Unit of Study NATM2005 Professional Contexts in Naturopathic Medicine 2: Ethics and Law (2025)

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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

Roles and responsibilities of health practitioners
Professional conduct – law
Professional conduct – regulation
Professional conduct – ethics
Communication in healthcare – interprofessional communication
Communication in healthcare – patients and public

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2	N/A

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

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hour (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	40%
Case study	60%

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