Overview
In this unit you will gain theoretical knowledge in hygiene, periodontal, restorative and other dental procedures. You will translate the knowledge and skills learnt throughout the Bachelor of Oral Health course, and integrate them in a clinical setting. On completion of this unit, you will be able to demonstrate clinical judgment and practical skills in the diagnosis and treatment of dental conditions in adults. You must comply with clinical policies and procedures while undertaking clinical practice. You will be able to communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours. You will be required to attend a two-week compulsory intensive program immediately prior to the commencement of Term 1.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ORAL11004 Oral Anatomy; AND ORAL11005 Dental Morphology and Microscopic Anatomy; AND ORAL11003 Oral Pathology and Diagnosis; AND BIOH11006 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology; AND HLTH12031 Community Engaged LearningCo-requisites: ORAL12002 Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice; AND ORAL12001 Oral Disease Prevention and Management
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 - 2019
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).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
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 Feedback via the "Have Your Say" survey.
More timely and effective feedback for the reflective essays was requested by students.
The due dates for the reflective essay component will be reconsidered for 2019, enabling the unit coordinator to provide timely and effective feedback in the context of overall academic workload, within 14 days of submission. The unit coordinator will also provide more substantial individual feedback.
Feedback from Student Feedback via the "Have Your Say" survey.
Feedback provided by students indicated that the scheduling of two oral health exams on the same day negatively impacted their capacity to succeed.
Scheduling of examinations for the unit is out of the unit coordinator’s control. The examinations officer has advised that there is no policy limiting the number of written exams per day.
Feedback from Student Feedback via the "Have Your Say" survey.
Students appreciated same day written feedback for their clinical placements.
An innovative Online Real-time Assessment System (ORAS) has been under development over the last 2 years and this was the first term to be fully implemented. The ORAS enables clinical supervisors to complete assessment rubrics, including written feedback, immediately. These completed rubrics are able to be viewed on the same day by students. There is also a spreadsheet tracking their progress throughout the Term, which is regularly updated.
Feedback from Student Feedback via the "Have Your Say" survey.
Students would like more group work rather than lectures, as they found that "talking and discussing things as a group I learned so much more"
It is recommended that more group work be implemented in 2019 to provide more opportunities for students to reinforce their knowledge and understanding through group discussion.
- Discuss the theoretical basis of oral health practice and dental procedures for the diagnosis, prevention and management of oral diseases
- Integrate medical and dental history taking, dental examination, screening for oral pathologies and risk assessment for adult patients in a clinical environment, including identification of patients who require referral for care outside one's scope of practice
- Carry out dental procedures including impression-taking and administration of dental local anaesthesia
- Diagnose, prevent and manage non-carious tooth structure loss, dental caries (including root caries) and periodontal diseases in a clinical environment
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written formats
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes, appropriate reflective practices and ethical behaviours
All unit profiles in the Bachelor of Oral Health are made available to the Australian Dental Council for on-going accreditation purposes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 40% | ||||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||
| 4 - Examination - 60% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist
Edition: Fifth (2018)
Authors: Jill S. Gehrig, Daniel E. Shin and Donald E. Willmann
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Philadelphia Philadelphia , Pennsylvan , USA
ISBN: 9781496384027
Binding: Other
Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure
Edition: Third (2016)
Authors: Graham J Mount, Wyatt R Hume, Hien Ngo and Mark S Wolff
Wiley Blackwell
Chichester Chichester , West Suffe , UK
ISBN: 9781118766590
Binding: Other
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry
Edition: Third (2017)
Authors: Stephan J Stefanac and Samuel P Nesbit
Elsevier Saunders
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323287302
Binding: Other
Modern Dental Assisting
Edition: Twelve (2017)
Authors: Bird, DL & Robinson, DS
Elsevier Health Sciences
Philadelphia Philadelphia , Pennsylvan , USA
ISBN: 9780323430302
Binding: Other
Mosby's Dental Drug Reference
Edition: Twelve (2017)
Authors: Arthur Jeske
Elsevier Saunders
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323481113
Binding: Other
Therapeutic Guidelines Oral and Dental
Edition: Version 2 (2012)
Authors: Oral and Dental Expert group
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Melbourne Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Binding: Other
Additional Textbook Information
Prescribed and supplementary textbooks are used throughout the Bachelor of Oral Health Program.
