Interpersonal Communication
PostgraduateUND-NURS40252025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 17 Feb 2025,
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $3,110
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Interpersonal Communication
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Develop an awareness of the significance and nature of effective verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Apply communication techniques appropriate to clinical assessment and intervention.
- Practice a range of communication skills for dealing with distressed individuals and their family and carers.
- Describe resources and strategies in managing challenging situations and physical and mental health crises with a range of diverse people groups.
- Maximise communication strategies using different modes such as face to face and virtual methods of communication.
- Develops strategies to improve own interpersonal skills by self-reflection and analysis.
- Effective Communication Skills in Mental Health
- Communication with other Health Professionals
- Family/Support Network and Services
- Supervision and Self-care
This subject allows health professionals to examine and develop their interpersonal communication skills with people who may be experiencing difficult situations and mental and physical health challenges. The health professional will be able to identify and use both non-verbal and verbal communication skills to engage in discussions with people, patients, their families and friends, in an appropriate way for culturally and linguistically diverse and Indigenous peoples. The introduction of interactive dialogue techniques will provide a broad understanding of communication and negotiation strategies in challenging and high risk scenarios. Communication techniques will also be explored in relation to different modes such as face to face, online, electronic, virtual and telephone. The building of effective communication skills will promote self-awareness, resilience and self-care of the health professional.
- OSCE (40%)
- Recorded presentation uploaded to LMS (20%)
- Create and upload a podcast (40%)
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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-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
- UND-MHA-GDI-2025 - 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 Certificate in Mental Health
PostgraduateUND-MHA-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
PostgraduateUND-MHA-GDI