First Peoples Health and Practice (3121MED)

This course prepares graduates across health professions to provide culturally safe health services to Australia's First Peoples. Through the enhancement of the previously introduced capabilities of respect, communication, safety and quality, critical reflection, and advocacy students will be supported to apply these capabilities in First Peoples' health contexts to engender the development of cultural capabilities that reflect a lifelong journey and are tested in every interaction. The course takes a holistic perspective to engage students in exploring the historical, socio-cultural, political and dominant cultural paradigms that influence First Peoples' health today. The First Peoples' Health and Practice course supports students to meet the Griffith University Graduate Attribute E.1 Awareness of and respect for the values and knowledge of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Peoples and to meet the requirements of the relevant professional body's competency standards and codes of professional conduct to provide culturally safe care. Pre-requisite: Students must have successfully completed at least 80CP of undergraduate study. This requirement will be strictly enforced.

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