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Course description

Gain knowledge of the contemporary, historical, social, political, and environmental contexts relevant to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, and communities to inform your practice as an emerging nurse/midwife/social work practitioner. Through participation in the course, you will begin to develop an insight into your own culture, values, and beliefs, personally and professionally and how these impact practice. The purpose of this course is to develop knowledge and skills for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, and communities in a culturally safe and responsive way.

 This is a core course in the BSocWk(Hons), BN, BMid & BN/BMid. These programs are accredited respectively by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (2020) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council's Registered Nurse Accreditation Standards 2019 and the Midwife Accreditation Standards 2021. 

 These education and accreditation standards stipulate that accredited social work, nursing and midwifery programs are required to include content that addresses the following core curriculum areas:

1. Constructions of the professions' purpose, place, and practice
2. Power, oppression, and exploitation
3. The history and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
4. Culture, identity, and discrimination
5. Psychosocial health and wellbeing across the lifecycle
6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' history, culture and health 

 This content is developed, updated and delivered by, and in collaboration with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses, midwives, social workers, community leaders, Elders, consumers, carers, students and other stakeholders. This course is developed based on the Nursing and Midwifery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework. 

Archived offerings