Overview
This 12-credit point unit encompasses a clinical component (internal and external) and a research component. During clinic, you are required to demonstrate graduate competency in patient assessment, diagnostic decision-making, prevention, treatment and management of a wide range of podiatric patient presentations. You will also treat patients with conditions requiring minor surgical procedures. In addition, you shall also refine your skills in managing podiatric patients of differing ages, ethnic/cultural backgrounds, geographic locations, socioeconomic status and health profiles. This is the third and final unit in the formal requirements for completion of your honours research project. You are required to complete and submit your research project for evaluation. You are expected to present your research findings, during your presentation you are encouraged to consider both the strengths and limitations of your research.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: PODI14008 Podiatry Clinical Practice 4 and Corequisite: PODI14011 Complex Cases in Podiatry Practice
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 2 - 2020
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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 Informal student feedback
Students identified that the case studies helped provide them with insight into areas that they needed to revise.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continues to provide students with case studies that assist students with improving their reflective practice and helps them identify areas which require improvement.
Feedback from Staff reflection
Students expressed difficulty in formatting their thesis.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator provides more detailed information that steps students through the thesis formatting process.
- Demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and management of complex podiatric patient presentations including biomechanical, sport injuries, diabetes, rheumatology and high risk cases
- Demonstrate competency at a graduate standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques and objective assessments, and delivery of programs to manage specific clinical problems
- Refine skills in analysing and improving ongoing clinical practice
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team
- Effectively communicate an advanced understanding of the specified research topic including a critical analysis and interpretation of the research topic.
Per NPC1318
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Thesis/Dissertation - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | |||||
| 4 - Presentation - 20% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Thesis/Dissertation - 40% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Presentation - 20% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics
Edition: fifth (2018)
Authors: Andy Fields
Sage Publisher
London London , UK
ISBN: 978-1-5264-1951-4
Binding: Other
Doing a Systematic Review A students guide
Edition: second (2017)
Authors: Angela Boland, Gemma Cherry, Rumona Dickson
Sage Publications
Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
If you prefer to study with a paper copy, they are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code). eBooks are available at the publisher's website.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
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.
m.ho@cqu.edu.au
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Journal article writing intensive week
27th July - Selection of journal, Discussion
28th July - Conclusion
29th July - Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion
30th July - Introduction, Abstract
31st July - Finalisation of paper
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Internal clinic block placement
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Mid clinical placement assessment
6 August 2020
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End clinical placement assessment
13 August 2020
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The Vice-Chancellor has approved exemptions for practical and clinical sessions for specific courses at CQUniversity. Students in the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course will be required to resume their studies on-campus for practical classes and clinical placements Terms 2 and 3 2020.
Provisions for social distancing will be implemented in all practical and clinical learning spaces for podiatry students. All staff, students and patients will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms and risk factors. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be worn as required.
The re-commencement of practical and clinical sessions comes with the proviso that it will be subject to State and Federal health regulations if the situation with COVID-19 should deteriorate.
Attendance: All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes online via zoom in Term 2 2020. students should also be aware that there is clear evidence to show that attendance rates are directly related to academic progress. It is therefore in your best interest and strongly recommended in the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course, that you attend all scheduled learning activities to support your learning.
Uniform: In all practical and clinical placement sessions, students are required to wear the podiatry clinical uniform. Please refer to the Podiatry Clinical Handbook for further details.
Additional contacts:
Internal Clinical Placement Supervisor (Sydney):
Ms. Merridy Lithgow tel: (02) 9324 5767 email: m.lithgow@cqu.edu.au;
Internal Clinical Placement Supervisors (Rockhampton):
Ms. Angela Wilczek tel: (07) 4930 9651/ 0447 741 875 email: a.wilczek@cqu.edu.au
CQUniversity Health Clinic (Sydney) (Administration / Reception):
Tel: (02) 9324 5055; email: sydneyhealthclinic@cqu.edu.au
CQUniversity Health Clinic (Rockhampton) (Administration / Reception):
Tel: (07) 4930 9030; email: health-clinic@cqu.edu.au
Unit Coordinator:
Dr Malia Ho: tel: (07) 4930 9469; email: m.ho@cqu.edu.au
External Clinical Supervisor:
As external clinical placement is different for each student. You will be provided with your specific external clinical supervisor's details through email.
