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Undergraduate |
(MED)
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Leader: Ms Michelle Richardson
Offered:
Not offered in 2006.
Synopsis: This on-line unit is designed to sensitize students to the dynamics of expanded rural health practice roles, enable them to negotiate the rural practice environment and sustain a career in rural health practice. The unit focuses on the dynamics of rural health practice by exploring the impact that living and working in a rural environment has on individuals, health services and rural health outcomes. The unit requires students to undertake a clinical health project relevant to a contemporary health issue within a rural or remote community.
Objectives: On completion of this unit students are expected to be able to: 1. discuss the impact that living and working in a rural environment has on nursing and nurses; 2. critically appraise the issues confronting health professionals who work in rural settings; 3. describe the range of expanded practice roles that rural nurses undertake; 4. critically examine the contribution of rural nursing practice to improving health outcomes of rural communities; 5. evaluate the impact of the rural environment on health service planning and delivery; 6. critically analyse the dynamics of expanded rural health practice roles; and 7. integrate concepts of dynamics of rural practice in development of a clinical project that addresses a specific health need of a rural/remote community.
Assessment: Assignment: 20% + Assignment: 40% + Clinical poster: 40%