Overview
This final work integrated learning unit builds on the knowledge, skills and professional behaviour developed during the course. Theoretical and technical knowledge will be applied to a professional work environment in a specialised field of diagnostic Medical Laboratory Science. You will perform technical skills and analyse the outcomes to meet the competency and skill required of an entry-level Medical Laboratory Scientist. You will perform, and reflect on, safe operations and quality management in the medical laboratory, with due regard for legislation, regulation and accreditation. Behavioural aspects of professional practice are emphasised and you are expected to reflect on your own communication, decision-making and team-work skills. Critical appraisal of performance will enable you to attain competency in your professional, technical and analytical skills.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite BMSC14001 Integrated Pathology 1BMSC14005 Preparation for Professional Practice in Medical Laboratory Science Corequisite BMSC14003 Integrated Pathology 2
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 pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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 feedback
Students appreciated the flexibility of the timing of clinical placements which allowed them to plan their workload.
Continue to allow flexibility where possible.
Feedback from Clinical Placement Supervisor feedback
The provision of a Supervisors Guide for the clinical placement supervisors was appreciated.
Continue to make the guide available with reviews and updates as necessary.
Feedback from Student feedback
The opportunity to include a Research Laboratory as an option for this placement was appreciated by the students.
Continue to allow the opportunity and to explore options for additional opportunities.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to practice in the clinical context
- Integrate and interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals
- Behave professionally, consistent with safe practice, during interactions with clients and other health professionals
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
The learning outcomes achieved through specialised workplace learning are linked to the objectives of the accrediting body, Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS).
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||
2 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
3 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 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 | |
1 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||||||||
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3 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 0% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
This is a clinical placement unit and has no prescribed textbook.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Sonia Online
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
w.pederick@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
This is a Clinical Placement Unit and as such you will be required to attend a placement for 200 hours.
Chapter
There are no set texts for this unit.
Events and Submissions/Topic
The actual placement schedule will differ for each student.
Placements will be arranged for each individual student by liaison with the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences Clinical Placement Coordinator via the Sonia Placement system.
A weekly Zoom session is held to allow for contact with students whilst on placement.
Assessment items are to be submitted at the conclusion of your placement.
The Unit Coordinator for this unit is Wayne Pederick and he can be contacted via e-mail, w.pederick@cqu.edu.au.
Note: if you wish use a referencing style other than those listed please contact the Unit Coordinator.
Absenteeism: Work placement is an integral part of the course. If you are unable to attend your scheduled placement for any reason, please advise the Work Integrated Learning Officers of the School of Health, Medical and Applied Science as soon as possible before the start of the scheduled placement.
Sick certificates: In case you are unable to attend any part of your placement due to sickness, please submit a medical or health related certificate to the Unit Coordinator as soon as practical.
Medical or health-related certificates must be in the approved formats articulated in the CQUniversity Assessment Policy and Procedure (HE Coursework).
In the event that your condition could harm or negatively impact either yourself or those around you (e.g. put you at risk of exacerbating an injury, or pass on viral or bacterial infections to other students and staff) you will be sent home and and you will need to provide acceptable medical documentation for your absence, as stated above.
Students who are sick and / or injured and cannot attend more than three (3) days of work placement must notify the Unit Coordinator and their Work Placement Supervisor by e-mail or telephone. They should then submit a medical certificate to the Unit Coordinator via email.
In such event, alternative arrangements to complete the remaining hours of work placement may be made after consultation with the placement provider and the Unit Coordinator.
1 Portfolio
This assessment has two parts.
Part A - Journal Article
You are required to prepare a case or case series report or a research activity for publication in a peer-reviewed journal such as the Australian Journal of Medical Science.
Part B - Oral Presentation
You are required to prepare and submit a PowerPoint or similar presentation of your case(s) or research project and deliver that to an audience of your peers.
It is envisaged that the case(s) or the research activity will be from your clinical placement.
The Oral Presentation is to be made to the Unit Coordinator and other CQU Academic Staff via Zoom, a link will be provided on the Moodle page. If the presentation is made from the clinical placement site the Clinical Supervisor and any other interested parties are welcome to attend.
The Zoom session will be recorded.
The article is to be submitted two (2) weeks after completion of the placement.
Feedback will be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
Part A
Is the article prepared as per the 'Instructions to Authors' for the selected publication?
Is grammar, spelling and punctuation correct?
Part B
Is the discussion of the research activity or case(s) presented detailed?
Is the use of technology for presentation and recording appropriate?
Does the presenter show confidence, speak clearly, make appropriate eye contact and engage the audience and refer to notes minimally?
Are responses to questions appropriate?
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to practice in the clinical context
- Integrate and interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals
- Behave professionally, consistent with safe practice, during interactions with clients and other health professionals
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Professional Practice Placement
The Clinical Placement Supervisor is required to complete two (2) evaluations on your performance, one at the mid-point and the other at the completion of your placement.
The evaluation is available online with the link provided by the Clinical Placements Officer at CQUniversity.
Your Supervisor should discuss your evaluation with you prior to submission.
Two evaluations are to be submitted, one at the mid-point and the other at the completion of the placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
The evaluations are based on your professional behaviour whilst on placement and are a 6-point Likert Scale.
Any 'Disagree' or 'Strongly Disagree' evaluations on the first evaluation are to be addressed and improved upon by the final evaluation.
Five (5) or more 'Disagree' or 'Strongly Disagree' evaluations on the final evaluation will result in a FAIL.
To pass there must be at least 50% of the evaluations as 'Agree' or 'Strongly Agree'.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to practice in the clinical context
- Integrate and interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals
- Behave professionally, consistent with safe practice, during interactions with clients and other health professionals
- Evaluate new, or adapted, laboratory protocols and procedures to enhance efficiency and efficacy of diagnostic testing in a medical science laboratory.
- Communication
- Team Work
- Ethical practice
3 Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books
Part A - Attendance Log
The Attendance Record is maintained in Sonia Online and you are required to submit a 'time-sheet' for each attendance. You indicate the start time and finish time and any meal break taken. You must demonstrate attendance for a minimum of 180 hours during the placement.
Part B - Reflective Journal
The Reflective Work Journal is an opportunity for you to record how the placement has enabled you to consolidate the knowledge that you have gained and to practice the practical skills learned from your studies at CQUniversity.
It should also demonstrate how the placement has enhanced your knowledge and skills and provided you with an opportunity to gain experience as a Scientist.
A guide on how to keep the journal is available on the Moodle site.
The Attendance Record is to be competed daily via Sonia and the Reflective Work Journal is to be submitted two (2) weeks after completion of the placement.
Feedback will generally be provided within two (2) weeks of submission.
Part A
You are required to attend for a minimum of 200 hours in order to pass the unit.
Part B
The Reflective Journal should demonstrate how study at CQU, the clinical placement and future career are all linked. How the knowledge and skills acquired in the course are able to be applied and enhanced on the clinical placement and how this prepares the student for their future career?
The journal should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words.
The Reflective Work Journal is a PASS/FAIL assessment.
- Apply knowledge of pathology, laboratory medicine procedures and quality management to practice in the clinical context
- Integrate and interpret laboratory data from various sources to solve problems, inform decisions and provide advice to other health professionals
- Behave professionally, consistent with safe practice, during interactions with clients and other health professionals
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Team Work
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Social Innovation
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.