Consumer Perspective: Theory & Practice (NURS90018)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
January
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | January - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject aims to extend participants foundational knowledge to support the development of clinical skills and expertise related to consumer participation in treatment and consumer involvement in mental health service delivery and review. The subject focuses on current State and Commonwealth directives supporting consumer participation in treatment and in service reform activities; consumer rights, and explores models of care that can enhance the consumer's involvement in treatment. The subject would be relevant for healthcare practitioners from nursing and allied health disciplines interested in consumer perspectives and participation in health and health services.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine the origins of the consumer movement and 'Mad Studies', an emerging consumer-led discipline focusing on lived-experience, and the present-day application and operation of consumer leadership and the lived-experience workforce
- Identify the diversity of the consumer experience and apply the principles of advocacy and supported decision making to aid consumer self-determination
- Discuss how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples social and emotional wellbeing fits within a Westernised healthcare system and its connection to consumer self-determination
- Evaluate the impact of policy and legislation on the human rights of consumers
- Reflect on their current practice and how consumers' unique understanding of their own experience can be respected and supported
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills of the Melbourne graduate and postgraduate coursework student:
- Problem-solving skills by involvement in online discussions and activities
- Critical thinking skills by reflecting on perspectives that are not easily synthesised into a biomedical tradition
- Analytical skills through critical appraisal of the literature and development of arguments within the set assignments
- Ability to work as a team member through involvement in discussions and activities with fellow students
- Well-developed writing skills by completion of the assessment tasks
- Time management skills by planning their work and submitting information by the required deadlines
Last updated: 4 March 2025