Social Innovation involves the implementation of new programs or services that address specific social problems and can bring about positive change in communities.

You will complete the CQUniversity iChange course as part of your learning resources in Week 4 to introduce you to the concept of social innovation. The course takes about 2 hours to complete and consists of 6 small modules each with a short quiz at the end. Completion of the course will equip you for your first written assessment and also for further involvement in social innovation in your future studies and professional life. The course can be accessed via Moodle Week 4 or at https://www.cqu.edu.au/industry-and-partnerships/engagement/social-innovation/ichange

Upon successful completion of all modules, activities and quizzes in the course you will receive a certificate which you will be required to upload to successfully complete this assessment.

This is a pass/fail assessment item that must be completed by the specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to submit your assessment at the due date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension.

If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new due date/time.

In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to submit this task at a later date and would thus receive a Fail grade for the assessment, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

To attain a 'Pass' for this assessment, you must complete all parts of the CQUniversity iChange course and submit the certificate of completion by the stated due date and time.

Australia is a very diverse county. In future practice you will be dealing with patients from many different social backgrounds and cultures, therefore, it is important to have some understanding of such diversity in order for you to address your patients' needs. By week 4 of this unit, you will be developing an awareness of the lack of equity in terms of health outcomes for those living in rural areas, for some migrant families, Indigenous Australians and those living with disabilities.

Your task for this assessment is to work in a group of 3-4 students to research the causes of poor health outcomes and propose a set of initiatives that could be implemented locally by the community to improve the current situation for particular members of a given rural or remote Australian community. The task will include both an individual report and group summary.

You will be provided with a rural community with a population that includes Indigenous Australians, migrant families and community members with disabilities. Each group member will complete an individual report that will address one of these population groups (also listed below) and research the causative factors of poor health outcomes and identify initiatives that can improve the situation.

Each team member will be allocated one of the following topics to address for the given community:

1. Problems accessing health care for this rural and remote community.
2. Social exclusion and poor health care experienced by community members with disabilities.
3. Poor health outcomes amongst the community's Indigenous Australians.
4. Reluctance of newly settled migrant women and children to seek health care.

Task Process

Work on this assessment will be during weeks 4 to 9. In week 4 you will be allocated to a group of students, perhaps from different disciplines, and will make initial contact with your group. You will arrange your first group meeting, where you will allocate team roles and topics for individual reports. You will continue to work on this assessment item both individually and as a group, discussing and sharing ideas in weekly group meetings.

Information and guidance on working in groups and investigating the topics will be provided on the unit Moodle site and also in tutorials in weeks 3 and 5. It is important that you attend these. You will be expected to take an active role in your team and attend on-line or face to face meetings with your group members as scheduled through Weeks 4-8. To obtain a group summary mark, you will need to contribute to the group and submit your individual report to your group at the time you submit it in Moodle. Your group will document the organising, points for discussion and decisions made at each meeting. If you fail to engage regularly and participate in the group-work tasks, you may be removed from your originally assigned group by teaching staff and put in a group by yourself. You will then be required to complete the group portion of the report on your own. You will automatically score 0/5 for the self and peer assessment.

This assessment is worth 50% of the final grade for the unit. It has 4 parts:

Part 1: INDIVIDUAL REPORT (20% of final grade)

• Each team member will individually prepare a report on one of the four topics listed above, as allocated in the initial group meeting. The report will describe the causative factors of poorer health outcomes and describe 2 initiatives identified through research that address these causative factors in an attempt to improve health outcomes. You should seek to find initiatives that are community-led initiatives, rather than large scale government programs.
• Required word count: 500 +/- 10% per person.
• You will submit this work individually through the submission link on the unit's Moodle site.

Part 2: GROUP WORK – Summary Report (25% of final grade)

• This summary report is prepared by the group as a whole and will identify the three most suitable initiatives for their community from the individual reports.
• The group will identify their rural community by location and population. Each member will have identified 2 initiatives in their individual report. This activity requires each of the individual reports to be shared within the group for evaluation. The group will create a rating criteria and evaluate all the initiatives. Consideration should be given to the appropriateness of the initiatives to the specified community groups. The group summary must describe the rating criteria used and submit the 3 initiatives chosen as the most suitable initiatives to implement in the community and the reason for their selection. Initiatives may require some modification for your particular community and details must be provided in the group summary to outline adaptation and implementation strategies.
• The group summary will be submitted by one group member only and the mark and feedback will apply to each group member named on the front page of the submission.
• Each individual report must be included in the Appendix to the group summary.
• The minutes from team meetings must also be included in the Appendix to the group summary.
• Required word count for the group summary: 600 words +/- 20%. The appendix (including individual submissions and team meeting minutes) and any references and in-text citations are not included in the word count.

Parts 3 and 4: SELF AND PEER ASSESSMENT (SPA) (5% of final grade)

• To assess each member's contribution to the group work, you will take part in TWO self and peer assessments. You will receive your SPA form access via email in each of weeks 6 and 9. In confidence, each person within a group will score themselves and the other team members for their degree of contribution to the team work process. Each time you will be asked 10 questions concerning your own and your peers' participation as team members. The average of your assessment by your peers will form part of your mark for this part of the group assessment.
• Collectively parts 3 and 4 are worth 5% of the final mark for this unit.
• To be completed in Weeks 6 and 9.

