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PUBH102 Effective Communication

10 cp
Prerequisites
Nil
Teaching Organisation 150 hours of focused learning.

This unit aims to develop students’ communication skills and enable them to communicate health-related information visually and in written and oral formats to a range of audiences. It begins with listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills in order to develop effective presentation of ideas to others supported by appropriate software, visuals, and web-sourced information. Students will learn how to check and evaluate communicated messages. It also introduces students to skills in interpersonal and cross-cultural communication and in negotiation. This unit seeks to develop students writing skills for a range of audience (eg. Professional audiences or lay audience) or format (eg reports, program plans and program update reports, or media releases). This will also develop students’ interpersonal skills (negotiation, team work, motivation, conflict management, decision making, and problem solving skills) and enable them to value collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches for improving population health. Assessment will require demonstration of communication to an agreed standard.

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