Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Examine how colonisation impacts the contemporary health situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their access to and engagement with health services.
  2. Analyse how strategies to incorporate knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and concepts of health and wellbeing into health care practice enhance cultural safety.
  3. Critically reflect upon own responses to racism personally and professionally, and clearly articulate how one’s cultural positioning impacts health care delivery and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
  4. Evaluate approaches in health care practice, health service delivery, and population health initiatives that are anti-racist, culturally safe, and support further self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  5. Communicate effectively and respectfully in a professional and culturally safe manner and skilfully adhere to academic requirements.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-ADP-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Online Workshop 1 hour weekly; Independent learning/Individual Study - 10 hrs weekly

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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