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Primary Health Care Specialisation

Effective from 01-JAN-2027 : Code SPAAUW

Primary health care is a universal approach to the promotion of population health. A wide range of exciting primary care career opportunities exist across health and social care fields, in which practitioners have the opportunity to work with communities and families to facilitate health and social wellbeing. Primary health care practitioners are highly skilled individuals, who work autonomously as well as in multidisciplinary teams in planning and delivering health promotion activities, leading population health screening and managing chronic conditions. In this specialisation you will develop a conceptual understanding of primary health care and the importance of social determinants of health and health equity. You will also develop a critical understanding of the political and power-based influences on population health and ways to address these in your practice. The specialisation offers you the opportunity to learn with a wide range of health and social care practitioners. Through the assessments and a choice of electives, you can tailor your learning and skill development to your own field of practice.

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This Specialisation can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

Online

Unit Set Coordinator

Dr Lesley ANDREW

Learning Outcomes

  1. Critically apply research evidence and evidence-based practice principles to inform safe, person- and family-centred nursing practice in a specialised context, fostering critical curiosity and a commitment to ongoing evidence-informed practice improvement.
  2. Analyse complex clinical evidence and health data to apply a holistic evidence-informed approach to clinical reasoning and decision-making to respond to common and emerging practice issues across a range of specialised contexts.
  3. Communicate and collaborate with individuals, families and communities to support equitable, inclusive, culturally responsive and sustainable models of nursing care that promote social justice in diverse interprofessional practice settings.
  4. Apply specialised, evidence-informed approaches to address complex health needs through responsive care, health promotion, or quality improvement within a chosen area of practice, while developing professional capability and supporting ongoing growth.

Related Careers

Registered Nurse, Clinical Nurse, Remote Area Nurse

Employment Opportunities

This specialisation prepares graduates to work in primary care, sexual health, health promotion, non government organisations focusing on health and social care.

Specialisation Structure

LEVEL 2 CONSOLIDATED STAGE A

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
PHC6203Foundations of Primary Health Care20
PHC6204Contemporary Approaches to Primary Health Care20
Plus one unit from the following:
NUR6124 ^Contemporary Care of People Living with Long Term Conditions20
HST6350 ^Drug Use and Addictive Behaviours20
NUR6123 ^Work Based Learning20
NSP6302 ^Advanced Nursing Practice Portfolio20
and complete
PHC6206Assessment Unit 1 – Primary Health Care

^ Core Option

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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