This assessment task requires you to participate in an oral assessment, whereby you must demonstrate your skills, knowledge and competence specific to paediatric clinical practice. You are required to consider, discuss and respond to questions about a specific case, with the questions designed to assess your abilities to integrate information, problem-solve in real time, make decisions regarding assessment and intervention and the overall management of a client, use clinical reasoning skills and provide clear and appropriate rationales for decisions that consider evidence-based practice. Your responses are verbal only and are video recorded to allow for moderation.

You will be graded on criteria specific to CBOS for assessment planning, analysis and interpretation, and planning evidence-based intervention as well as implementation of the professional framework and competencies, including range of practice principles. In addition, you will be assessed on your consideration of interprofessional teamwork competencies as they relate to the case.

To pass this assessment task, you must demonstrate overall entry-level competency for each CBOS unit. Thus, you must achieve a mark equivalent to 50% in EACH SECTION of the rubric (5 sections in total). A mark below 50% in any section of the rubric indicates that you have not met entry level for that competency, which equates to a fail grade on the assessment task.

You will be graded on criteria specific to CBOS. To pass the assessment, you must demonstrate entry-level competency for each. The CBOS criteria are categorised into five sections in the rubric. These sections include: (1) Assessment Planning (15 points); (2) Analysis and Interpretation (9 points); (3) Planning Evidence-Based Speech Pathology Practices (12 points); (4) Professional Framework, Competencies and Range of Practice Principles (12 points); and (5) Interprofessional Teamwork Competencies (12 points).

For each criterion on the rubric, you will receive a score from 0 to 3. A description of these scores is provided below:

3 marks – Demonstrates proficiency in the learning outcomes of the task and performance at an exceptional standard; demonstrates awareness and understanding of deeper and less obvious aspects of the case; shows ability to easily adapt, apply and evaluate ideas as new information about the case is revealed; meeting entry-level as per behavioural descriptors of student competency according to COMPASS®

2 marks – Demonstrates proficiency in the learning outcomes of the task and performance at an acceptable standard; demonstrates the ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills, going beyond mere replication of content knowledge or skills to show understanding of key concepts, awareness of their relevance to the specific case given, use of analytical skills, and some originality or insight; meeting entry-level as per behavioural descriptors of student competency according to COMPASS®

1 mark – Demonstrates some knowledge of fundamental concepts and performance of some required skills but lacks sufficient understanding of key concepts, awareness of their relevance to the specific case given, use of analytical skills, and insight. Quality of performance is emerging in relation to the learning outcomes of the task, but is not yet adequate or competent at entry-level standard

0 marks – Quality of performance is at intermediate level or below.

NOTE: You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official assessment commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e., arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an online application for deferred assessment (which may or may not be granted in line with CQU policy). If your application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a score of zero percent (0%) for your assessment item but may be eligible for a supplementary assessment in line with CQU policy.

This assessment task requires you to demonstrate a range of behaviours/skills/knowledge specific to adult clinical practice when working through a series of tasks included in the modified OSCE. The modified OSCE includes 12 stations, 7 of which will be overtly assessed. Throughout the modified OSCE, you are required to demonstrate that you are able to integrate information to make decisions regarding assessment and intervention and the overall management of a standardised client. You will be assessed on your ability to integrate the ICF and evidence-based practice in your clinical reasoning and provided rationales. You will also need to identify and discuss an ethical issue within the case.

You will be graded on criteria specific to CBOS for conducting a case history interview, assessment planning, conducting assessment, analysis and interpretation of assessment results, planning evidence-based intervention, implementing evidence-based intervention, and your ethical reasoning and reflective practice.

To pass this assessment task, you must demonstrate overall entry-level competency for each CBOS unit. Thus, you must achieve a mark equivalent to 50% in EACH SECTION of the rubric (7 sections in total). A mark below 50% in any section of the rubric indicates that you have not met entry level for that competency, which equates to a fail grade on the assessment task.

You will be graded on criteria specific to CBOS. To pass the assessment, you must demonstrate entry-level competency for each. The CBOS criteria are categorised into seven sections in the rubric. These sections include: (1) Case History Interview (9 points); (2) Assessment Planning (9 points); (3) Assessment (9 points); (4) Analysis and Interpretation (9 points); (5) Planning Evidence-Based Speech Pathology Practices (9 points); (6) Implementation of Speech Pathology Practice (9 points); and (7) Ethical Reasoning and Reflective Practice (9 points).

For each criterion on the rubric, you will receive a score from 0 to 3. A description of these scores is provided below:

3 marks – Demonstrates proficiency in the learning outcomes of the task and performance at an exceptional standard; demonstrates awareness and understanding of deeper and less obvious aspects of the case; shows ability to easily adapt, apply and evaluate ideas as new information about the case is revealed; meeting entry-level as per behavioural descriptors of student competency according to COMPASS®

2 marks – Demonstrates proficiency in the learning outcomes of the task and performance at an acceptable standard; demonstrates the ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills, going beyond mere replication of content knowledge or skills to show understanding of key concepts, awareness of their relevance to the specific case given, use of analytical skills, and some originality or insight; meeting entry-level as per behavioural descriptors of student competency according to COMPASS®

1 mark – Demonstrates some knowledge of fundamental concepts and performance of some required skills but lacks sufficient understanding of key concepts, awareness of their relevance to the specific case given, use of analytical skills, and insight. Quality of performance is emerging in relation to the learning outcomes of the task, but is not yet adequate or competent at entry-level standard

0 marks – Quality of performance is at intermediate level or below.

NOTE: You should aim to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the official assessment commencement time. In the extraordinary circumstance that you are late, you will be permitted late entry to your assessment of up to 10 minutes after the official assessment commencement time. The period of lateness will be deducted from your overall assessment time. If you are denied access to the assessment due to lateness (i.e., arriving beyond the permitted late entry period), you should make an online application for deferred assessment (which may or may not be granted in line with CQU policy). If your application for deferred assessment is denied, you will receive a score of zero percent (0%) for your assessment item but may be eligible for a supplementary assessment in line with CQU policy.