Students will need to order the 'Therapeutics Guidelines Oral and Dental' online: https://tgldcdp.tg.org.au/guideLine?guidelinePage=Oral+and+Dental&frompage=books
Modern Dental Assisting (12th Edition): https://www.elsevier-elibrary.com/pdfreader/modern-dental-assisting-ebook15185916
However all paper copies are available from the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.a.hennessy@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Occupational Health and Safety
Infection Control
Clinical Protocols
The Periodontium in Health and Disease
Clinical tutorial:
Equipment Maintenance
Infection Control & PPE
Patient History Taking
Patient Examination
Oral Health Education
Chapter
Nield-Gehrig, Jill S & Willmann, Donald E. (2016) Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist (5th Ed., Chap 1, 3-8, 10-12, 15-17, 20). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Including lectures held in 2 week intensive 25 Feb - 08 Mar 2018
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Tobacco
Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy
Chemical Agents
Minimum Intervention Dentistry
Introduction to Operative Dentistry
Clinical Tutorial:
Saliva Testing
Periodontal Charting
Treatment Planning
Oral Health Education
Dental Prophylaxis
Chapter
Nield-Gehrig, Jill S & Willmann, Donald E. (2016) Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist (5th Ed., Chap 19, 24, 27). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 6 and 7). Wiley Blackwell.
Walsh, L., & Brostek, A. (2013). Minimum intervention dentistry principles and objectives. Australian Dental Journal, 58, 3-16. doi: 10.1111/adj.12045
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Operative Dentistry Instrumentation
Contouring and Polishing Restorations
Management of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Stains
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dental Materials
Clinical Tutorial:
Debridement
Comprehensive Oral Examinaton
Treatment Planning
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 8). Wiley Blackwell.
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 29 and 38). Elsevier Saunders.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Adhesion to Enamel and Dentine
Fissure Sealants
Adhesive Restorations
Clinical Tutorial:
Debridement
Dental Prophylaxis
Fluoride Treatment
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 2, 9 and 10). Wiley Blackwell.
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 34). Elsevier Saunders.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Non-Carious Tooth Loss/Wear
Root Caries
Dentinal Hypersensitivity
Clinical Tutorial:
Comprehensive Oral Examinaton
Treatment Planning
Oral Health Education
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 4). Wiley Blackwell.
Nield-Gehrig, Jill S & Willmann, Donald E. (2016) Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist (5th Ed., Chap 33). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 39). Elsevier Saunders.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Restoration of Tooth Structure
Clinical Tutorial:
Barrier Exam
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 2). Wiley Blackwell.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Barrier Exam Fri 26 April
Pre-clinical Online Quiz - Due Sunday (opens 7AM Saturday 13 April and closes 11.45PM Sun 28 April)
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Restoration of Tooth Structure
Pulpal Considerations
Clinical Session:
Treating Patients
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 2 and 12). Wiley Blackwell.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Amalgam and other materials
Failure of restorations and tooth structure
Temporary Restorations and Gingival Retraction Cord
Clinical Session:
Treating Patients
Chapter
Mount, GM., Hume, W.R., Ngo, H.C. and Wolff, M.S. (2016) Preservation and Restoration of Tooth Structure, (3rd Ed., Chap 11, 13 and 19). Wiley Blackwell.
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 38). Elsevier Saunders.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Tooth Whitening
ADA Codes
Periodontal Maintenance
Clinical Session:
Treating Patients
Chapter
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 29). Elsevier Saunders.
