BEH2501 - Community Health, Culture and Society

Leader(s): TBA

Offered

Peninsula First semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides a comprehensive view of the impact of specific health, cultural and psycho-social issues within the community. The major aims of the unit are to strengthen students' community engagement and communication skills within an interprofessional environment. Initially the student will be provided with a theoretical foundation utilizing current resources underpinning the principles of the national patient safety framework, inter-professional collaboration and health promotion. Students are then required to apply the theory learnt in this unit and BEH2011, BEH2021 and BEH2041 by exploring a specific health, cultural or social support resource within the community.

Objectives

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Apply the theoretical concepts covered within BEH2011, BEH2021, and BEH2041 within a chosen community based practice setting;
2. Investigate community health promotion models within a chosen community based practice setting;
3. Discuss the importance of the national patient safety education framework in the provision of community health;
4. Engage with community based health professionals within a chosen practice setting;
5. Discuss the importance of collaboration of different health professions in the provision of community health care;
6. Explore the social and cultural influences associated with community health and the implementation of a community health program;
7. Identify alternative applications of paramedic activity within the community;
8. Present a comprehensive and critical description of the community engagement project developed within the learning contract;
9. Demonstrate effective communication strategies for culturally diverse individuals/ groups.

Assessment

+ Group learning contract development:(20%)
+ 2000 word individual written report:(50%)
+ Group presentation:(30%)

Contact hours

2 x 1 hour lectures, 1 x 1 hour tutorials and 1 x 3 hour self directed community engagement. The student is expected to undertake one hour of self directed study for each contact hour.

Prerequisites

An overall pass at level 1 of the Bachelor Emergency Health (Paramedic).