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Unit of Study SPT20007 - Working in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts and in Rural and Remote Settings (2016)

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Unit description

Extend students' intercultural competence and develop their knowledge about working as health professionals in rural and remote settings. Students explore ways to adapt profession specific assessment and intervention practices for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) contexts and will apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes to speech pathology professional practices.

Unit content

Topic 1:    Health Practice in a global contexts and in the rural context
Topic 2:    Intercultural competence
Topic 3:    Bilingualism
Topic 4:    Valid assessment processes – Issues in assessment
Topic 5:    Valid assessment processes – Developing culturally appropriate assessment plans
Topic 6:    Intervention across the Lifespan – Considerations in providing culturally appropriate intervention practices, family centred approaches
Topic 7:    Intervention across the lifespan – School aged
Topic 8:    Intervention across the lifespan – Adults
Topic 9:    Equity and access in rural and diverse communities and associated challenges
Topic 10:  Alternative models of care – public health and community based approaches
Topic 11:  Alternative models of care – Tele-health options for rural and remote populations, Models of care - Inter-professional health practice
Topic 12:  Profession specific practice issues – Resources, Ethical Practice

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

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 discuss challenges regarding the facilitation of equity and access in diverse communities
2 describe the notions of intercultural competence and global awareness and associated implications for health professional practice
3 explain considerations regarding valid assessment processes for bilingual individuals, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders
4 describe culturally appropriate intervention practices for bilingual individuals, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders
5 describe tele-health options for rural and remote populations
6 identify options regarding inter-professional health professional practice in culturally and linguistically diverse, and rural and remote contexts

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

  1. discuss challenges regarding the facilitation of equity and access in diverse communities
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  2. describe the notions of intercultural competence and global awareness and associated implications for health professional practice
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. explain considerations regarding valid assessment processes for bilingual individuals, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  4. describe culturally appropriate intervention practices for bilingual individuals, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  5. describe tele-health options for rural and remote populations
    • GA2:
  6. identify options regarding inter-professional health professional practice in culturally and linguistically diverse, and rural and remote contexts
    • GA2:
    • GA7:

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