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HSBH2010: Health Care Professional Skills
2025 unit information
The aim of this unit to introduce students to a range of issues related to service delivery for health care professionals. Topics covered include introduction to the Australian health care system, interdisciplinary roles and collaboration, professional ethics, social responsibility, advanced communication skills, developing a professional identity, and developing skills to work effectively across cultural groups.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Movement Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand what it means to be a health care professional
- LO2. Develop personal and professional attributes required in the transition from student to health care professional, including professional and ethical behaviour, client-centeredness, cultural awareness, social responsibility and empathy.
- LO3. Outline the relevant areas of the Australian Healthcare system and where various medical and allied health practitioners fit within this system
- LO4. Understand and respect the roles of other health professionals
- LO5. Communicate clearly, sensitively and effectively with clients and others.
- LO6. Adapt communication style to suit the particular needs of the recipient(s)
- LO7. Adapt your clinical practice to meet the unique social, ethical, cultural and professional needs of the recipient(s)
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Intensive January 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Intensive January 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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