School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Midwifery Cultural Studies
  • Unit Code

    MID6104
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Deborah Mary IRESON

Description

This unit examines health, wellness, illness and culture. The focus is socio-cultural aspects of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students will identify strategies to promote the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to practice culturally sensitive care.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the historical, cultural and social factors that have an impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  2. Evaluate the impact of health care and maternity care policy and initiatives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  3. Evaluate the provision of maternity care and other health services and resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Analyse and apply the concepts of cultural safety and cultural competence for midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Unit Content

  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and society.
  2. Historical determinants of health and well-being for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  3. Cultural determinants of health, wellness and illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Social determinants of health, wellness and illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  5. Australian health care policy and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  6. Australian maternity care policy and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  7. Maternity services and resources for childbearing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families.
  8. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services.
  9. The meaning of cultural safety and security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  10. Providing culturally safe and secure midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 1: connecting with women and their families.
  11. Providing culturally safe and secure midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2: supporting women and their families.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeCompletion of online package and written reflection30%
Case StudyCritical analysis of case study40%
PresentationCompletion of online module and presentation30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Midwifery Cultural Studies
  • Unit Code

    MID6104
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Deborah Mary IRESON

Description

This unit examines health, wellness, illness and culture. The focus is socio-cultural aspects of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students will identify strategies to promote the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to practice culturally sensitive care.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the historical, cultural and social factors that have an impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  2. Evaluate the impact of health care and maternity care policy and initiatives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  3. Evaluate the provision of maternity care and other health services and resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Analyse and apply the concepts of cultural safety and cultural competence for midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Unit Content

  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and society.
  2. Historical determinants of health and well-being for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  3. Cultural determinants of health, wellness and illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Social determinants of health, wellness and illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  5. Australian health care policy and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  6. Australian maternity care policy and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  7. Maternity services and resources for childbearing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families.
  8. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services.
  9. The meaning of cultural safety and security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  10. Providing culturally safe and secure midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 1: connecting with women and their families.
  11. Providing culturally safe and secure midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2: supporting women and their families.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeCompletion of online package and written reflection30%
Case StudyCritical analysis of case study40%
PresentationCompletion of online module and presentation30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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