Course Outline
NUR332 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
Course Coordinator:Terri Sullivan (tsullivan@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Nursing
2024Semester 2
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course will enable you to understand and analyse practices and issues related to the provision of health care and health education that addresses the health inequities that are currently present in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in comparison to their mainstream Australian counterparts. You will continue to develop your understanding of working with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a culturally safe way.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
| Online | |||
| Online – Online asynchronous learning and teaching materials that are offered in 4 modules. Student support via 1 hour Zoom sessions that are offered 3 times per week | 4hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Course Topics
The impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s health, origins of Cultural Safety and the code of ethics and the code of conduct.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maternal, child and family health, and the National Health Plan and Closing the Gap.
Past government policies and the adverse impacts on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s today and addressing racism in healthcare.
What level is this course?
300 Level (Graduate)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Apply professional standards, guidelines and codes of practice as they relate to culturally safe decision making and practice. |
Creative and critical thinker Ethical |
| 2 | Analyse information relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ health in order to formulate effective person-centred health care strategies, behaviours and communication. |
Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
| 3 | Explain the principles of cultural safety within a Social Justice framework and apply them to decision making in healthcare settings to support the needs and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. |
Creative and critical thinker Sustainability-focussed |
| 4 | Apply principles and practices of academic writing and referencing. Correct use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander terminology and protocols. | Ethical |
| 5 | Apply ethical use of intellectual property. | Ethical |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
NUR117 or NUR141 or HLT132 and enrolled in Program SC391, SC392, SC393
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Task 1 - Assesses knowledge of the Professional Standards and Codes of Practice. This assessment prepares students for Task 2 and Task 3.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 20% | 40 minutes |
Week 3 | Online Test (Quiz) |
| All | 2 | Artefact - Creative | Individual | 30% | 1000 words |
Week 6 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Written Piece | Individual | 50% | 2000 words |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Online Quiz | |
| Goal: | The aim of this task is for you review the NMBA Registered nurse and Registered midwife standards for practice, CATSINaM guidelines and other practice codes to demonstrate knowledge of the appropriate terminology relating to culture and professional practice. |
| Product: | Quiz/zes |
| Format: | You will access your on-line Quiz on Canvas |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Digital Poster. | |
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to use information about a specific health issue relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to produce a case study which informs decision making and best practice. |
| Product: | Artefact - Creative |
| Format: | You will use information provided on the course Canvas site to develop a case study scenario analysis for a Digital poster presentation. You will: Using information provided to you, you will develop a poster presentation that addresses the information using the principles of Cultural Safety within a Social Justice framework You will draw on relevant evidence and sources of information to analyse the implications of the case study for decision making and practice relating to Closing the Gap. Make recommendations for best practice to respond to the health issue. You will use the referencing style appropriate to the discipline. |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Written Assignment | |
| Goal: | The goal of task is for you understand how past Australian government policies relating to Indigenous Australians have contributed to the present health crisis facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You will then demonstrate how you will incorporate this knowledge of the principles of Cultural Safety in your current and continuing practice. You will understand and address racism in healthcare. |
| Product: | Written Piece |
| Format: | You will write a 2000 word written piece. You will use the referencing style appropriate to the discipline. |
| Criteria: |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
N/A
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct.
Assessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.
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Study help
For help with course-specific advice, for example what information to include in your assessment, you should first contact your tutor, then your course coordinator, if needed.
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