Program Overview

Unit of Study NATM2005 - Professional Contexts in Naturopathic Medicine 2: Ethics and Law

Unit Snapshot

• Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 12
• Faculty/College: Faculty of Health
• Placement: No
• Enrolment information: If enrolled on-campus, students are required to attend on-campus classes and participate in online activities.

Unit Description

Explores the roles and responsibilities of health practitioners, including the laws, ethical principles, and regulatory structures governing naturopathic medicine practice. The foundations of effective communication are also examined within the context of professional conduct.

Unit Content

1. Roles and responsibilities of health practitioners
2. Professional conduct law
3. Professional conduct regulation
4. Professional conduct ethics
5. Communication in healthcare interprofessional communication
6. Communication in healthcare patients and public

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Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand, and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Interpret roles and responsibilities of practitioners involved in patient care
• Illustrate principles of professional conduct in the context of common law, health ethics, and regulation
• Examine foundations of interprofessional communication in defined healthcare settings
• Apply foundations of patient and public communication in defined healthcare settings

Prescribed Learning Resources

Term 2

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