Course Title: Recognise healthy body systems in a health care context
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C3262 Certificate III in Aged Care
Course Title: Recognise healthy body systems in a health care context
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 70
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
NURS5209C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2012, Term2 2012 |
Course Contact: Susan Russell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254637
Course Contact Email: susan.russell@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the basic knowledge of the anatomy and physiology required to recognise body systems and their components and to identify and refer alterations associated with the functiong of the human body in the context of the health care work.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Not Applicable
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTAP301A Recognise healthy body systems in a health care context |
Elements: |
1. Applyknowledge of the basic atructure of the healthy human body 2. Apply basic knowledge of the factors that support healthy functioning of the body
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Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes allows the applicant the knowledge and skills relating to the functions of this unit, such as client questioning and documentation of information, such as a medical history, usig a structed technique of pro forma for gathering and recording information.
Functions at this level require a broad overview of healthy functioning of the human body and practical aspects of disease managemnet.
Overview of Assessment
The overview of assessment of this unit will include verbal and written questionnaires addressing the essential knowledge and skills of the basic structure and functions of the body systems and associated components, including; cardicvascular,respiratory,musculo-skeletal,endocrie, nervous, digestive,urinary, reproductive,integumentary, lymphatic and the special senses -smell - taste - vision - equilibrium and hearing, the body’s cells, tissues and organs. The assessment will also include basic maintenance of the healthy body. Throughout the assessment the applicant will demonstrate the ability to manage the tasks use and articulate accurately common terminology related to human anatomy and physiology, apply essential knowledge as outlined to own work role.