Aboriginal Cultural Learning
$24/per user
- 12 months access
- 1 attempt at passing
What you will learn
Aboriginal Cultural Learning aims to improve your knowledge and awareness of the impacts of Aboriginal and Australian history on systemic and cultural issues that impact on Aboriginal people’s health and wellbeing today.
This course has been developed to support the implementation of the SA Health Aboriginal Cultural Learning Framework to enable a consistent approach to the improvement of the cultural competency of its workforce in order to meet the needs of its Aboriginal consumers.
Relevance
This course is suitable for all people who work in the health sector.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- describe cultural awareness
- examine why cultural competency is important in your workplace
- appraise Aboriginal history and its relationship to health outcomes for Aboriginal people
- recognise the impact of racism on Aboriginal people’s health
- question your values and attitudes around Aboriginal people's past and present lives
- formulate basic strategies to empathise and communicate with Aboriginal people.
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About this course
Duration
The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
Certificate of Completion
On successful completion of the assessments you can download a certificate of completion.
Disclaimer
This course adheres to South Australian (SA Health) guidelines and Australian National Standards.
The principles described in the course can however be applied to any health care setting.
If you practice outside South Australia it is your responsibility to refer to the specific requirements of your local health authority.
Compliance
This course and the Aboriginal Cultural Learning Framework align with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, Second Edition, Standards 1 and 2.
Resources
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
NSQHS Standards Actions to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Australian Government, Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
Beyond Blue
NSW Department of Community Services
Working with Aboriginal People and Communities: A Practice Resource, 2011
Pride and Pain
Queensland Health
Communicating Effectively with Aboriginal People, 2015
Reconciliation Australia
www.reconciliation.org.au/what-is-reconciliation
SA Health
Aboriginal Cultural Learning Framework, SA Health, 2017.
This course covers the level one learning outcomes from the SA Health Aboriginal Cultural Learning Framework.
WCHN Digital Media
In the following video the Aboriginal people we interviewed share more of their experiences.