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Unit of Study HLT91002 - Allied Health and Telehealth in Rural, Regional and Remote Settings (2014)

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Unit description

Explores strategies for addressing barriers inherent in delivering allied health services within rural, regional and remote settings. Health service models are appraised together with assessment and treatment delivery options and types of capacity building, culturally appropriate and sustainable outreach services. There is a focus on Telehealth alternatives and ways to influence policy.

Unit content

  1. Characteristics of regional, rural and remote communities
  2. Types of barriers that can impact on effective implementation of allied health services
  3. Sole practitioners attempting to meet the needs of large and diverse caseloads
  4. Community engagement, capacity building and sustainable services
  5. Discrete, integrated and comprehensive primary health care outreach services; health service models and applications for particular types of rural, regional and remote locations
  6. Assessment and treatment options that incorporate telehealth
  7. Using Skype, phone, internet and videoconferencing sites to address the needs of allied health in rural, regional and remote settings
  8. Designing an allied health intervention program and outcome measurement strategy using telehealth for a person living in a rural, regional and remote setting
  9. Intercultural competence with respect to delivering allied health services in rural, regional and remote settings
  10. Interprofessional practice with respect to delivering allied health services in rural, regional and remote settings
  11. Seeking solutions to address the health needs and concerns of people living in rural, regional and remote areas
  12. Transmitting knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences and influencing policy, practice and uptake

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Not currently available in 2014

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 evaluate characteristics of regional, rural and remote communities and types of barriers that can impact on effective implementation of allied health services in such contexts
2 examine concepts such as community engagement and capacity building; discrete, integrated and outreach services; comprehensive primary health care services and sustainable delivery
3 evaluate various health service models and applications for particular types of rural, regional and remote locations
4 critically appraise the viability of assessment and treatment options that incorporate telehealth, (such as Skype, phone, internet and videoconferencing sites) to address the needs of allied health in rural, regional and remote settings
5 design an allied health intervention program and outcome measurement strategy using telehealth for people living in rural, regional and remote settings
6 evaluate the extent to which allied health services in rural regional and remote settings incorporate intercultural competence and inter-professional practice
7 analyse ways to influence policy for allied health in regional, rural and remote settings.

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

  1. evaluate characteristics of regional, rural and remote communities and types of barriers that can impact on effective implementation of allied health services in such contexts
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  2. examine concepts such as community engagement and capacity building; discrete, integrated and outreach services; comprehensive primary health care services and sustainable delivery
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  3. evaluate various health service models and applications for particular types of rural, regional and remote locations
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  4. critically appraise the viability of assessment and treatment options that incorporate telehealth, (such as Skype, phone, internet and videoconferencing sites) to address the needs of allied health in rural, regional and remote settings
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  5. design an allied health intervention program and outcome measurement strategy using telehealth for people living in rural, regional and remote settings
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  6. evaluate the extent to which allied health services in rural regional and remote settings incorporate intercultural competence and inter-professional practice
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  7. analyse ways to influence policy for allied health in regional, rural and remote settings.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3: