Overview
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to define the role of an Allied Health professional, and outline the importance of Allied Health professionals in delivering primary health care within Australia. This unit will outline the health status of various Australian populations, provide you with foundation knowledge about the health care services and insurance schemes available, and bring awareness to the biopsychosocial impacts of living with an illness, injury or disability. In this regard, you will gain an introductory skillset in the use of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, applying this classification to various case studies across the semester.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this 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).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2021
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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.
Feedback from Student 'Have your Say' survey
The tutorials with guest speakers and specifically selected TED talks are interesting and insightful, and complement the unit material.
It is recommended that this unit continues to utilise guest speakers from industry. This exposure provides great insight to the demand and tasks of each of the allied health disciplines in these areas. It is also recommended that a variety of supplementary media and resources are used to cater for students with different learning preferences.
Feedback from Student 'Have your Say' survey
The written assignment is enlightening for students, allowing investigation of how varying allied health professions can assist vulnerable people/populations in Australia.
It is recommended that this unit, as a first-year unit to a variety of allied health disciplines, continues to implement authentic assessment that provides opportunities for students to explore their allied health disciplines early in their studies, as well as investigate the importance and application of inter-disciplinary practice.
Feedback from Heads of Courses emails
The collegial and transparent approach to content and assessment development in this unit is valued by Heads of Courses from Allied Health disciplines that take this unit
It is recommended that Heads of Courses from the Allied Health disciplines that take this unit continue to be consulted on significant changes to assessment and content, to ensure this unit remains pertinent to every Allied Health discipline.
Feedback from Student emails
The detailed feedback on assessment tasks and personalised emails to students assist in consolidating learning and improving student engagement.
It is recommended that detailed feedback continue to be provided on written assessment tasks, and student support via personalised communications continue as students find these aspects beneficial to their learning and unit engagement.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 - Case Study - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation - 50% | |||||
| 3 - Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL) - 0% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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| 2 - Presentation - 50% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL) - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom (both microphone and webcam capability)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Electronic focussed interactive learning activities Due: Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 9:00 am AEST
This unit consists of weekly lectorials and tutorials.
The lectorials involve a series of pre-recorded lectures, broken up by various practical and applied activities (also referred to as electronic focused interactive learning (eFIL) activities), designed to further enhance your understanding of important theoretical content and concepts. The lectorials are available at least two weeks in advance via the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page, and can be completed in your own time. However, it is an expectation that you complete all of the lectorial materials prior to attending the tutorial each week.
The tutorials involve a live face-to-face session, delivered in person-via the Rockhampton North Campus, and also streamed live via Zoom for all other students wishing to participate. These tutorials are designed to provide real world worked examples relevant to the theoretical content and concepts. They provide further authentic learning experiences, thought provoking discussion and are designed to support all learning styles through fun, engaging and interactive activities. Whilst all students are encouraged to attend the tutorials, they will be recorded and made readily available within three (3) working days, via the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page. The link to access the weekly tutorials is also accessible via the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page. You can download Zoom and create an account via your MyCQU Student Portal Homepage: https://my.cqu.edu.au/support under the IT HELP section.
1 Case Study
For this task, you are required to:
- Choose one (1) of the three (3) provided case studies
- Undertake a generic health analysis by applying the International Classification of Function, Health and Disease (ICF)
- Discuss the impacted social determinants of health, and how these factors may negatively impact (lead to poor) health outcomes
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 6 Monday (19 Apr 2021) 9:00 am AEST
Week 8 Monday (3 May 2021)
NOTE: If your assessment is not submitted in accordance with the due date, grades and feedback will be returned two weeks after submission date.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
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Implement The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
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Identify and discuss compromised social determinants of health
- Describe strategies to promote comprehensive primary health care
- Academic writing
- Support your case study analysis with appropriate referencing throughout, in accordance with APA referencing requirements
Total weighing of this task: 50% of overall grade
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed criteria sheet.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
2 Presentation
For this task, you are required to:
- Build upon your health analysis carried out in Assessment Task 1
- Conduct a discipline specific analysis on the same case study, and discuss from your future allied health profession’s perspective, how you might assist the client with reference to specific evidence-based practice
- Identify the interdisciplinary team, and discuss in more detail how one other allied health profession may also assist the client
- Present a pre-recorded Zoom presentation, using audio, visual and a PowerPoint presentation
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed task description.
Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week Friday (18 June 2021)
NOTE: If your assessment is not submitted in accordance with the due date, grades and feedback will be returned two weeks after submission date.
For this task, you will be graded against the following criteria:
- Implement The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- Describe the roles and scope of practice of various allied health professionals
- Identify evidence-based intervention/s
- Identify compromised social determinants of health and describe strategies to promote comprehensive and person-centred care ethically within an interdisciplinary team
- Use effective presentation skills to engage your audience
- Support your presentation with appropriate referencing throughout, in accordance with APA referencing requirements
Total weighing of this task: 50% of overall grade
Please refer to the ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice Moodle page for additional information, including a detailed criteria sheet.
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL)
As part of this unit, you are required to engage with interactive, online content to support your learning. This content is referred to as electric focused interactive learning (eFIL). eFIL refers to any activities included on your Moodle page in relation to course content. This may include (but is not limited to):
- H5P interactive learning activities
- Discussion forums
- Tasks set by your lecturer requiring you to email or upload content including work samples or videos
- Surveys
- Moodle Quizzes
You may complete your eFIL activities at any time throughout the term prior to the Due Date in Week 12 (Friday 4th June 2021 @ 9.00am AEST). In fact, we strongly encourage you to complete the eFIL activities as you work through your weekly content, as they are designed to support the content and therefore assist in scaffolding your learning.
Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 9:00 am AEST
Relevant feedback is provided upon the successful completion of each activity.
There are two requirements to pass this assessment task:
1. You must complete a minimum of 80% of the eFIL activities. An activity will be considered ‘complete’, when it has met the task requirements set for the individual activity (e.g., completion of a H5P activity, meeting activity instructions and guidelines such as posting a reflection in the discussion forum) to a satisfactory standard.
2. You must complete 100% of the 'End of Lectorial' Moodle Quizzes and must receive a mark of 100% on each quiz. You may re-attempt each quiz as many times as you need to achieve the minimum grade of 100%. Your 'End of Lectorial' Moodle quiz will appear on your Moodle page, in the appropriate week, as the final activity.
This is a must pass assessment task (i.e., you must pass each of these two requirements to pass this assessment task and therefore be eligible to pass this unit).
- Define the varied roles, characteristics and scope of practice of Allied Health professionals in Australia
- Describe the communication skills required to promote client-centred and culturally sensitive interaction in a health care setting
- Use The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to describe the lived experience of a person with a disability, injury or illness
- Explain the relevant legal and ethical framework that support safe health care practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental allied health concepts.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
