Indigenous health and cultural safety in healthcare practice

What it covers

This unit is informed by the Australian Government's, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Framework and is provided via an innovative partnership between Nursing and Midwifery and Indigenous academics from the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit. Nurses and midwives make up a large part of the healthcare workforce and through their practice have a significant opportunity to make a difference in healthcare provision for Indigenous Australians. In this unit, you will have the opportunity to strengthen practical skills required to improve Indigenous health equity and cultural safety in healthcare. You will reflect on understandings of your own worldview and consider how this may impact working with diverse Indigenous Australian peoples and health equity. You undertake online learning journeys, which feature stories from Indigenous Elders and healthcare workers, videos, podcasts and interactive activities. In addition, critical reflections on real life case studies and activities to develop lifelong learning are provided.

Assessment

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