AHC5000 Foundations of health professional practice

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Evaluate the key elements of the Australian health care system and the roles and responsibilities of the health care team;

2. 2

   Articulate the attributes that define a profession and the conduct of professionalism and Fitness for Practice;

3. 3

   Critique personal and community determinants of health, and develop, implement, and evaluate a program of personal health enhancement;

4. 4

   Compare and contrast a range of health promotion theories of change ranging from an individual to population-wide focus;

5. 5

   Critique diverse definitions, concepts and interpretations of health and wellbeing, and how they apply to oneself and the allied health professions;

6. 6

   Describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander key concepts of health and wellbeing and the influence of culture, family and connection to country in health practice;

7. 7

   Explain the biopsychosocial model and its relevance to pain, language, one’s response to pain, and the impact of pain on one’s life;

8. 8

   Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, dermatology, biomechanics and kinesiology theory to allied health practice;

9. 9

   Apply the principles of NPS MedicineWise safe prescribing competencies to client needs;

10. 10

    Critically analyse evidence-based practice in allied health in the context of integrating the best research evidence with clinical expertise and the client's unique values and circumstances;

11. 11

    Apply key principles of occupational health and safety and infection, prevention and control relevant to allied health practice;

12. 12

    Appraise levels of research evidence, methods of study design and sources of bias in research and design electronic database searches to identify the best evidence.