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ALLH12006 - Evidenced Based Practice For Allied Health

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course introduces students to the concept of evidence in clinical practice and assists them to develop the core skills and knowledge required to find, utilise and critique evidence to support their future practice and to work collaboratively with their clients. Students will learn how to design a clinical question; develop an effective strategy to retrieve evidence required to answer the clinical question and undertake a critique of the quality of the retrieved evidence. Students will also learn how to be critical consumers of the research literature within current practice. Additionally they will be introduced to basic information surrounding knowledge translation.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2014

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Written Assessment 40%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 57.58% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 23.49% response rate.

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.

Source: Student 'SUTE feedback'
Feedback
The weekly tutorials were fantastic in translating and applying the theory to a real world setting.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the weekly tutorials continue to take the theoretical content of the unit and apply it to a real world setting, to enhance student understanding.
Action Taken
The weekly tutorials continued to be delivered in a manner in which the theoretical content of the unit was applied to a variety of real-world scenarios to support and enhance student learning.
Source: Student 'SUTE feedback'
Feedback
The relevance of this unit to a health professional is somewhat unclear.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the relevance of this unit be more closely linked to each of the health disciplines, on a more frequent basis to help students understand the importance of evidence-based practice.
Action Taken
Each week the unit coordinator explicitly stated the relevance of the content to the health disciplines to enable students to better understand the importance of evidence-based practice.
Source: Unsolicited Student Feedback - Discussion Forum
Feedback
It would be helpful to have a video that outlines and explains the assessment tasks to accommodate auditory learners, in addition to the written instructions.
Recommendation
It is recommended that in addition to written instructions, the Unit Coordinator create a short instructional video for assessment tasks that outlines and explains the assessment requirements to support the auditory learners in the student cohort.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
This unit builds upon previous first year units and has helped students to become more effective and efficient at critically reviewing different types of evidence.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this unit continue to expand on content taught in Year 1 and the content in this unit continues to focus on developing students' knowledge and understanding of critical appraisal and its important role in ensuring evidence-informed practice as a health professional.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Independently devise a clinical question based on the PICO formula (person, intervention, comparison, outcome)
  2. Effectively use electronic search strategies to explore a specific topic.
  3. Critically evaluate the evidence located in the literature search using a variety of appraisal tools.
  4. Articulate the role of knowledge translation in current health care practice.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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3 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes 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 • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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