Unit of Study NATM5006 Integrative Women's Health (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Learners explore contemporary impacts to women's health and disease through the understanding of pathology in women's health. Learners will explore models of care to achieve woman-centred health care and critically describe appropriate integrative approaches to managing diseases specific to women. Learners will also be equipped to recognise acute emergencies in women's health and seek appropriate courses of action.

Unit content

Influences on women's health through the lifespan
Functional and organic pathology in women’s health
Models of care and women's health
Integrative approaches to women’s health
Common health issues specific to women's health
Acute emergencies in women’s health

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1,4	Term1,4

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:

discuss women's health and disease through the lifespan

critically analyse health care models specific to woman centeredness

critically describe integrative approaches to manage women’s health

recognise acute emergencies in women’s health in contemporary health care

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (6 weeks)

Workshop 1 hour (6 weeks)

Assessment
Presentation	10%
Critical review	30%
Case study	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

There are readings and resources and overview provided for each module in this unit. See MySCU for details.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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