• Content: correctness and depth of understanding of determinants of health for your population group; relevance of initiatives; description of initiatives; identification and application of selection criteria to identify 'best' health initiatives; adaptation and implementation strategies of initiatives.
• Communication: clarity of expression, spelling, grammar, punctuation, use of appropriate language and terminology.
• Form: format, adherence to word limit, citation of sources.
• Selection and use of relevant and authoritative sources of information to inform your writing.
• Peer assessment of the team work process (dependability, task acceptance, timely productivity, contribution to team discussions and collaboration with team members).

A more detailed marking criteria sheet will be posted on the unit Moodle site.

Reflection is a skill that enables you to consider an experience with the purpose of learning and growing from that experience. It is therefore a valuable skill for a health professional, and one that you will use throughout your studies and career. In this assessment you are going to reflect on your experience of working within your team during Assessment 2. You will reflect on your role within the team and identify ways to improve your future contribution to a team dynamic. Guidance will be given in Week 9 tutorial, so it will be important for you to attend this.

Your reflection will focus on one particular aspect of your experience as a group member in this unit, such as:

• An aspect of the group communication process
• An aspect of the group decision-making process or outcome
• An aspect of the group conflict resolution process or outcome
• Another aspect of your group work

Your reflection can be about a positive or negative experience. You will describe an incident and identify a key issue involved in that incident which you will then reflect on. During your analysis of this issue you will demonstrate your theoretical knowledge, related experience and the ability to recognise your own preferences for working, assumptions and bias. You will use literature to support your analysis. Finally you will suggest a plan of action in the form of a series of steps or actions that you will take to improve your next group work experience in relation to the issue identified.

Your reflection must address the following key aspects of a reflective cycle:

1. Description of your experience
2. Analysis, research and discussion of key issue related to experience, including recognition of personal contribution, assumption and bias
3. Action plan for future team work

For this assessment, you will need to submit an appendix with your reflection to include the following forms (which will be provided on the unit Moodle site):

1. Team rules
2. Completed evaluation of team's processes and performance, including observations as examples where appropriate.
3. Completed rating scale for evaluating team meetings.
4. Completed student self-assessment sheet.

Each document can be referred to by number, or other means, within the reflective report itself if appropriate.

Other submission requirements:

• This reflection must use the reflection template provided on the Unit Moodle site.
• The word limit is 500 +/- 10%. The appendix, references and in-text citations are not included in the word count.
• Please submit your reflection as a .doc or .docx file.

This is a pass/fail assessment item that must be completed by the specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to submit your assessment at the due date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension.

If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new due date/time.

In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to submit this task at a later date and would thus receive a Fail grade for the assessment, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

• Form: use of the reflection template; adherence to word limit; citation of sources; inclusion of appendix.
• Completion of all aspects of a reflective cycle: brief description of one particular aspect of the group work experience; analysis of the event; action plan for future team work.
• Communication: clarity of expression, spelling, grammar, punctuation, use of appropriate language and terminology.
• Use of relevant literature to support your reflection.

A marking rubric will be posted on the unit Moodle site to specify the 'Pass' requirements for each criterion listed above. In the event that your submission does not meet the 'Pass' requirements as per the rubric, you will be provided detailed feedback and guidance by the unit coordinator. You will then have one week to respond to the feedback and resubmit the Reflection. If your second submission does not meet the 'Pass' requirements, you will receive a Fail grade for the assessment, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

You will complete an online test of 2.5 hours duration to demonstrate your understanding and ability to apply the concepts and use the terminology from all weeks of the unit except Weeks 2 & 4. All questions will be based on the weekly learning goals and weekly revision questions. The question types are mostly written responses, but may include multiple choice, matching terms and/or fill-in-the-gap style questions. Question tasks will require you to apply your knowledge to a given scenario and may require discussion and explanation.

This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. As with all other university assessment, colluding with other students on non-group work tasks is considered academic misconduct. Inserting answers copied from other published sources (including lecture slides) is considered plagiarism. If you copy any content word-for-word from ANY source, you must put that content in quotation marks and formally cite your source.

The online test is an open book assessment, however, the expectation is that you will be familiar with the unit content and concepts. You should not assume you will have time to look up the answer to every question.

This test is completed online through Moodle. You will need to ensure that you have reliable internet access and a computer. Using a tablet or smartphone is not recommended as those devices will not necessarily display all information within the online test screens.

As per the Assessment Procedures, this test must be written at the scheduled date and time.  In the absence of an approved extension, you cannot complete this assessment at a later time and you will receive a mark of zero for the assessment if you have not submitted it by the due date and time. If you start the test late, you will still be required to submit at the stated closing time.

Question responses will be scored on the following criteria:

• correct use of terminology
• correct selection and application of core concepts to the specific content of the question
• clarity, correctness, relevance and completeness of the response in addressing the question that was asked