PSPTIS118 — Use routine health terminology in two languages

1 Identify the context of health terminology.

• 1.1Identify key features of the public and private health system, including key roles and structures in healthcare.
• 1.2Identify the elements and nature of interaction specific to routine communication in health and allied health contexts.
• 1.3Identify social, cultural and professional conventions and interpersonal and institutional dynamics of two languages appropriate to and observable in health and allied health contexts.
• 1.4Discuss the role and responsibilities of interpreters and others in general health and allied health contexts, including obtaining valid consent.
• 1.5Identify the consequences of incorrect interpreting in health and allied health contexts.

2 Develop understanding of health terminology.

• 2.1Identify the fundamental word structure used in basic medical terms.
• 2.2Recognise and explain abbreviations for basic health specific terms and associated processes.
• 2.3Identify descriptors and euphemisms in two languages applicable to diagnosis and communication in healthcare.
• 2.4Research and develop knowledge of health and allied health vocabulary and expressions in two languages.
• 2.5Use intelligible pronunciation or signed production of health and allied health specific terminology.

3 Use appropriate oral or signed communication in health contexts.

• 3.1Receive and understand oral or signed instructions, comments and advice using health vocabulary and expressions in two languages.
• 3.2Seek advice from appropriate persons to clarify correct use and meaning of terms and associated processes.
• 3.3Use routine health vocabulary and expressions in two languages when interpreting.
• 3.4Use prosodic features, gestures and body language appropriate to the health and allied health context.

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To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PSPTIS118 needs to address all 36 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 6 performance evidence requirements, 16 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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