ADA Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary Eleventh Edition
Nield-Gehrig, Jill S & Willmann, Donald E. (2016) Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist (5th Ed., Chap 33). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Introduction to LA technique
Dental Impressions
Clinical Session:
Treating Patients
Chapter
Handbook of Local Anaesthesia 6th ed. By Stanley F. Malamed Ch 11-14
Darby, M., & Walsh, M. (2015). Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice (4th ed., pp. Chap 37). Elsevier Saunders.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
Clinical Session:
Treating Patients
Clinical Tutorial:
Local Anaesthetic Technique
Chapter
Oral and Dental Expert Group (2012) Therapeutic Guidelines: Oral and Dental Version 2., Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lectures:
Combined tutorial for ORAL12001 and ORAL12003
Clinical Tutorial:
Alginate Impressions
Station-Based Examination
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Station-Based Exam Fri 07 June
Practical Assessment Due: Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Station-Based Exam Due: Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
MANDATORY CHECKS
Mandatory Checks are an essential requirement in order for a student to be permitted to undertake a placement with a site.
Mandatory checks are essential pre-placement requirements, directed by a Government Department, an Accreditation Body, the Placement Organisation or CQ University. Students must complete mandatory checks to be confirmed ‘fit for placement’ and approved to commence their WIL Placement.
You must have all mandatory checks completed/updated and submitted to SONIA prior to commencement of Term 1.
Further information available:
- Mandatory Checks Information Sheet for Students
- CQU Policy and Procedure for Work-Integrated Learning / Student Placement
UNIFORM AND CLINICAL ATTIRE
All students are to comply with clinical and uniform requirements of the oral health clinic as promulgated.
Unit Coordinator:
Dr Kelly Hennessy
Building 14 Room 1.19
CQUniversity Oral Health Clinic
Berrill Lane NORTH ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4702
Tel: 0401 335 197
Email: k.a.hennessy@cqu.edu.au
Other contacts:
Ms Karen Smart
0411 437 901
1 Practical Assessment
It is mandatory to pass this assessment to pass ORAL12003 overall. You must obtain at least 60% in this assessment task in order to pass.
This is a pass/fail assessment, and as such you are required to pass all three components to pass ORAL12003.
Three components:
Pre-clinical Online Quiz:
This is an online quiz in Week 6. There are multiple choice questions on learnings from: Periodontal Examination; Jan Egelberg and Anita Badersten
The online examination is pass/fail, and as such you are required to pass it to pass ORAL12003. A pass grade is 60%.
You have 2 online attempts, but at least 24 hours must pass between each attempt. If after 2 attempts, you do not pass, you will be unable to proceed with ORAL12003.
The quiz will open 7AM Saturday 13 April and close 11.45PM Sun 28 April.
Barrier Exam:
Students will undergo a barrier exam during the Friday clinical session in Week 6.
The barrier exam is an assessment of your basic hygiene clinical skills to ensure you are safe to commence treatment on patients from the general public.
It is mandatory to pass all components of this assessment to pass ORAL12003 overall. If you do not pass on your first sitting, you will be given a supplementary examination within a week. If you do not pass the supplementary examination, you will be unable to continue clinical practice in ORAL12003.
Clinical Practical Component:
In each clinical session, you are required to complete exercises. These exercises are designed to consolidate, apply and extend the theory learnt in lectures into clinical practice. Activities are graded by the supervisor using criterion-referenced assessment rubrics. Detailed rubrics are available. Each mark contributes to an overall piece of pass/fail assessment.
Attendance at all clinical sessions is compulsory. Failure to provide a medical certificate to the unit coordinator for missed sessions will result in failure of this unit component. A pass grade is 60%. This is a pass/fail assessment.
Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Results will returned to students with end of term results, however feedback will be ongoing.
A criterion-reference analytical assessment rubric for evaluation of student performance of procedures is provided in the Online Real-time Assessment System (ORAS).
As an example:
| Unsatisfactory | Not Yet Competent | Approaching Competent | Competent | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Debridement technique | Student did not know which instrument to use. / Excessive tissue trauma | Student required major assistance to use correct instrumentation eg required assistance with supragingival areas or easy to access subgingival areas | Student required minor assistance to use correct instrumentation without tissue trauma. Eg. Requested assistance with difficult areas (furcations, difficult to access areas) | Student appropriately used correct instrumentation without tissue trauma |
| Removal of calculus and plaque and stain | Supra gingival calculus, plaque or staining remaining. Large deposits of subgingival calculus remaining. | Small deposits of subgingival calculus remaining | Completely removed all supra and sub-gingival calculus deposits, but did not complete the required region within the allocated timeframe OR | Independently completely removed all supra and sub-gingival calculus deposits in the required region within the allocated timeframe |
| Recontouring and polishing of restorations | Could not successfully recontour and polish restorations | Required significant assistance to recontour and polish (many) restorations | Required some assistance to recontour and polish some restorations | Independently recontoured and polished all restorations |
No submission method provided.
