HLTH 3621: Relational Practice
This course is designed to advance the relational knowledge and skill of health professionals. Students will examine communication with a cultural humility lens with an emphasis on diverse client populations, interprofessional collaboration, teaching and learning, and power relations. Students will also explore the health professional’s responsibility to uphold the principles of the TRC and the In Plain Sight report towards promoting health and culturally safe care for Indigenous Peoples.
Learning outcomes
- Apply theoretical principles and concepts related to teaching and learning to promote health through client education.
- Examine relational practice through a cultural humility lens and apply these concepts towards building therapeutic relationships.
- Appraise complex care situations with diverse populations and Indigenous Peoples using trauma-informed principles to place priority on trauma survivors’ safety, choice, and control.
- Explore the principles of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the In Plain Sight report towards promoting client health and a culturally safe health care environment for Indigenous Peoples.
- Reflect one’s own values and perspectives concerning relationships with clients towards demonstrating respect, humility, and empathy in communication.
- Demonstrate knowledge of collaborative practice with intraprofessional and interprofessional health care team members through application of decision-making principles and conflict resolution.
- Articulate strategies to promote effective team communication and collaboration.
- Demonstrate the principles of teaching and learning in a health-related context including assigning and delegating nursing tasks incorporating evidence-informed decisions and best practice guidelines.
Course topics
- Module 1: Introduction to Relational Practice
- Module 2: Cultural Humility in Nursing Practice
- Module 3: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Practice
- Module 4: Collaboration in Health Care
Required text and materials
There is no required textbook for this course.
Assessments
To successfully complete this course, students must achieve a passing grade of 50% or higher on the overall course, and 50% or higher on the final mandatory project.
Students in the RRNP program must achieve at least a C grade (minimum 60%) in each required course and maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.33 (minimum 65%) in order to progress to the next course.
| Quiz: Relational Practice | 20% |
| Assignment 1: Peer Feedback in Practice | 5% |
| Assignment 2: Reflect on Practice | 5% |
| Assignment 3: Marginalized Populations | 5% |
| Assignment 4: Teaching and Learning for RN Practice | 35% |
| Mandatory Final Project: Critical Analysis | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
Open Learning Faculty Member Information
An Open Learning Faculty Member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.
