Unit Synopsis
As a health care professional, you may encounter clients whose mental health challenges impact upon their daily lives. In this unit you will develop knowledge that will assist in your recognition of mental health disorders as a health care professional, and learn about the appropriate referral networks and therapeutic options that are available to deal with these issues. Your ability to communicate effectively with clients, with consideration and awareness of their different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, will be developed as part of this unit.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Essay | 40% |
| 2. Online Quiz(zes) | 30% |
| 3. Presentation | 30% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 60.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12.2% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE
Some students felt that more clarity and guidance for the essay assessment task would have benefited their learning experience.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator provide additional clarity and guidance to students preparing their essay assessment task.
The unit coordinator provided additional content, resources and drop in sessions to students to aid preparation for their essay task.
Source: SUTE
Some students were unsure of the relevance and value of mental health literacy and how it would translate to a clinical context.
It is recommended that additional problem-based learning be introduced to assist students to understand the relevance of this topic to their future practice.
The unit coordinator provided several clinical vignettes across the unit content to link core knowledge with future clinical practice.
Source: SUTE
Some students reported the assessment information and marking rubric were not clear enough, while others appreciated the flexible and open ended structure of the essay.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator strengthen clarity of assessments, particularly the essay, by refining the assessment instructions and rubric, while also retaining the valued flexibility of the essay structure.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Some students felt the assessment sections were not complete and additional information was provided within the tutorials and lectures
It is recommended that the unit coordinator will ensure all information related to assessments are provided in the relevant assessment section in Moodle.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the mental health landscape in Australia
- Recognise indications that a person might be experiencing mental health challenges from an inclusive and cross cultural perspective
- Describe the therapeutic options available for people who may be experiencing different types of mental health conditions and/or challenges
- Communicate effectively and considerately with clients of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Essay | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||
| 3 - Presentation | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | ||
| 5 - Team Work | • | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Essay | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 3 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • | |||||||