.