Advanced Contemporary Mental Health Practice 2
PostgraduateUND-NURS50052024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Advanced Contemporary Mental Health Practice 2
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
1. Transfer complex knowledge and ideas in the speciality of mental health care, promotion and prevention to a variety of audiences
2. Harness information and opportunities, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary healthcare team, to provide effective early intervention strategies for the client with mental ill-health.
3. Use highly developed leadership and management skills to formulate mental health care plans and pathways at the primary and public health level
4. Communicate effectively and negotiate confidently with clients and their families from culturally and linguistically diverse populations to achieve optimal outcomes in mental healthcare
5. Apply advanced mental health practice and knowledge that enhances their capacity to work safely and effectively
6. Combine research and reflective practice to contribute to the professional development of others and to make informed complex clinical decisions in the context of mental health
- Mental health care
- Promotion and prevention
- Early intervention strategies for mental ill-health
- Leadership and management of mental health care plans and pathways
This subject examines current contemporary practices in the delivery of complex inter-professional care for people diagnosed with mental health issues. Emphasis on the concepts of promotion, prevention and early intervention will be considered. This subject explores concepts of leadership and management in the context of the development of care from both local and population health perspectives. It enables mental health practitioners and leaders of care to develop strategies to address complex health care alternatives.
- 2000-2500 Word Essay (50%)
- Online Task (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-MHA-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
PostgraduateUND-MHA-GDI