PBH2007 Indigenous health and cultural safety
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PBH2007 Indigenous health and cultural safety is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PBH2007
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
- NUR1013Indigenous health for nursing and midwifery practiceNo reviews yet
- PSY1024Psychology: Allies in Indigenous healthNo reviews yet
- PSY5012Advocates in Indigenous health and wellbeingNo reviews yet
- MAP4200Improving Indigenous equity in professional practiceNo reviews yet
- NUR1014Indigenous health and cultural safety in healthcare practiceNo reviews yet
- MAP6200Improving indigenous equity in professional practice
After PBH2007
No unit lists PBH2007 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must have passed 12 credit points
Overview
This unit is informed by the Australian Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curriculum Framework and was created by Indigenous academics from the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit in collaboration with Nursing and Midwifery and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. You will have the opportunity to strengthen practical skills required to improve cultural safety in healthcare leading to Indigenous health equity. You will reflect on your own worldview and consider how this may impact on working with diverse Indigenous Australian peoples. You will undertake online learning journeys which feature stories from Indigenous Elders and healthcare workers, videos, podcasts and interactive activities. In addition, critical reflections on real life case studies and activities to develop lifelong learning will be provided.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Weekly quizQuiz / Test10%
- Individual reportWritten50%
- Group taskPresentation40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Reflect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of knowing, being and doing, in the context of history, culture and diversity.
- 2
Be aware of how one’s own culture and dominant cultural paradigms influence perceptions of interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- 3
Describe culturally appropriate, safe and sensitive communication that facilitates trust and the building of respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- 4
Describe evidence and strength-based best practice approaches in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care.
- 5
Recognise that the whole of the health system is responsible for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and advocate for equitable health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- 6
Describe current and historic socio-cultural institutions and processes in the context of how they have influenced human health.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
● On-campus: 2-hour tutorial each week
● Off-campus: 2-4 hours engaging in teacher directed activities on Moodle and 6 hours of self-directed learning
Total per week = 12 hours
Off campus attendance requirement: Optional cultural excursion
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Karen Richards
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Karen Richards
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PBH2007?
PBH2007 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PBH2007 offered?
In 2025, PBH2007 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
How much work is PBH2007?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does PBH2007 have an exam?
No. PBH2007 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.