Issues in health and healthcare for ATSI people and how these affect health status and outcomes.
The role of a range of health professions in the AHCS.
The significance and importance of communication in healthcare.
Models of interprofessional teams in healthcare.
Factors affecting clinical decision making.
Discharge planning and consideration of available and appropriate services to support healthcare in the community.
The expectation is 4 (four) references presented in APA7 format (in-text citation and reference list).
These references may be taken from the readings provided on the Moodle (via the Assessment eBook and the online lessons).
References must be from credible sources, including material from Government and related Organisation websites, however peer-reviewed articles are not required.
You are to complete the four questions by writing extended responses. This does NOT mean an essay.
For each question you should follow the guidelines in the rubric.
The overall word count should be 1,500 words (+/- 10%), recommended word counts for each question are given below, but you are not required to follow each of these.
Overall it is expected that you will provide 4 (four) credible references to substantiate your explanations and answers. The referencing style to be used is APA7.
Your document can be set out in any way you wish, however:
Your document must be either in MS Word.doc or as a .pdf (Turnitin will not accept .rtf, .txt or .pages format)
You are advised to NOT rewrite each question out in full as this uses up valuable words, just number each response clearly.
Please proofread your work carefully, and if necessary seek support from the LTCA Learning Advisory Team to ensure your English Expression is at an appropriate standard.
Breaches of academic integrity will be identified and investigated, and there may be severe outcomes.
Clinical Decision Making
Bate, L., Hutchinson, A., Underhill, J., & Maskrey, N. (2012). How clinical decisions are made. British journal of clinical pharmacology, 74(4), 614-620.
Croskerry, P., & Nimmo, G. R. (2011). Better clinical decision making and reducing diagnostic error. The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 41(2), 155-162.
Discharge Planning
Davies, A., & Wood, L. J. (2018). Homeless health care: meeting the challenges of providing primary care. Medical Journal of Australia, 209(5), 230-234.
Lin, C. J., Cheng, S. J., Shih, S. C., Chu, C. H., & Tjung, J. J. (2012). Discharge planning. International Journal of Gerontology, 6(4), 237-240.
Teamwork in Healthcare
American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Paediatrics, (2010.) “Team-based Service Delivery Approaches in Pediatric Practice” Fact Sheet, VA USA. Downloaded from https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/Service%20Delivery.pdf?v=1.1
Jessup, R. L. (2007). Interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary care teams: do we understand the difference?. Australian Health Review, 31(3), 330.
Weller, J., Boyd, M., & Cumin, D. (2014). Teams, tribes and patient safety: overcoming barriers to effective teamwork in healthcare. Postgraduate medical journal, 90(1061), 149-154.
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