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Unit description
Introduces students to interprofessional practice and the professional requirements of practice as a health professional. Students will explore the roles, responsibilities, of their own and other disciplines and how to work together to deliver collaborative-person centred care. A second focus of this unit is to prepare students for their early placement experiences by recognising the legal, regulatory, and ethical expectations of practice.
Unit content
- Introduction to interprofessional education and collaborative person-centred practice
- Interprofessional communication
- Interprofessional teams and team functioning
- Preparation for work integrated learning
- Value, ethics and safety – legal and regulatory requirements of healthcare
- Foundations of health careers
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | identify the contribution of own and other disciplines in improving stakeholder outcomes |
| 2 | demonstrate interprofessional communication skills appropriate for person-centred care |
| 3 | develop strategies that can be applied during work integrated learning to optimise professional and career development |
| 4 | outline relevant interprofessional and discipline-specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify the contribution of own and other disciplines in improving stakeholder outcomes
- demonstrate interprofessional communication skills appropriate for person-centred care
- develop strategies that can be applied during work integrated learning to optimise professional and career development
- outline relevant interprofessional and discipline-specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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