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Utilising Knowledge in Aboriginal Health (RURA90008)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Shepparton)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
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Our knowledge of health comes from many different experiences, information sources and through different mediums. Our culture informs how we understand health and our expectations of health and health care. Western scientific knowledge also contributes to how we understand health. Furthermore, our experiences of health, illness, caring and wellbeing also contribute to our understandings of health.This unit explores various ideas about health and the integration, overlap and disjuncture of Aboriginal knowledges and Western knowledges of health.
This unit explores how the field of health is influenced by different, sometimes competing ideas about what constitutes knowledge and what effects this has for the health and wellbeing of populations. Focusing particularly on the perspectives of Aboriginal Australians, it examines the nature, intersection and implications of various forms of health knowledges.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe ways Aboriginal Australian knowledges can be applied in the field of health including to the development of community‐based projects
- Describe ways Western, biomedical knowledges can be applied and critiqued in the field of health including in the formation of community‐based projects
- Explain and discuss key perspectives of health and how they overlap, intersect and contradict each other
- Demonstrate an ability to confidently source and use scholarly literature in the construction of a critical argument
Generic skills
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Applying complex theories to social/health issues
- Project planning skills
- Advanced oral communication skills
- High level written communication skills for academic contexts
- Sourcing and evaluating research and health-related literature
- Integrating knowledge from diverse sources
- Using basic Word programs and related software
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Subjects for the Specialist Certificate in Empowering Health in Aboriginal Communities may not be taken concurrently (in the same study period).
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
It is recommended that students have some background in:
- working in a health-related field
- working in and/or for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community
- community service or a desire to serve community
- understanding of the social model of health
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.
It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability
As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian students will be part of the student cohort, cultural issues will be accounted for where reasonably practical. In addition, requirements to travel to attend the course will be considered and travel scholarships may be available to eligible students.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Project plan topic and rationale
| Week 2 | 10% |
Knowledge supporting project topic (literature review and sources of Aboriginal knowledge)
| Week 7 | 30% |
Project plan presentation
| Week 12 | 20% |
Written project plan
| Week 12 | 30% |
Participation in the subject throughout the semester. (Each student will receive a weekly mark for participating in the subject e.g. contributing to group discussions, demonstrating that they have read the assigned readings and questioning these readings. An average score (weighted for the time interval) will provide a participation mark worth 10% of the course assessment) Hurdle requirement: Student attendance at the intensive sessions is required for 100% of the time unless written agreement from the course coordinator is attained. Failure to attend 100% of the intensive sessions will result in failure of the subject. Each student will receive a participation mark for this subject. An average score will provide a participation mark worth 20% of the subject's assessment. | From Week 1 to Week 12 | 10% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Shepparton) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching requirements Students will not be expected to begin immersion in the subject's content during the pre‐teaching period. However, students will be expected to be on the Department of Rural Health's Shepparton campus by the first day of semester 1 for a short teaching intensive before returning to their communities by the beginning of week 2 of semester, making travel to the campus a requirement during the pre‐teaching period. Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A subject reader will be made available to students for purchase at low cost and additional readings and/or materials will be provided to students by the unit coordinator and/or in tutorials during semester time.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022