Communication for Health Professionals
UndergraduateUNE-HLTH1032025
Prepare to communicate professionally with clients and colleagues. Within the setting of health and social care, build your written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Become aware of your own personal style as well as cultural considerations.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 12 Oct 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Start dates
- 23 June 2025,
- 20 Oct 2025
- Price from
- $2,351
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Communication for Health Professionals
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- describe goals and strategies for effective communication in health and social care practice;
- analyse health and social care scenarios to identify application of communication skills in healthcare interactions;
- identify communication strategies for managing conflict;
- explain the importance of ethical and culturally safe communication; and
- reflect on their personal communication style and how this affects their communication with colleagues and clients.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Health professionals need advanced communication skills to effectively share complex and sensitive information and advice with clients, families and professional colleagues. Studying this subject will help to equip you with the verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills required to succeed as a health or social care professional. With an emphasis on self-awareness and self-reflection, this subject allows you to develop and apply your communication skills for a health and social care context. You will identify goals and strategies for communication in health and social care, and examine the importance of communicating in ethnically and culturally appropriate ways. You will also have opportunities to analyse your personal communication style to better understand how this affects professional communication with both clients and colleagues.
Assessment 1: 1200 words; Online activities; Relates to Learning Outcomes: 3-5;
Assessment 2: 1800 words; Written assignment; Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1 and 2.- Assessment 1 - Online activities (40%)
- Assessment 2 - Written assignment (60%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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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
- UNE-CWW-DIP-2025 - Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
Others
Candidature in the Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. Please refer students to link for requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
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
Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
UndergraduateUNE-CWW-DIP