Please note that this Course has a Mandatory Assessment Submission requirement.

Offering Information

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Course Team

Julie Flynn

Lisa Beccaria

Summary

This course is one of eight, first year, foundation courses in the Bachelor of Nursing Program. The impact of globalisation, rapid urbanisation and climate change directly challenge social cohesion and our healthcare systems. Fundamental to health professional practice is an understanding of how health and illness can be conceptualised and … For more content click the Read More button below. To enhance student employability, the learning and teaching approach will include the integration of community of inquiry of key policies and contemporary responses to different global contexts and health challenges. Tutorials will apply and contextualise the learnings in course readings and lectures for the student.
SynopsisStudents will be able to describe how health, illness and wellness can be conceptualised across the lifespan and how these concepts can be applied in terms of contemporary health models, theories and frameworks. Students will be able to identify a range of determinants which may impact on burden of disease including social, cultural, psychological and environmental factors. In addition, students will also begin to apply the knowledge of these determinants to the impact on an individual's experience of health or ill health. Students will also begin to develop knowledge of a health professional's role in preventing illness and the role of primary health care and health promotion. Students will develop an introductory understanding of the role of advocacy in health care for equity, social justice, community participation, cultural safety and inter-sectoral collaboration.

As per the BNSG Program Rules, students are required to attempt and submit all assessment items in a course. This program rule forms part of the UniSQ accreditation agreement with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council [ANMAC].

Other Requisites or Enrolment Rules

Other

Completion Requirements

Submitting all assessment

Offerings

Semester 1

OL-TWMBA-SEM1

ON-IPSCH-SEM1

ON-TWMBA-SEM1

Semester 2

OL-TWMBA-SEM2

ON-IPSCH-SEM2

ON-TWMBA-SEM2

Trimester 1

OL-TWMBA-TR1

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
1.
Identify the key burdens of disease in diverse population groups across the lifespan in Australia and globally.
2.
Describe the global health challenges and sustainable development goals.
3.
Critique the different models of healthcare.
4.
Identify, analyse and apply the determinants of health and impact on individuals and communities.
5.
Identify and critique the key challenges in human rights, social justice, health equity and the advocacy role of a health care professional in providing culturally safe care across a range of settings.
6.
Identify and analyse the key components of primary health care and health promotion.

Topics

1. Burden of disease across the lifespan. 2. Global health challenges, sustainable development goals.  3. Models of care. 4. Determinants of health. 5. Human rights, social justice, health equity, cultural safety and advocacy. 6. Primary health care and health promotion.

Assessments

Assessment due dates (as listed in Week Due) are indicative until finalised by the end of Week 1 for each Study Period (Offering). After Week 1, Assessment due dates may change with the approval of the Dean (Academic) or Delegate in limited circumstances. All Assessment due date changes approved after Week 1 will be communicated to students accordingly via Handbook and StudyDesk.

Media Watch Report - Trimester 1 BPTH students only

Quiz

Quiz

Media Watch Report

Final Report - Trimester 1 BPTH students only

Media Watch Report

Final Report

Final Report