Course Title: Work with diverse people
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2018
Course Code: EMPL7092C
Course Title: Work with diverse people
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4367 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
Course Contact: Veemita Kaul
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662
Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Jeremy Sager
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
There are no prerequisites or corequisites for this unit of competency
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
This course applies to all workers and includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry
and/or community is integral to your experience.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people |
Element: |
1. Reflect on own perspectives |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify and reflect on own social and cultural perspectives and biases |
Element: |
2. Appreciate diversity and inclusiveness, and their benefits |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Value and respect diversity and inclusiveness across all areas of work |
Element: |
3. Communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and situations |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Show respect for diversity in communication with all people |
Element: |
4. Promote understanding across diverse groups |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Identify issues that may cause communication misunderstandings or other difficulties |
Learning Outcomes
Skills development is supported by lectures on theory and underpinning knowledge, classroom discussions, group work, research and reflective practice.
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Reflect on own perspectives
- Appreciate diversity and inclusiveness, and their benefits
- Communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and situations
- Promote understanding across diverse groups
Details of Learning Activities
A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
- Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
- Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
- Observations of performance in the clinical placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
- Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
- Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas
- Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
- To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform
Teaching Schedule
AH19 | |||
Session | Date | Class Activities | Assessment |
1 | 2/03/2018 | Introduction to Culture | Start AT1 |
2 | 9/03/2018 | Culture Shock, Racism and Discrimination | Start AT2 |
3 | 16/03/2018 | Cultural Diversity in Nursing & Allied Health Assistance | AT1 Due |
4 | 23/03/2018 | Communication in Diversity | AT2 Due/ AT3 Available |
20/04/2018 | Final online assessment Task Due | AT3 Due |
A19H | |||
Session | Date | Class Activities | Assessment |
1 | 10/04/2018 | Introduction to Culture | Start AT1 |
2 | 17/04/2018 | Culture Shock, Racism and Discrimination | Start AT2 |
3 | 24/04/2018 | Cultural Diversity in Nursing & Allied Health Assistance | AT1 Due |
4 | 1/05/2018 | Communication in Diversity | AT2 Due/ AT3 Available |
22/05/2018 | Final online assessment Task Due | AT3 Due |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks-
You must demonstrate Performance and Knowledge Evidence of the unit in order to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
You may be assessed by:
• Oral or written questioning
• Oral presentations
• Assignments, projects and Group work
Competency based training requires you to be in attendance in order for assessment to be undertaken.
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions.
Assessment Tasks
All class learning materials, notes and other key learning resources can be accessed via myRMIT at www.rmit.edu.au/canvas
Assessment tasks-
Assessment task 1- My Identity (Written task), 16/03/2018 for AH19 and 24/04/2018 for A19H
Assessment task 2- Self Reflection(Reflective Journal- 23/03/2018 for Ah19 and 1/05/2018 for A19H
Assessment task 3- knowledge evidence- 20/04/2018for AH19 and 22/05/2018 for A19H
The students will receive satisfactory/ not satisfactory result for each assessment task. The students can receive Competency achieved/ Not yet competent result for this competency.
The students are required to receive satisfactory result in each task to receive a competency achieved results for this competency.
Assessment Matrix
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