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NURS5101: Interprofessional Open Dialogue
2020 unit information
The Australian social and health care workforce needs to adapt to rapidly changing emphases on health care service provision, in particular working with a stronger focus on early intervention, families and community. The innovative Open Dialogue approach orients service provision around a series of network meetings that involve the individual in crisis or psychological distress, family members, and others in the individual's support network, including professional helpers. The Open Dialogie approach is based on seven principles of treatment: 1) Immediate help, 2) A social network perspective 3) Flexibility and mobility 4) Responsibility 5) Psychological continuity 6) Tolerance of uncertainty; and 7) Dialogism. This unit of study introduces these principles by focusing on how health care services can be organised, and healthcare practices adapted, to facilitate Open Dialogue network meetings, and how network meetings are organised to empower service users and families to genuinely participate in transparent decision-making processes. The course will be taught using a blended learning approach of both online discussions to familiarise students with key readings and ideas, and four study intensive blocks that will provide opportunity for experiential learning. At all points in the course, students are encouraged to reflect on the relevance of course content to their own practice context.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Nursing and Midwifery
| Code | NURS5101 |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Completion of a clinical undergraduate qualification if not a postgraduate student in Sydney Nursing School. |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate early development of the ability to plan, organise, moderate, and evaluate Open Dialogue network meetings collaboratively
- LO2. analyse and critically discuss the evidence-base and the ‘person-centeredness’ of Open Dialogue and compare Open Dialogue to similar resource-oriented approaches
- LO3. demonstrate a critical understanding of the significance of highly integrated health care services
- LO4. demonstrate early development of the ability to reflect openly in front of the family and network during network meetings, while tolerating uncertainty and pursuing a dialogical position.
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