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Unit of Study NATM2005 - Professional Contexts in Naturopathic Medicine 2: Ethics and Law (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Students are required to attend on-campus classes and participate in online activities.

Unit description

Explores the roles and responsibilities of health practitioners, including the laws, ethical principles and regulatory structures governing naturopathic medicine practice. The foundations of effective communication are also examined within the context of professional conduct.

Unit content

  1. Roles and responsibilities of health practitioners
  2. Professional conduct – law
  3. Professional conduct – regulation
  4. Professional conduct – ethics
  5. Communication in healthcare – interprofessional communication
  6. Communication in healthcare – patients and public

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Term3
N/A

Learning outcomes

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:

interpret roles and responsibilities of practitioners involved in patient care

illustrate principles of professional conduct in the context of common law, health ethics and regulation

examine foundations of interprofessional communication in defined healthcare settings

apply foundations of patient and public communication in defined healthcare settings

Prescribed learning resources

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  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.