Professional Communication and Collaboration
UndergraduateTUA-HSC1012026
Course information for 2026 intake
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 8 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 16 Feb 2026,
- 30 Mar 2026,
- 1 June 2026,
- 13 July 2026,
- 14 Sept 2026,
- 2 Nov 2026
- Price from
- $2,700
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Professional Communication and Collaboration
About this subject
By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:
- Identify elements of effective professional and inter-professional communication and its impact on health outcomes and relationships with consumers, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
- Apply broad strategies as they relate to self-awareness and the facilitation of appropriate ethical communication in professional relationships.
- Describe the collaboration skills involved in effective communication and the provision of safe and quality health services when working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Apply agile person-centred communication and counselling skills and behaviours to navigate inclusive diversity and cultural considerations in a range of professional and digital communication settings.
- Classify foundational counselling and collaboration frameworks in interpersonal and inter- professional contexts.
- Contexts of Professional Relationships.
- Communication Foundations
- Communication elements
- Collaboration with clients
- Collaboration in teams
- Professional communication skills
Professional Collaboration and Communication will introduce you to the skills required by health professionals to enable effective interactions within a wide variety of inter-personal and inter-professional workplace settings. You will work on developing practical skills to assist in the building, maintenance, and endings of professional relationships with clients, other professionals, and members of the community across multi-modal communication settings. You will be introduced to frameworks promoting change, compliance, self-efficacy, goal-setting and collaboration. This subject will also cover those foundational counselling skills that are applicable to a wide variety of health professions, such as core counselling behaviours, listening skills, and communication micro-skills. Sessions facilitate your understanding of the importance of ethical communication, diversity and inclusion considerations, professional expectations and the development of professional behaviours including self-reflection and self-care. Agile and adaptable communication skills to support working with clients and with other professionals collaboratively and inclusively, allowing for conflict resolution and appropriate endings of relationships.
- Journal : Outcome: Journal Volume of Assessment: 250 words (25%)
- Role Play Video - 10 mins (45%)
- Online Test - 45 min (30%)
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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