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Unit of Study CUL00409 - The Mental Health of Australian Indigenous Peoples (2017)

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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe, from an Indigenous perspective, common disorders or states of ill health and discuss the ethics involved in working with a person with mental health problems
2 provide cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and ill health, using both Indigenous Australian and western psychiatric frameworks
3 identify and describe a range of culturally safe healing approaches to assist individuals and communities towards mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural health.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe, from an Indigenous perspective, common disorders or states of ill health and discuss the ethics involved in working with a person with mental health problems
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. provide cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and ill health, using both Indigenous Australian and western psychiatric frameworks
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. identify and describe a range of culturally safe healing approaches to assist individuals and communities towards mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural health.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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