- Integrate medical and dental history taking, dental examination, screening for oral pathologies and risk assessment for adult patients in a clinical environment, including identification of patients who require referral for care outside one's scope of practice
- Carry out dental procedures including impression-taking and administration of dental local anaesthesia
- Diagnose, prevent and manage non-carious tooth structure loss, dental caries (including root caries) and periodontal diseases in a clinical environment
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written formats
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes, appropriate reflective practices and ethical behaviours
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
2 Reflective Practice Assignment
The clinical experiences in ORAL12003 are to consolidate, apply and extend the theory learnt in lectures and practical sessions during year 1 and 2 of the course.
Self-reflection is an important practice for personal and professional development. You will be required to write a self-reflective blog based on your practical experiences.
Daily reflections are to be recorded on a personalised blog on ORAL12003 Moodle. The purpose of the personal blog is to record your self - reflection of clinical placements on a daily basis. Please note this needs to be completed each day you are in clinic, however you may use your blog more often if you like for your own personal development.
The Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle is an example of a reflective model you could use.
The completion of the personal reflective blog is a compulsory assessment and must be completed to a satisfactory standard. Templates are provided in the clinical workbook for you to make notes for the blog post.
Moreover, a student must pass this assessment item in order to pass the unit overall. The weighting allocated for this assessment item is a PASS/FAIL.
This needs to be completed each day you are in clinic.
Results will be added to final assessments, however feedback will be ongoing.
| Pass | Fail | |
| Clarity | The language is clear and expressive. Explanation of concepts makes sense to an uninformed reader. There may be minor, infrequent lapses in clarity, accuracy, spelling and grammar. | There are frequent lapses in clarity and accuracy Language is unclear and confusing throughout. Frequent spelling or grammatical errors. Concepts are either not explained or are presented inaccurately. OR Not attempted |
| Relevance | The learning experiences being reflected upon are relevant and meaningful to student and unit learning goals. | Most of the reflection is irrelevant to student and/or unit learning goals. OR Not attempted |
| Analysis | The reflection moves beyond simple description of the experience to an analysis of how the experience contributed to student understanding of self and development of strategies for improvement. | Reflection does not move beyond description of the learning experience(s). OR Not attempted |
No submission method provided.
- Satisfy the requirements of an evolving dental practitioner utilising appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes, appropriate reflective practices and ethical behaviours
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 In-class Test(s)
This assessment consists of stations set up around the room, each with a set question/s that must be answered within a set time period. After the time period has lapsed, you will rotate to the next station and repeat this until you have been to all stations. There will be a maximum of one (1) student per station at a time. You will be given an answer sheet on which to write your answers. At the end of the exam period, your answer sheet must be returned to the unit coordinator. The station-based exam is closed book so the only things you will be allowed to have on you are pens (black ink only) and your answer sheet.
It is mandatory to pass this assessment to pass ORAL12003 overall.
Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
You must pass this assessment task in order to pass the course overall.
Results will returned to students with end of term results.
Critical thinking and application of learnt basic clinical concepts into real life situations.
No submission method provided.
- Discuss the theoretical basis of oral health practice and dental procedures for the diagnosis, prevention and management of oral diseases
- Integrate medical and dental history taking, dental examination, screening for oral pathologies and risk assessment for adult patients in a clinical environment, including identification of patients who require referral for care outside one's scope of practice
- Carry out dental procedures including impression-taking and administration of dental local anaesthesia
- Diagnose, prevent and manage non-carious tooth structure loss, dental caries (including root caries) and periodontal diseases in a clinical environment
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written formats
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
Examination
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?
