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HSC230 - Cultural Safety in Health

2021

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Health Science

Unit Description

In this unit, students will develop cultural safety principles that enable them to practice competently in diverse health environments. The unit uses an interpersonal and interactive process that facilitates creation of a safe space for students to explore pre-existing knowledge, values and beliefs and their "cultural self". Students will explore what is meant by cultural intelligence and ways in which their cultural values, attitudes and beliefs, impact and shape health relationships. Cultural Safety in Health will introduce students to strategies to ensure effective communication is achieved including health literacy considerations and the ability to assess the need for, and work appropriately with interpreters.

This unit offers an oppourtunity for students to apply for a 2 week Public Health Study Tour (PHST) with the Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICS) as part of an assessment task.

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Critically examine historical and contemporary influences on health outcomes that enable or constrain culturally safe health environments.
2.	Analyse the dimensions of health literacy, health communication and cultural safety in order to improve work practice.
3.	Implement communication strategies, including the ability to assess the need for, and work appropriately with interpreters.
4.	Analyse structural and relational power and how these impact on health outcomes.
5.	Identify actions taken at individual, organisational and systemic levels of the work space, and apply the principles of cultural safety in work settings.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Quiz (2 x 45 minutes)	40%	1,2,3,4
2.	Written Task (1200 words)	40%	1,2,3,4,5
3.	Peer Report (400 words)	20%	1,3,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2021	Semester 2	Internal	Batchelor	ITV,OLR
2021	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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ITV: This unit will be delivered/part-delivered intensively in this teaching period rather than over the full semester.

OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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