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Sessions
Available
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Fees
N/A (Free)
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Time Commitment
Approx 2 Hours
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Delivery
Online
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It should take you approximately 2 hours to complete all topics which will give you an awareness of culture and an understanding of a culturally safe healthcare environment. You do not need to complete this module in one sitting.
Rural Health clinicians (all clinicians in any health degree)
The content in this module includes:
- What is Culture?
- Looking back: Origins of colonisations for First Nations Australians
- The importance of cultural awareness
- Looking forward: Cultural awareness
- Communication styles
- Impacts on your profession - How can play our part?
At the completion of this module you will:
- Be knowledgeable about what culture means and have explored the diverse aspects and requirements for Cultural Awareness within the context of healthcare.
- Be able to identify the features of a ‘culturally safe clinical environments’
- Understand the distinction's between cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural safety.
- Know how to evidence cultural sensitivity and awareness when orienting students to clinical placements in various settings.
- Develop a growing skillset to enact change and encourage respect of culture.
