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PSY3052Cultural safety, responsiveness and reflexivity in practice

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit you will learn to develop cultural responsiveness by understanding how cultural identities influence our perspectives on behaviour and human interactions. You will engage in critical reflexivity on perceived differences in...

Semester 1ClaytonMalaysia

PBH2003Culture, society and health

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will explore how individual and population experiences of health are shaped by culture and society. The unit draws on key sociological, anthropological, political and philosophical theories to reveal various relationships between...

Semester 1Caulfield

HSC2100Current health challenges

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

You will explore and develop the skills to understand and engage with complex contemporary health challenges in a local and global context. You will explore your position on today’s health challenges, uncovering your strengths and biases....

Semester 1Caulfield

SPH2002Developmental language disorders

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

You will learn about (developmental) language disorders in children, including their characteristics, risk factors, and impact on learning and participation. You will develop skills to assess language development, interpret findings, and...

Semester 1Peninsula

PSY2071Developmental psychology

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit goes beyond giving a deeper understanding of the cognitive and behavioural functioning of healthy and clinical populations across the lifespan. You will build an understanding of the links between early and later development and...

Semester 1ClaytonMalaysia

OCC3052Enabling occupation 2: Performance challenges in population health

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will begin to shift your view beyond the occupational challenges facing individuals, to consider the ways in which the occupations and health and wellbeing of populations may be impacted by social, political and...

Semester 2Peninsula

OCC2020Enabling occupation: Performance challenges 1A

UnitLevel 2|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This is the first unit of the occupational therapy intervention units. It comprises integrated case-based learning, skills-based learning, theories and evidence-based practice with participation in practice education placement to...

Semester 2Peninsula

OCC3031Enabling occupation: Performance challenges 1B

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This is the second unit of the occupational therapy intervention units. It comprises 10 weeks of integrated scenario-based learning. In this unit, you further describe, apply and critique the principles of assessment and intervention for...

Semester 1Peninsula

OCC3000Enabling occupation: Practice education placement

UnitLevel 3|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) must complete practice education placement to satisfy the professional requirements that a sufficient period of supervised practice be completed prior to graduation and...

Semester 1Peninsula

PBH3003Environmental determinants of health and disease

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit explores the role of environmental factors in human health, how environmental health hazards are identified and how the risks can be assessed and managed. This unit will cover chemical, biological and physical hazards and their...

Semester 1Caulfield

PAR1001Essential paramedic practice 1

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will begin developing your professional practice as a paramedic by engaging with the standards, values, and responsibilities that underpin contemporary paramedicine. The unit supports the development of your paramedic...

Semester 1Peninsula

PAR1002Essential paramedic practice 2

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will continue developing your professional practice as a paramedic, guided by the professional standards and Code of Conduct that shape safe and ethical care. You will build on foundational patient assessment to manage...

Semester 2Peninsula

PSY4220Ethics, legal and professional issues in psychology

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will focus on ethical, legal and professional issues related to psychological practice. Conceptual (e.g. ethical theories and definitions) and practical issues (e.g. common ethical dilemmas and case study appraisals) will be...

Semester 1ClaytonMalaysia

NUT1002Evaluating the evidence: Nutrition and population health

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will introduce you evidence-based practice in nutrition. You will consider nutrition research methodologies including quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry, study design, data collection and analysis, basic statistics,...

Semester 2Clayton

OCC3051Evidence-based health promotion practice in occupational therapy

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit examines the key theory, frameworks and practical approaches used in contemporary health promotion and occupational therapy practice to address health inequalities, prevent illness and injury, and promote health and wellbeing....

Semester 1Peninsula

PAR3012Extended paramedic care

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will extend your scope of practice in the pre-hospital environment as you explore a range of diseases and conditions and learn how to manage their consequences in out-of-hospital situations. You will apply practical...

Semester 2Peninsula

BME3082Fetal and neonatal development

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In BME3082, you will gain an understanding of what a scientist actually does and how medical research contributes to new knowledge and evidence-based medicine in the fields of fetal and neonatal development (perinatal medicine). You will...

Semester 2Clayton

NUT3025Food and nutrition policy

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will explore how food and nutrition policies influence public health, with a focus on Malaysia’s national nutrition strategies. You will analyse policies addressing key issues such as malnutrition, obesity, and food...

Summer AMalaysia

NUT2022Food preparation, safety and service

UnitLevel 2|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This is a Theme 3 - "Nutrition professional and skills development" unit. This unit draws on knowledge from the Year one units – “ Fundamentals of Human Nutrition ” and “ Food Science and Analysis ” and facilitates further understanding...

Semester 1Malaysia

NUT1102Food science

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

The unit will introduce food science particularly the chemistry of food components in their raw and cooked state. It will introduce food preparation and cooking skills, sensory evaluation of food, food processing, production, packaging and...

Semester 2Clayton