1 Presentation
You will be required to provide an oral presentation of your completed research project in Week 3, 31st July 2020.
The presentation will be 15 minutes long, with 3 minutes for Q & A. The focus should be on your discussion and final conclusions.
You are required to submit your presentation on the Moodle site after your presentation.
Week 3 Friday (31 July 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 4 Monday (3 Aug 2020)
Students will be marked based on a specific marking rubric which will be made available during term.
Assessment criteria will include the quality and delivery of the presentation, with focus on the discussion and final conclusion and the Q&A session. Students should demonstrate that they have contributed new knowledge in their research area.
- Effectively communicate an advanced understanding of the specified research topic including a critical analysis and interpretation of the research topic.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Thesis/Dissertation
This assessment task is a continuation of your research project from PODI14008. You will complete writing up your research project and format it such that it is ready for submission for publication within a journal of your choice.
Vacation Week Friday (21 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 11 Monday (28 Sept 2020)
Students will receive their feedback in Week 11 when they return from external clinical placements.
This assessment task will be marked according to a specific marking rubric which will be made available during the term.
Assessment criteria will include the quality of the research result evaluation, discussion and conclusion. The criteria will also include the suitability of the journal selected, and the preparation of the paper to a standard ready for submission for publication.
- Effectively communicate an advanced understanding of the specified research topic including a critical analysis and interpretation of the research topic.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Social Innovation
3 Professional Practice Placement
Internal clinical placement
You will complete an internal clinical placement at the relevant CQUniversity health clinic, where you will provide a range of podiatric care to patients. The internal clinical placement will occur in Weeks 4, 5 and 12.
Internal clinical placement will occur from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. You will be required to complete a Mid term clinical assessment at the end of Week 4 (6th August 2020), and an End of term clinical assessment in Week 5 (13 August 2020). This will be part of the Podiatry Practical Skills Logbook.
External clinical placement
You will also complete an external clinical placement which will occur in from Week 6 to Week 10/11. Please note that external placement dates and location are dependant on the site's availability and therefore placement dates may vary slightly for each student. Details of individual placement locations and dates will be provided to you during the term. External clinical placement may be located in a metropolitan area or in a rural remote area. Please note that you may need to travel at your own expense for your external placement.
You will be required to complete and submit your External Clinical Documentation by Week 12 (9th October 2020).
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Podiatry Practical Skills Log books and External Clinical Documentation are to be submitted online by Week 12 latest.
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- Demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and management of complex podiatric patient presentations including biomechanical, sport injuries, diabetes, rheumatology and high risk cases
- Demonstrate competency at a graduate standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques and objective assessments, and delivery of programs to manage specific clinical problems
- Refine skills in analysing and improving ongoing clinical practice
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
4 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
The OSCE will include written, verbal and practical components. The OSCE will assess your clinical knowledge, practical and assessment skills and clinical reasoning. Based on a clinical scenario, you will be required to discuss and perform aspects of relevant history taking, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the presenting condition. All assessments may be video/ audio recorded for moderation purposes. You are expected to be punctual for your allocated start time of the OSCE, with the appropriate clinical uniform and footwear.
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020) 9:00 am AEST
Students will be assessed on their clinical competency in line with the Podiatry Competency Standards developed by the Australian & New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council (2015). Students will be marked according to a specific marking rubric, which will be made available during the term. If you do not achieve a minimum grade of 50%, you may be eligible for a supplementary assessment within two weeks of the initial scheduled OSCE day; provided you meet the requirements as stipulated in the CQUniversity Grades and Results Procedure and this will be determined by the Unit Coordinator and Learning and Teaching Team.
- Demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and management of complex podiatric patient presentations including biomechanical, sport injuries, diabetes, rheumatology and high risk cases
- Demonstrate competency at a graduate standard of practice in clinical reasoning, execution of techniques and objective assessments, and delivery of programs to manage specific clinical problems
- Refine skills in analysing and improving ongoing clinical practice
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- 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?
